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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/2021-christopher-ellis-hugs-family-18503699.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/2021-christopher-ellis-hugs-family-18503699.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/2021-christopher-ellis-hugs-family-18503699.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Christopher Ellis, 55, claims he was coerced into confessing to a murder he did not commit after a roughly 14-hour interrogation. <span class=\"credit\">Dennis A. Clark for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI lost more than 30 years of my life for something I did not do,\u201d Ellis said in a statement issued through his attorneys. \u201cYou can\u2019t give that time back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed decades with my family, milestones, and opportunities I will never get again,\u201d he went on. \u201cI\u2019m bringing this case to seek accountability and to help ensure this does not happen to anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nassau cops originally arrested Ellis in February 1991 for an unrelated attempted robbery in Freeport, which he confessed to, the lawsuit read. <\/p>\n<p>But after he came clean about the stick-up, detectives continued to hold and question him about the unsolved Healy killing, according to the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint claims multiple Nassau detectives not only coerced Ellis\u2019s confession but also buried more than 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