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The Unsolved Murder of Mary S. Sherman
Rumors surround the murder of a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon who was found dead in her apartment.
Mary S. Sherman, age 51, was a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon specializing in the research and treatment of bone cancer. She worked at the Ochsner Medical Clinic in New Orleans, Louisana, during the last part of her career in an attempt to perfect a treatment that would help people worldwide. She was a woman with a bright future ahead of her who may have made breakthroughs into cancer research, but her life was cut short.
Murder
At 4:00 a.m. on July 21, 1964, a resident of the Patio Apartments named Juan Valdes made a call to the New Orleans Police Department because he could smell smoke and feared the building was on fire. When police officers arrived, they found Apartment J was on fire towards the back of the building.
Firefighters soon arrived and found the bedroom of the apartment was in flames. When they pulled out a burning mattress, they found the body of Mary S. Sherman lying face-up on the floor just beneath the mattress.
When the firefighters put the fire out, they discovered Mary had suffered severe wounds from the burning fire. She had been burned on the right side of her body so seriously…
