Missouri mother reconnects with family after decades in prison through thousands of letters

Show Me Today - The Voice of Missouri · Apr 9, 2026 · 12m

What happens to a family when a mother is suddenly gone for decades? And how do you hold that family together from the inside of a prison? For one Missouri family, that question became reality when Patty Prewitt was convicted in the 1980s of killing her husband and sentenced to decades behind bars. After nearly 40 years, her sentence was commuted, allowing her release but not clearing her name, and what followed wasn’t just time served, but a relationship held together one letter at a time.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…