Mu 1954, Osteopath Sam Sheppard wa chipatala chodziwika bwino cha Cleveland anapezeka ndi mlandu wopha mkazi wake woyembekezera Marilyn Sheppard. Doctor Sheppard adati akugona pampando wachipinda chapansi pomwe adamva mkazi wake akukuwa cham'mwamba. Anathamangira m’chipinda cham’mwamba kuti akamuthandize, koma mwamuna wina “watsitsi lakuda” anamuukira kumbuyo.
Malo aumbanda
Zikuoneka kuti wobera adathamangitsidwa kunyumba ya Sheppard usiku wakuphayo, ndipo wapolisi adapeza Sam Sheppard ali chikomokere m'mphepete mwa Bay Village Bay (Cleveland, Ohio). Apolisiwo adazindikira kuti nyumbayo ikuwoneka kuti idabedwa mwadala mopanda nzeru. Doctor Sheppard anamangidwa ndikuzengedwa mlandu mu "circus-like", monganso OJ Simpson zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, makamaka popeza mlandu wake udanenedwa kuti ndi wosalungama atapezeka ndi mlandu wopha mkazi wake mu 1964.
Moyo wa Sheppard unasinthiratu
Banja la Sheppard nthawi zonse ankakhulupirira kuti anali wosalakwa, makamaka mwana wake, Samuel Reese Sheppard, yemwe pambuyo pake adatsutsa boma chifukwa cha kumangidwa molakwika (sanapambane). Ngakhale Sheppard adamasulidwa, kuwonongeka kwa moyo wake kunali kosatheka. Ali m’ndende, makolo ake onse awiri anamwalira mwachibadwa, ndipo apongozi ake anadzipha.
Wowapha
Atamasulidwa, Sheppard anayamba kudalira mowa, ndipo anakakamizika kusiya ntchito yake yachipatala. Munkhani yopotoka ya moyo wake watsopano, Sheppard adakhala womenyera nkhondo kwakanthawi, ndikumutcha kuti The Killer. Mwana wake wamwamuna, kuwonjezera pa zochitika zokhudzana ndi PTSD, adakumana ndi ntchito zochepa, komanso maubwenzi osapambana.
Umboni wa DNA
Mbiri ya dotoloyo idaipitsidwabe chifukwa cha nkhaniyi, ngakhale kuti munthu wina wokayikira, yemwe amakonza nyumba ya Sheppard asanaphedwe, adadziwika kudzera muumboni wa DNA. Anthu ambiri amakhulupirirabe kuti dokotala ndi amene anapha munthu. Chiwembu cha kanema The Fugitive ndi chofanana kwambiri ndi nkhani ya Sheppard, koma opanga filimuyi amakana kugwirizana.
