Rene Sheppard

Rene Sheppard is a fictional police detective of the Baltimore Police Department on Homicide: Life on the Street, played by Michael Michele. At 29, Sheppard first appeared in Season 7. Rene was Miss Anne Arundel County (beauty pageant queen) sometime prior to joining the Baltimore Police Department. She came into the Homicide Section from the Escape and Apprehension Section (Fugitive Squad) and was partnered with Meldrick Lewis until an arrest went bad; Sheppard was severely beaten, and her gun was stolen, causing the department to doubt her ability to do the job. At first fiercely protective of his partner, Lewis soon grew unable to trust her, leading to tension between the two and often resulting in Lewis and Sheppard's seeking other partners. After spending her recovery time behind a desk, Sheppard was allowed to be the primary on the "Internet Killer" case, and redeemed herself somewhat by leading the investigation that led to Internet Killer Luke Ryland's arrest; however, her reputation never fully recovered from the beating incident.