Word: thibedeau
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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After questioning Shea, Miami Detective Philip Thibedeau could find no connection between him and the murder. Even so, Detective Patrick Gallagher soon obtained the airman's oral confession...
Self-Accused. Now, six years later, a second jury has voted for acquittal-all because Detective Thibedeau, Polygrapher Holmes and Miami Herald Reporter Gene Miller spent their spare time tracking down evidence that cast deep doubt on his confession. For one thing, Roman Catholic Shea had apparently undergone agonies of guilt after fathering an illegitimate child in the Philippines: "I didn't want to live," he said. Even more important, Detective Gallagher admitted in nine hours on the stand at the second trial that...
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