Robert Redford’s recent death has renewed interest in the search for the prime suspect in the 1983 murder of his daughter Shauna’s boyfriend, Sid Wells.
Shauna and Wells were students at the University of Colorado Boulder when he was fatally shot in his apartment. Redford was preparing to film The Natural at the time, but rushed to his daughter’s side and was at Wells’ funeral.
According to The Denver Post, Wells’ roommate, Thayne Alan Smika, was arrested in connection with the murder. But the district attorney of Boulder County later declined to file formal charges against Smika, citing insufficient evidence.
Then Smika disappeared in 1986…