Ngo-1954, i-Osteopath Sam Sheppard yomtholampilo ohlonishwayo waseCleveland walahlwa yicala lokubulala unkosikazi wakhe owayekhulelwe uMarilyn Sheppard. UDokotela Sheppard uthe wayesalele kusofa endlini engaphansi ngesikhathi ezwa umkakhe eklabalasa esitezi esiphezulu. Waphuthuma esitezi esiphezulu eyomsiza, kodwa indoda “enezinwele ezimpunga” yamhlasela ngemuva.
Indawo yobugebengu
Isigebengu kusolakala ukuthi saxoshwa emzini wakwaSheppard ngobusuku besigameko, kanti iphoyisa lathola uSam Sheppard equlekile ogwini lwaseBay Village Bay (Cleveland, Ohio). Amaphoyisa aqaphele ukuthi umuzi ubonakale ugqekeziwe ngendlela engafanele ngamabomu. UDokotela Sheppard waboshwa futhi waquliswa icala "elifana nesekisi", njengoba kwakunjalo ngo-OJ Simpson emashumini eminyaka kamuva, ikakhulukazi njengoba icala lakhe kwathiwa alilungile ngemuva kokulahlwa yicala lokubulala unkosikazi wakhe ngo-1964.
Impilo kaSheppard yashintsha ngokuphelele
Umndeni kaSheppard wawuhlale ukholelwa ekutheni umsulwa, ikakhulukazi indodana yakhe, uSamuel Reese Sheppard, kamuva owamangalela umbuso ngokuboshwa ngokungafanele (akazange awine). Nakuba uSheppard akhululwa, umonakalo empilweni yakhe wawungenakulungiseka. Ngesikhathi esejele, bobabili abazali bakhe bashona ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo, futhi abasekhweni lakhe bazibulala.
Umbulali
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwakhe, uSheppard waqala ukuncika otshwaleni, waphoqeleka ukuba awuyeke umsebenzi wakhe wokwelapha. Emdlalweni osontekile wempilo yakhe entsha, uSheppard waba ngumdlali we-wrestling isikhathi esithile, ethatha igama elithi The Killer. Indodana yakhe, ngaphezu kokukhumbula okwenzekayo okuhlobene ne-PTSD, yathola imisebenzi esezingeni eliphansi, nobudlelwano obungaphumeleli.
Ubufakazi be-DNA
Isithunzi salo dokotela sisangcole ngenxa yalolu daba yize omunye umsolwa owayelungisa umuzi wakwaSheppard ngaphambi kwesigameko sokubulala uhlonzwe ngobufakazi bolibofuzo. Abantu abaningi basakholelwa ukuthi udokotela nguyena obangele ukubulala. Isakhiwo semuvi ethi The Fugitive sifana ngokuphawulekayo nendaba ka-Sheppard, kodwa abadali befilimu bayakuphika ukuxhumana.
