bleed profusely.  Frye speculated that Edwards had bled on Zeigler's shirt while Zeigler held the seventy-two year old man clenched in a headlock and battered his skull with the crank.

The soles of Zeigler's shoes were of a ripple pattern and showed traces of what appeared to be blood.  The OCSO technicians had lifted an impression of one of the bloody prints in the rear hallway.  Frye performed an "overlay."  That is, he lightly placed one of Zeigler's shoes over the impression of the bloody print.

Frye was not a footprint expert, but he knew the evidence of his own eyes.  It was a match.

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One of Tommy Zeigler's close friends in Winter Garden was Richard Smith, chief physical therapist and director of security and safety at West Orange Memorial.  In the early 1970's they had served together in an Army Reserve unit.

On Christmas morning, Smith visited ICU several times to see his friend.  Smith knew that Zeigler had not yet been told about the deaths of Eunice and the others.  After speaking with Zeigler's physician, Dr. Gleason, Smith decided that he must break the news.

His account of that moment is contained in his trial testimony, and in the sworn statement that he gave to police on January 12.

Smith said that at around 11:00 Christmas morning he went into the ICU room with Wayman "Lee" Jones, who was also close to Zeigler.  Lee Jones was president of Orange Federal Savings and Loan in Winter Garden.

Smith stood by Zeigler's side.

"Do you know what's happened?" Smith said.

"I went down there with Edward," Zeigler said.

Smith asked him again if he knew what had happened.  Zeigler said that he had gone into the store.  He tried a light switch, but the light didn't come on.  He moved toward another switch, and he was hit from behind.  He felt a sharp, hot pain.

Now he seemed to doze off again.  Smith shook him and blurted, "Tommy, Eunice is dead."

And at that, Smith testified, Zeigler closed his eyes and began to cry, and Smith took him in his arms.