|
|
| |
|
LATEST NEWS:
Two suicide attempts, a romance and a pending trial
Since Richard Sharpe was sentenced, a fellow inmate told authorities that the former millionaire dermatologist offered him $100,000 to murder Robert Weiner, the assistant district attorney who successfully prosecuted him. Shortly after being charged with solicitation to commit murder, Sharpe attempted to kill himself by hanging himself with his shoelaces. Seven months later, in October 2002, he made a second suicide attempt, and has been in Bridgewater State Hospital ever since. Sharpe has found support from New Jersey nurse Debbie Keiser-Myers, who wrote him after watching the case on Court TV and has become his romantic pen pal. As Sharpe awaits trial on the solicitation charge, his two young children are at the center of a heated custody battle between Sharpe's adult daughter, Shannon, and his slain wife's sister, Kathleen Lembo.
TRIAL COVERAGE:
Sharpe settles for $5 million
Convicted and serving a life sentence for his wife's murder, dermatologist Richard Sharpe agrees to a $5 million settlement to the estate of his slain wife, Karen.
Full story
Life sentence for killer doctor
A judge sentenced dermatologist Richard Sharpe Thursday to a mandatory life sentence for the slaying of his wife Karen.
Full story
Verdict: Guilty, sane
Read about closing arguments
View the verdict form
Photo gallery: The many faces of Sharpe
Psychiatrist: Sharpe not psychotic
Contradicting a key defense witness, a psychiatrist testified during prosecution rebuttal Tuesday that Dr. Richard Sharpe was not psychotic when he killed his wife.
Full story
Suit filed against man Sharpe stole gun from
The 'perfect storm'
A defense psychiatrist testified Monday that a deadly combination of factors led Dr. Richard Sharpe to gun down his estranged wife
without any true understanding of what he was doing.
Full story
Nov. 16, 2001: Sharpe: I didn't want to kill her
Nov. 15, 2001: Sharpe testifies
Nov. 12, 2001: Witnesses: Sharpe acting normal days before murder
Nov. 13, 2001: 911 call brings jurors to tears
Nov. 9, 2001: Opening statements: Insane or simply unorthodox?
Nov. 8, 2001: Trial delayed by jury tour bus breakdown
Nov. 7, 2001: Allegation slows jury selection
Case background
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
Dr. Richard Sharpe, a millionaire dermatologist with a penchant for cross-dressing, admits he killed his wife Karen — but claimed insanity. The jury rejected that claim and convicted him of murder.
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
Prison Escape Plan
In this handwritten note to a friend, Sharpe details his plan to escape from prison during a doctor's visit
Letters to Daughter
In several handwritten letters to his oldest child, 27-year-old Shannon, Richard Sharpe says he misses his slain wife
Brother's Affidavit
Karen Sharpe's brother says he watched as Richard Sharpe pointed a rifle at her and pulled the trigger as the Sharpe children lay on the couch
Victim's Affidavit
Before her death, Karen Sharpe says what pushed her to finally leave her cheating, abusive husband was her fear that he was "unstable enough to commit homicide."
More documents |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
