I ka makahiki 1985, ua haʻalulu kekahi hihia pepehi kanaka i ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Niantic Connecticut. Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi wahine hāpai i ka ʻumi ʻia i loko o ka lumi moe ʻoiai ʻo kāna kāne e haʻalele ana i kahi huakaʻi holo moku. ʻAʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia ka hewa a hiki i kahi mea hōʻike e hāʻawi i nā mea noiʻi i kahi ʻike, ma nā wahi āpau, he kope VHS o kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli.

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Ed lāua ʻo Ellen Sherman he kāne hauʻoli a puni ke kūlanakauhale, ʻoihana ʻelua, ʻo Ellen kahi mea hoʻopuka, ʻo Ed he kumu ma ke kula kaiāulu kūloko. ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻia lākou ʻo ke ʻano o ka lokomaikaʻi kaiāulu, ua haʻi ko lākou ola pilikino i kahi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe. He philanderer ʻo Ed i ʻai pinepine i ka hoʻololi wahine a me nā pāʻina wahine. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole noʻonoʻo ʻo Ellen a hana pinepine ʻo ia i nā hana.

E komo i loko o Nancy Prescott, ka haku wahine o Ed i hāpai a hānau keiki i ka wā o kā lāua pili. Ua haʻi ʻo Ellen ma kāna palena iā Ed e haʻalele iā Nancy i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaka hou.

Ua ʻae ʻo Ed a ua hoʻāʻo ka wahine e noho aliʻi i kā lāua male, ua hāpai ʻo Ellen iā ia iho.

Akā ma kahi Lāpule i ʻAukake 1985, ʻoiai ua hele ʻo Ed i kahi huakaʻi holo moana me ʻehā mau hoaaloha, ua kāhea ʻia ʻo ia e nā mākaʻi ma ka lekiō o ka moku, e ʻōlelo ana ua make kāna wahine hāpai. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e kekahi hoaaloha ʻohana kāne a Ed i noi ai e nānā iā ia i kēlā pō.

I ka nānā mua ʻana ua nānā aku ia me he mea lā ua komo mai kahi mea komo hewa i loko o ko lākou hale a kaomi i ke ola mai loko mai o Ellen a laila ua wikiwiki ʻo ia i ka hoʻi ʻana, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomau ʻia ke ea o ka lewa.

Ua hāʻawi nā ligature a puni ka ʻāʻī o Ellen i ke kauka loiloi me ka lawa o ka hōʻoia e hoʻoholo ai ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo ia me kāna lole ponoʻī ponoʻī. Akā ʻo ka hoʻokolokolo hou ʻana e hōʻike ana ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo ia imua o ua hele a paʻa nā panty i kona ʻāʻī. Ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe loiloi lapaʻau ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia ma mua o kēlā Lāpule.

Ua waiho ka nīnau; ʻO wai ka mea e hana i kēia? A e like me ka maʻa mau, nānā nā mea noiʻi i ka wahine ma ke ʻano he kānalua. Akā ua hala ʻo Ed i kahi huakaʻi holo i ka Lāpule, he alibi paʻa kāna, me nā mea hōʻike ʻehā. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hana. Pehea ʻo ia i nā wahi ʻelua i ka manawa hoʻokahi?

Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo Ed me kāna wahine i ka pō o ka pepehi kanaka ma ka hale o kahi hoaaloha, ua lohe lākou āpau iā ia ma ke kelepona.

Ua kānalua ʻia nā ʻepekema forensic ʻoiai ʻo Kauka Henry Lee o ka Connecticut State Crime Lab. ʻO ia a hiki i ka wā i hele mai ai kekahi me kahi piko e puhi i ka uhi o ka hihia.

Ua haʻi ka mea hōʻike ua holo ʻo ia iā Ed ma ka hale kūʻai wikiō kūloko i ke kakahiaka o kāna huakaʻi holo moana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kākoʻo ʻo Ed i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli i kāhea ʻia Pākuʻi, He mea pohihihi e pili ana i ke kanaka ino i kapaia o Allen Devlin, ka mea nana i pepehi ino i kana wahine a me kana mau keiki i ka wa mua, a laila hooponopono i ka hana kalaima e pale aku i na mea noii.

I loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo Richard Widmark, ʻo Detective Joe Steiner, huikau a hōʻike i ka hōʻike ʻana ʻo Allen ka mea i kuleana no ka luku hoʻomāinoino.

Hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea hoʻopili ea? I ka "Blackout" hoʻohana ka mea pepehi kanaka i kahi hana maʻalea e hoʻolei aku i nā mea noiʻi. Hoʻohuli ʻo ia i nā mīkini i kāna hoʻonohonoho kiʻekiʻe loa a haʻalele iā ia e holo ana.

ʻO nā anuanu anuanu e hoʻolohi i ke kaʻina hana mortis a me ka decomposition o ke kino e hiki ai i nā mea noiʻi ke koho pololei ʻole i ka manawa maoli o ka make.

Ua ʻike ʻo Widmark i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā mea noiʻi maoli i ka hihia Sherman i kēia hack pepehi kanaka. Ma ka hihia Sherman kahi i hoʻoholo ai ke koronero i ka manawa o ka make i ka lā Sābati, ua manaʻo lākou me ka holo ʻana o ka ea, ʻo ka manawa o ka make he ʻelua lā ma mua, ma ka Pōʻalima. ʻO ia hoʻi ua hiki iā Ed ke hana imua o e waiho ana no kana huakai lawaia.

Eia naʻe, ua kāhea ʻo Ed i kāna wahine mai mile ka mamao mai ka pō o ka pepehi kanaka a hiki i kāna mau hoaaloha ke hōʻoia i kēlā. Ma waho o ka ʻike ʻole o Ed, aia kekahi ma ke kelepona, ʻo kekahi o nā kaikamahine a ke keonimana nāna i hōʻike ua kiʻi ʻo ia i ka mea loaʻa e kāhea a lohe iā ia e kamaʻilio ana, ʻaʻole wale ʻo ia e kamaʻilio me kāna wahine, ke kamaʻilio nei ʻo ia ma luna o ka ke kani nei i ka hopena: he wahaheʻe ke kāhea.

Wahi a ka hōʻike Forensic Files (ʻāpana piha ma lalo), ʻoki ʻo Ed i kāna wahine a make me kona mau lima ʻole ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka Pōʻalima. A laila hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka lole komo ma loko o kona ʻāʻī e hoʻāʻo a alakaʻi hewa i nā mea noiʻi i ka manaʻo he hewa wahine ia.

Ma hope o kēlā, a hoʻoulu ʻia e ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Pākuʻi, ua hoohuli ae la oia i ka ea ea i kiekie e hoolohi i ke kaʻina hana decomposition e alakaʻi hewa ana i ke Koronero a me ka manawa maoli o ka make. A laila, haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hale o kāna hoaaloha no ka lawaiʻa a hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ke kelepona ma hope o ia pō ma ka pepeiao o kona mau hoaaloha, akā me ka ʻike ʻole e hoʻolohe ana kekahi.

Mahalo loa i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Pākuʻi, ua hoʻoholo nā mea noiʻi me nā mahana wela, ʻaʻole ka manawa maoli o ka make ma ka Lāpule, akā ʻelua mau lā mamua iā Ed i ka home.

Ua hopu ʻia ʻo Ed Sherman no ka pepehi kanaka. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā loio i ka haʻalele ʻana o Ellen i kā lāua male a makemake i ka hemo male. ʻO ia, ʻo ia ka mea nona ka ʻoihana o ka ʻoihana i haʻi iā Ed hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kāna ipo wahine a me ka moku peʻa, a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe.

I ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, hoihoi nui nā jure i ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ko Ellen manawa make. Ma muli o nā hōʻike forensic ua hoʻoholo lākou he manawa ko Ed a me ke kumu e hana ai i ka pepehi kanaka, a ʻeono mau makahiki ma hope o ka hewa ua hewa ʻo ia no ka pepehi kanaka ma ke kēkelē mua, a ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia he 50 mau makahiki i ka hale paʻahao.

ʻAʻole ʻo Ed i ʻae i ka hewa a he ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o ka hewa i make ai ʻo ia i ka hale paʻahao ma hope o ka ʻeha ʻana o ka puʻuwai.