Ngomnyaka we-1954, i-Osteopath Sam Sheppard yeklinikhi yaseCleveland ehloniphekileyo yafunyanwa enetyala lokubulala umfazi wakhe okhulelweyo uMarilyn Sheppard. UGqirha Sheppard uthe wayengqengqe kwisofa ekwigumbi elingaphantsi xa weva inkosikazi yakhe ikhwaza kwigumbi eliphezulu. Wakhawuleza waya kumnceda, kodwa indoda “esisityholo” yamhlasela ngasemva.
Indawo yolwaphulo-mthetho
Umqhankqalazi wagxothwa kwikhaya lakwaSheppard ngobusuku bokubulala, kwaye ipolisa lafumanisa uSam Sheppard engekho zingqondweni kunxweme lweBay Village Bay (Cleveland, Ohio). La magosa aphawula ukuba le ndlu ibonakala igqogqwe ngendlela engekho ngqiqweni ngabom. UGqirha uSheppard wabanjwa kwaye wavavanywa kwimeko “enjengesekisi”, njengoko wayenjalo u-OJ Simpson kumashumi eminyaka kamva, ngakumbi okoko ityala lakhe labhengezwa njengelingenabulungisa emva kokugwetywa kwakhe ngokubulala umfazi wakhe ngo-1964.
Ubomi bukaSheppard batshintsha ngokupheleleyo
Usapho lukaSheppard lwaluhlala lukholelwa ekubeni msulwa, ngakumbi unyana wakhe, uSamuel Reese Sheppard, owathi kamva wamangalela urhulumente ngokuvalelwa ngokungafanelekanga (akazange aphumelele). Nangona uSheppard wakhululwa, umonakalo ebomini bakhe wawungenakulungiseka. Ngoxa wayesentolongweni, bobabini abazali bakhe bafa ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo, yaye abasebukhweni bakhe bazibulala.
Umbulali
Emva kokukhululwa kwakhe, uSheppard waxhomekeka kwi-booze, kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba awuyeke umsebenzi wakhe wobugqirha. Kwi-parody ejijekileyo yobomi bakhe obutsha, uSheppard waba ngumdlali we-wrestling okwexeshana, ethatha igama elithi The Killer. Unyana wakhe, ukongeza kwii-flashbacks ezinxulumene ne-PTSD, unamava emisebenzi ephantsi, kunye nobudlelwane obungaphumeleli.
Ubungqina beDNA
Isidima salo gqirha sisangcolisiwe ngenxa yeli bali, nangona omnye umrhanelwa, obelungisa izinto kwindlu yakwaSheppard phambi kokuba kubulawe, uchongwe ngobungqina beDNA. Abantu abaninzi basakholelwa ukuba ugqirha nguye obangele ukubulala. Isicwangciso sefilimu ethi The Fugitive ifana ngokuphawulekayo nebali likaSheppard, kodwa abadali befilimu bayaluphika uxhulumaniso.
