The father of 3 and accountant traveling on business arrived in Nassau from Miami through an Air Bahamas flight the previous day when Shobek spotted him and offered a ride.

When he stopped the car and pulled out his knife, Bornstein opened the door and tried to escape but was caught and stabbed to death by his assailant.

His body was discovered on Yamacraw Beach the next day by an employee of the Ministry of Fisheries, wearing only socks and shoes, with multiple stab wounds.

A black bag found eight miles away in Paradise Island contained some of Bernstein's papers and his killer's driver's license.

Due to a bank robbery investigation going on at the time, the preliminary hearing scheduled for February 18, 1974 was cut short.

Shobek and his lawyer pleaded insanity and diminished mental capacity, stating that he had murdered them by order from God.

Although he was initially scheduled to be hanged on October 8, he was granted an indefinite stay following an appeal filed by the United States Embassy, in which it was claimed that substantial information hadn't been supplied to the court.