Presumed Innocent spoilers: Who killed Carolyn? (The shocking reveal)

The Presumed Innocent finale is now streaming on Apple TV+ and it manages to answer all of our questions. But what did everything think of that shocking revelation? Spoilers ahead!

Please note there are spoilers ahead if you are not caught up on the series. Go stream anything you may have missed on Apple TV+ before reading on.

In Presumed Innocent episode 3, titled "Discovery," audiences learn who the mystery texter is. I don't know about you, but I sure was surprised to learn that it is Michael, Carolyn's son. We know that Rusty was in Carolyn's home the night she was murdered, but now it turns out that Michael was there, too, and took plenty of pictures and videos of this. Now, is this good or bad news? In my opinion, it's a little bit of both. This means that Rusty is not the only confirmed person at Carolyn's home that night. This is good because Rusty is no longer the only suspect. However, this also revealed an unexpected third person was on the scene, and that's Rusty's son, Kyle.

Eventually, other suspects we added to our list include Tommy Molto and Carolyn's ex-husband. Never suspected in the series, but someone fans did have their eye on, is Rusty's wife, Barbara. And even though Rusty was right when he said that there was no real evidence against him, I still had my suspicions. So here's who we've got:

The suspects

• Tommy Molto
• Barbara Sabich
• Rusty Sabich
• Kyle Sabich
• Dalton Caldwell
• Michael Caldwell

So, from this list, who killed Carolyn? It wasn't Tommy or Rusty, or anyone else on the list. The shocking final moments revealed that the murderer was Jaden Sabich, Rusty and Barbara's daughter. As an avid watcher of true crime, I should've known better! Am I losing my detective skills? Maybe. Why didn't Jaden come forward sooner? Who knows! I mean, I can't blame her? Letting her dad deal with it was her best shot. And it worked out! The jury found Rusty NOT guilty.

After the trial, Rusty confronts his wife, telling her that he knows she is the one who killed Carolyn. He says he found Carolyn dead and decided to tie her up to throw off the cops as much as possible. Barbara stares at Rusty horrified until their daughter walks in and confesses. Jaden explains that she only planned on confronting Carolyn and tell her to stay away from her family. But Carolyn tells Jaden that it's her dad who won't leave her alone. Jaden doesn't believe her. The final straw happens when Carolyn tells Jaden that she is pregnant with Rusty's child. Jaden picks up a fire poker and bashes Carolyn in the head before leaving with the murder weapon.

What did you think of the first season of Presumed Innocent? Were you surprised by who Carolyn's killer turned out to be?

Apple TV+ has already renewed the series for a second season, but it will follow a different case (and likely a new cast). As soon as we learn more about Presumed Innocent season 2, we'll update you!