Dr. Schneeberger Case Study

Dr. John Schneeberger On October 31st 1992 in Kipling Saskatchewan a 23 year old female named Candace had a fight with her boyfriend, she was so enraged she went to the local hospital to see her friend who worked there. Candice’s friend suggested she speak to a doctor about a way to help calm down. Her regular doctor, Dr. John Schneeberger, spoke to her for some time and suggested a mild sedative. Dr. Schneeberger left the room and returned with a syringe he’d prepared; closed the door, moved her sleeve up and gave her the injection. Candice went numb immediately and passed out where her trusted family doctor proceeded to rape her. She equated the experience to going to the dentist and when your gums are numbed, you don’t feel the dentist pulling the tooth out, but you can feel pressure around the area so she knew she was being raped. Versed – a drug used for anaesthesia and procedural sedation, was what the doctor had given her and this was proved by a blood test Candice had done. As she was too dizzy from the sedation, Candice stayed the night at the hospital after the nurse’s suggestion where she stored her underwear in a Ziploc bag. The next morning, she confronted Dr. Schneeberger and asked what drug he had given her to which he replied asking her why and did she have some crazy dreams, which confirmed her beliefs. Candice drove to a rape test clinic and had her blood tested and a vaginal swab done which found that there was semen present. Candice reported the doctor to local police who started an investigation and obtained blood from the doctor’s arm for forensic analysis against the DNA found on Candice and on her underwear/pants. The blood analysis came back negative and police dropped suspicions against Dr. Schneeberger. However Candice was certain her doctor had raped her, so in 1993 the test was repeated; the technician suggested taking blood from his fingertips however due to the doctor voluntarily giving the sample they obliged when he asked to draw from his arm. Again the results were negative and the case was closed in 1994. Candice was still convinced though that it was Dr. Schneeberger that had raped her that night so she hired a private detective to investigate. The detective broke into Schneeberger’s car and obtained DNA from hair on the head rest and from epithelial cells on his lip balm. The DNA from these samples was a positive match to the DNA found in Candice’s rape test kit. This lead to a third test of Dr. Schneeberger’s blood but the sample was too small and degraded for a useful analysis. Five years after the incident, in 1997, Lisa Schneeberger reported that her 15 year old daughter (from her first marriage) had accused her step-father, Dr. Schneeberger of repeatedly sedating and raping her. Lisa had searched her now ex-husbands study and found condoms and sedatives, including versed. She reported him to the police which ordered a fourth DNA test, although this time DNA was taken with swabs from his mouth and hair follicles as well as blood taken from his fingertips, which were filmed. All three were forensically tested using PCR and electrophoresis and were found to be a match to the rape test kit Candice had done. A trial took place and in 1999 Schneeberger confessed and revealed his method to avoid being caught with the latest forensic technology of the time; DNA testing. He had implanted a 15cm Penrose drain into his arm with another man’s blood and anticoagulants to keep it from degrading too much however by the third test the blood in the tube had almost run out and was about 2 years old. During each blood withdrawal, he had tricked the laboratory technicians into taking the samples from the tube he’d implanted.