Captain Bob Ford declared that the strain of the case had left the sheriff’s department personnel emotionally and physically strung out under great, self-applied pressure. The case hardly spared anyone in law enforcement its heavy emotional toll. Rita Y. Shuler was a forensic photographer with SLED who had been called upon to create detailed, high-quality images of Shari’s Last Will & Testament for close analysis, as well as much of the other physical evidence.
