Samuel Shepherd
Samuel Shepherd was from Groveland, Florida, and was a childhood friend and army buddy of Walter Irvin. In 1951, while Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall was driving him from Raiford prison back to Lake County, McCall stopped the car on a dark clay road and shot him dead. McCall said Shepherd tried to escape, but according to The Marshall Project, a later FBI investigation contradicted that account. Shepherd's relative Vivian Shepherd said she had waited years for the state to apologize to the families.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). Sheriff Willis McCall said Shepherd tried to escape and that he shot him during the transport; an FBI investigation later contradicted that account.
Reported by: Sheriff Willis McCall (the agency that held him); FBI investigation (outside investigators).