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The former attorney for Kevin Fox tweeted Tuesday after learning about his death.
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"I just learned that one of our best, most courageous & kindest clients, Kevin Fox was killed in a car crash yesterday. Our sympathy goes out to his family and everyone who loved him. RIP. #TruthWins # LoveWins,"attorney Kathleen Zellner said.
"The extraordinary life of Kevin Fox has ended tragically. Kevin will be remembered as a courageous fighter for justice, the best husband, father, son and brother imaginable. He will be missed every day," Zellner also said in a statement to ABC7.
Fox was among two people killed Monday after a crash on State Highway 7 South near Dardanelle in Yell County, Arkansas.
According to Arkansas State Police, Fox was traveling northbound on State Highway 7 South of Dardanelle when another vehicle, which was traveling in the southbound lanes, crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided with Fox's vehicle head-on.
Fox, as well as the other driver, who has been identified as Michael Glasscock, were both killed in the crash.
In 2004, Fox was accused in the death of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, was found dead in a creek on June 6, 2004, a few miles from her home in Wilmington, Illinois. She had been sexually assaulted, bound and gagged. The toddler's death was later determined to be from drowning.
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Nearly five months after his daughter's death, Fox was arrested after a 14-hour interrogation during which he said police coerced him into giving a false confession. Police have denied coercing Fox to confess.
Fox was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter. Facing the death penalty, he was held in jail on a $25 million bond but released eight months later after he was exonerated by DNA evidence.
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The DNA results from the state crime lab initially were inconclusive, but Fox's attorney, Zellner, had them sent to a private lab with more sophisticated technology, and it was determined the DNA didn't match.
When the FBI began its investigation in 2009, it was two years after a jury awarded Fox and his then-wife, Melissa Fox, $15.5 million for the Will County Sheriff's Office investigators' false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The settlement later was reduced by about half.