isadore rozeman, 58, was found dead in his jewelry store on november 5, 1983, by shreveport police who had been notified by acquaintance dr. a. r. ebrahim that the shop appeared to be in disarray. rozeman had been murdered with a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. glenn ford, rozeman's yard man, was known to be in the vicinity of the store at the time of the murder and identified by multiple people at the trial. he was known to be with jake and henry robinson after the crime, showing materials stolen from the crime scene as well as a .22 calibre pistol belonging to jake. an acquaintance of ford testified that he had a .38 pistol in his waistband the morning of the crime, the same caliber bullet found at the crime scene. police initially were unable to find any evidence of the crime at ford's residence, but did find residue from a gunshot wound on his left hand (he is left-handed). ford was immediately taken into custody. evidence was, however, found in henry robinson's possession, as well as pawn shop receipts in ford's name from the date of the murder.