61 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL SHEPPARD, WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND, AND DUMPING HER BODY NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS BEHIND THEIR MORGAN HILL HOME LAST MONTH, IS DUE BACK IN A SANTA CLARA COUNTY COURT ROOM NEXT MONTH. SHEPPARD WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE REPORTEDLY TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HE ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 46 YEAR-OLD BERTHA PAULSON WHILE THE 2 WERE ARGUING. IF CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, HE FACES 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.
