the murder that haunted robert redford & the fugitive he never saw captured

sidney “sid” wells was a college student at the university of colorado and the boyfriend of shauna redford, daughter of actor robert redford. in august of 1983, just days before he was to begin his senior year, sid was murdered in his boulder condo. investigators quickly focused on his roommate, thayne smika, but after he was released from custody, he vanished. decades later, new forensic evidence tied smika to the crime. an arrest warrant was issued, but he has never been found. the wells family has been working to find smika and see him arrested for decades. the case stuck with robert redford for the remainder of his life, and while he never got to see smika held accountable for his alleged crime, his death inspired a renewed public interest in the case that will hopefully result in smika finally being found. sources: https://pastebin.com/FQJwqSAP all individuals mentioned are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. join ibotta to receive cash back on online or in-store purchases and get a $5 bonus after you redeem your first offer (affiliate link, not sponsored): https://ibotta.onelink.me/iUfE/8cc13c... equipment used: microphone: https://amzn.to/3uBKL4g pop filter: https://amzn.to/3D5tEef "crowd hammer" by kevin macleod (incompetech.com) licensed under creative commons: by attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... this description contains affiliate links. heavy casefiles is a member of the amazon affiliates program.