October 5, 2004. The darkened parking lot of the North First Avenue Medical Complex was made bright again by spotlights. The Tucson Police Department was there to respond to reports of a man down. 

The man was Dr. Brian Stidham, a respected pediatric ophthalmologist. Though initially considered to be a victim of a carjacking gone wrong, the investigation soon narrowed to one prime suspect: Dr. Brad Schwartz.

Why would one doctor want to kill the other?

This is a story of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder.

Art
 "Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio

 Music
 "Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen

Sources

1. “Murder-for-hire hitman loses Arizona Supreme Court appeal in children’s eye surgeon’s death” by Martha Serda, KGUN9 Tucson.
2. Toxic Rage: A Tale of Murder in Tucson by A.J. Flick (2018)
3. “An Eye for an Eye” by Ian Paisley, Lourdes Aguiar, and Joe Halderman, 48 Hours, CBS News.
4. “Prescription for Revenge” by Lynn Sherr, Sara Holmberg, and Jessica Hornig, ABC News.
5. “Murdered” by Medical Economics.
6. “One Year Later, Murder of Dr. David Brian Stidham Still Awaits Trial” by J.D. Wallace, KOLD News 13.
7. “The Murder of Dr. David Stidham” by Chris Limberis, Tucson Weekly.
8. “Obituaries - David Brian Stidham, MD” by David A. Plager, MD, Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, vol 8, number 6, 2004, pp. 595.
9. “Doctor charged in fellow doctor's stabbing death in Tucson” by Michelle Roberts, The Arizona Daily Sun.