The Tribune was the first to profile the confounding case in March 2015. The newspaper's review of more than 2,000 pages of trial transcripts, police reports, witness interviews and depositions gathered by Slosar showed many inaccuracies. For example, at Cooper's trial, his lawyer agreed to a stipulation that test results of DNA from inside the sweatband of the shooter's hat showed he could not be excluded as a suspect. But the Indiana state police lab report stated just the opposite — that Cooper "can be eliminated as a possible contributor."