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Marilyn Sheppard

Birth Name:

Marilyn Reese

Birth Date:

April 14, 1923

Birth Place:

Cleveland, Ohio

Death Date:

July 4, 1954

Place of Death:

28944 Lake Road, Bay Village, Ohio

Age:

Cause of Death:

Homicide - blunt force trauma

Cemetery Name:

Knollwood Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Crime and their Victims

Associates:

Dr. Sam Sheppard

Marilyn Sheppard was violently murdered in her home of Bay Village, Ohio on July 4, 1954. Her husband Dr. Samuel Sheppard was the primary suspect and convicted of her murder, but after 10 years in prison he was acquitted in 1966 at a second trial. The case was controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that the "carnival atmosphere" surrounding Sheppard's first trial had made due process impossible.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Knollwood Cemetery

1678 SOM Center Road

Mayfield Heights, Ohio, 44124

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Mausoleum, North Wing, Crypt 744E

Grave Location Description

From the main entrance, take the second right hall and walk down the hallway and turn left then left again and look along the top of the crypts for 744 where you will find Marilyn Sheppard resting along with Sam Sheppard and unborn child.