Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Michael Shepard, ane makore 35, anonzi akabata zvisina kufanira vana vanomwe mukati memwedzi 18 yaakasunungurwa. Mumwe munhu anogara achishungurudza vana muFlorida akasungwa nokuda kwokubata zvisina kufanira vana vaduku vanosvika vanomwe mudzimba dzake dzokugara mwedzi 18 bedzi pashure pokunge asunungurwa mutorongo nevakuru vakuru avo vakasarudza kumupa mukana wechipiri. Michael Shepard, ane makore 35, akanyengedza vabereki kuti vamubvumire kuchengeta vana vavo uye aiwanzoonekwa achifamba-famba nomunharaunda nevana pachikoro chake, zviremera zvinodaro. Apo akabvunzwa pamusoro peziviso yevatadzi vevatano yaakapa kuvavakidzani vake, iye akataura kuti akanga ave ari mutorongo nokuda kwe'rudo rwaRomeo naJuliet' nomwanasikana womuparidzi. Mapurisa zvino anotaura kuti akaita zvose zvaaigona kuti awane chivimbo chevabereki vari muCedar Hollow Apartments muPinellas Park kuitira kuti agone kubira vana vavo. Ari kupomerwa mhosva yokurwiswa kwepabonde kunotyisa kwevana vanomwe, vose vakomana nevasikana. Chiduku pane zvose chaanoti akauraya chine makore mashanu okukura. Vose vaiva nemakore 12 zvichidzika. Vanzveri vanoti akavanyengedza nemitambo yemavhidhiyo, zvihwitsi uye nzendo kuMcDonald's. Akaendesawo vana vaduku ku'nzvimbo yake yokuvanda' mumasango kwaanoti akavamanikidza kuita zvepabonde naye uye akavamanikidza. Vabereki vakatobvumira vana vavo kurara mufurati rake. The Tampa Bay Times inoshuma kuti Shepard, uyo ane nhau yokubata zvisina kufanira vana inodzokera shure makore 20, akapedza makore 15 ari mutorongo nokuda kwokubata zvisina kufanira vakomana vaviri, vane makore matanhatu namapfumbamwe okukura, panhandare yokuita makwikwi muna 1998. Sezvo nguva yake yokuva mujeri yakanga yava kusvika kumugumo, zviremera zvakamhan'arira kuti arambe akavharirwa pasi peJimmy Ryce Act, mutemo wokuFlorida unobvumira vapari vemhosva dzepabonde kuti varambe vari mutorongo kusvikira nguva yavo yapera kana zvichida vachizoparazve mhosva. Shepard akaisa izvi zviziviso zvevatadzi vepabonde kumativi ose edzimba dzake dzokugara, asi akaudza vabereki kuti akanga atongerwa kurara nomwanasikana ari kuyaruka womuparidzi. Vabereki vakakurumidza kuvimba naShepard uye vakamutendera kutarisira vana vavo, zviremera zvinodaro. Nyanzvi mbiri dzepfungwa dzakaongorora Shepard uye dzakawana kuti akanga asinganyanyi kushungurudza vana zvakare pashure...
Michael Shepard, ane makore 35, akanyengedza vabereki kuti vatende kuti akanga asina ngozi uye akatovanyengetedza kumurega achitarisira vana, mapurisa anodaro. Iye akabata chibharo ndokubata zvisina kufanira pabonde vana vanenge vanomwe, kubatanidza musikana muduku semakore mashanu, zviremera zvinopomera kudaro. Pakunzwa kuti arambe akavharirwa, imwe nyanzvi yepfungwa yakapupurira mukudzivirira kwake, imwe yacho yakati yakanga iri 'pakurinda' pamusoro pokuchengeta Shepard ari mutorongo. Shepard akapedza makore 15 ari mutorongo nokuda kwokubata zvisina kufanira vanakomana vaviri uye ane nhau yechitsotsi chevatano chinodzokera shure kwemakumi maviri amakore.