Warning: This website contains graphic images such as autopsy and crime scene photos, which some may find disturbing.
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Photo 17: T-Shirt Fragment
T-shirt fragment found in 1958 near Elyria by two boys who turned it into police; laboratory testing performed to determine the age of the material was inconclusive
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Photo 18: Hairs on Marilyn Sheppard's Mattress
Evidence bag containing hairs found on Marilyn Sheppard's mattress
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Photo 21: Wood Chip
Wood chip taken from Sheppards' screened porch, where six 1/4" drops of blood were found
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Photo 23: Model of Marilyn Sheppard's Head
Model of Marilyn's head depicting the wounds inflicted upon her
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Photo 24: Fireplace Tongs
These fireplace tongs were discovered on November 17, 1982 by the Vargos, the current owners of the home occupied by the Sheppards' neighbors, J. Spencer Houk and Esther Houk in 1954. The Bay Village Police sent the tongs to the Coroner's office for testing. See Vargo, Paul G., Police Statement
In the 1960s, F. Lee Bailey had theorized that J. Spencer Houk and Esther Houk murdered Marilyn Sheppard.
