In 2004, pediatric eye surgeon, Dr. Brian Stidham, was found dead in an Arizona parking lot. He had been stabbed 15 times and his car was missing. Police learned that the victim had a deeply contentious relationship with his partner, Dr. Bradley Schwartz. Was the murder a result of a fatal carjacking or something even more sinister? “48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 10/27/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Dr. Brian Stidham was a man who came to Tucson from Texas, who brought his wife and family here. Dr. Stidham was an eye surgeon.
The practice and the position that he was offered was going to work very well for him. He was so happy here. He absolutely had found his niche. My name is Andrea Depew, and Brian's my little brother. He had friends, colleagues, people that he really had a great deal of respect for.
He was a great doctor. He was somebody who had compassion and had skill. My name's Joseph Miller. I'm a pediatric ophthalmologist. Brian was a friend of mine. He was extremely well trained. He went to Harvard Medical School, and people loved him.
The search is on tonight for a car that belonged to a man found murdered in Midtown.
I received the call around 11 PM. I arrived at the scene at midnight, and there was a dead man lying in the parking lot over here. I'm Jill Murphy, and I was the lead investigator in the Stidham homicide. Dr. Stidham was stabbed 15 times. This was a very violent attack.
I cannot comprehend that this could happen to our family. I think we're just your normal middle class American family.
It is shocking to find a doctor lying in a dark parking lot so brutally murdered.
Who would kill Dr. Stidham? I mean, he doesn't have any enemies. Murder requires evil. I did not sense the evil. I didn't feel the evil until Dr. Stidham was murdered. My name is Lourdes Salomon Lopez. I'm a former prosecutor and I'm a witness in this case.
There was a feeling of fear among the other doctors.
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