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the murder
Marilyn Sheppard is murdered in her bed -
sam finds his wife
Sam sheppards heards a scream upstairs in his houses so he goes upstairs but he fights on the stair with his wifes murder. after he makes it upstairs he calls mayor Spencer houk and he comes over right away -
Sam is Questioned
Sam Sheppard was treated at Bay View Hospital for shock and shock and neck injuries. During his recovery he was Questioned extensivly by local police and investigators without Sam's lawyer present -
cops arrive
Cops arrive at the Sheppard house hold also after the cops leave the public was able to walk through the house and see Marilyn's dead body -
marilyn funeral
marilyn's funeral was held just three days after she was murdered -
sam gives a formal statement
Sam Sheppard gives a formal statement to Cuyahoga County Sherrif's Office -
police take over scene
The Cleveland Police take over the investigation -
sam is arrested
Dr. Sheppard was arrested and was taken to suburban city hall -
sam is released
the judge finds no evidence and releases Sam sheppard on bail -
sam is re arrested
Sam is rearrested and is indicted for murder -
Sam's trial begins
the jury is sworn in an the trial begins -
the jury gives a verdict
The jury gives a verdict of guility in the secend degree of murder and sam is sentenced to life in prison -
sam is released from prison
Sam is released from prison because he was denied a fair trial -
Sam Sheppard's second trial starts
Sam's sencond trial starts and this time he is found not guility -
Sam makes a statement
in a cave that Sam ran off to after he is released Sam video tapes himself and states the night of july 4 1954 he went up to his and his wifes bed room and murdered his wife with 39 punches to the face and he sends the video to the local police -
Sam dies
Sam dies of starvation in the cave that he found, his body is found just days of him dying decause the smell lead police to the cave -
sams funeral
Dr.Sam Sheppard's funeral was held and he lays to this day next to his wife he killed
