Bryan Sheppard’s long wait for freedom ended late Monday afternoon in a deep embrace with the daughter who never gave up on him.
Sheppard, the youngest of five people convicted in the 1988 arson fire that killed six Kansas City firefighters, walked free Monday for the first time in nearly 22 years.
“It’s overwhelming, really,” Sheppard said moments after his release. “I didn’t know if it was ever going to come.” Sheppard was released after a judge on Friday cut his life sentence to 20 years.