Good Samaritan/Gun Shy
On February 25, 1985, the Palo Alto Police Department receives a
call from James Niebauer. His 43-year-old wife Abigail has been
shot dead.

When police arrive, they find the woman in her kitchen with a bullet wound to the chest. Mr. Niebauer tells the officers that he shot his wife. He claims it was an accident. He was cleaning the vintage shotgun when his wife came in and asked to hold the gun; it accidentally fired at point blank range into Abigail's chest.

Meanwhile, Abigail's brother, Lee Sansum, is notified of his sister's death. He is immediately suspicious of James Niebauer's story and tells the cops that his sister's marriage was very rocky.

Two months later, Sansum calls the Palo Alto police for an update. He's told that the case has been cleared as an accident and closed. Sansum is outraged. He does not believe his sister would come close to the shotgun, much less handle it. He believes that James Niebauer shot her on purpose. From his home in Seattle, Sansum works to find out the truth...