It was a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its grisly details.
“According to the rules of the country, the man is allowed to rehabilitate. He said he could have used his smarts to create any sort of company with no benefit to society but chose health tech instead. He paid his debt to society in jail. The product is meant to provide on-the-spot results in a non-invasive way. He was punished twice for setting up internet access to his cell, in one case building a modem out of two dismantled DVD players. So there is no reason not to help him rehabilitate,” Amidror, who testified to the parole board on Hershtik’s behalf, told the AP. A large part of the investment is from Hershtik’s own money, although he won’t say how much. Pulled over during a drive to gather the money, an accomplice of Hershtik’s fired three shots at Sela, using Hershtik’s mother’s pistol. He would serve 25 years, during which time Hershtik earned two doctorates, in math and chemistry, and got married three separate times. Weeks later, hikers saw a hand poking up from the earth, and Sela’s body was found. “You can be a genius and yet still be very stupid and the two don’t contradict each other.” The two had a bumpy relationship.