“The damage to Spencer, and to the Youngs, would not surface until the case against Spencer began to unravel.” Spencer’s case was later taken up by Jim McCloskey, founder of Centurion Ministries, an organization that reinvestigates questionable convictions. Determined to ensure the man they believed was responsible did not go free, the Young family launched a campaign to preserve Spencer’s conviction. Divorce, joint custody and alcohol addiction left his life seemingly derailed amid the long-running murder case involving his father. In 2017, a new effort to reopen Spencer’s case emerged.