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Defendant's Exhibit 044A: Eberling Scar
Franklin County Coroner's Office
Eberling scar photo - autopsy
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Defendant's Exhibit 044B: Eberling Scar
Franklin County Coroner's Office
Eberling scar photo - autopsy
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Defendant's Exhibit 044C: Eberling Scar
Franklin County Coroner's Office
Eberling scar photo - autopsy
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Defendant's Exhibit 052: Marilyn Sheppard Autopsy Report
Samuel R. Gerber
Marilyn Sheppard autopsy report performed and written by Dr. Gerber in 1954
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Defendant's Exhibit 053: Marilyn Sheppard Trace Evidence Report
Samuel R. Gerber
Report of experiments and specimen testing performed at the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Laboratories
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Defendant's Exhibit 057: Dombrowski Police Report
Henry R. Dombrowski
Police report by Henry Dombrowski detailing initial crime scene investigation. Specifically the report details blood stains, blood foot prints, and a "tool mark" in the doorjamb of the basement door.
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Defendant's Exhibit 063: Drenkhan Statement
Cuyahoga County Sherriff's Office
Fred. F. Drenkhan statement re: the case - July 16, 1954. Drenkhan details how he found Marilyn Sheppard's body when he arrived on the scene, and his initial interview with Dr. Sam Sheppard.
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Defendant's Exhibit 072A: Dr. Richard Hexter Physicians Findings
Richard E. Hexter
Dr. Hexter's examination of Sam Sheppard at 4:00pm on July 4, 1954. This Examination was performed at the request of Dr. Gerber, as part of the coroner's inquest.
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Defendant's Exhibit 072: Sam Sheppard Bay View Hospital Records
Gervase C. Flick
Sam Sheppard's medical records from Bay View Hospital after murder. Describes Sam Sheppard's injuries and pain from the
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-03: Out Toward Lake Erie
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Inside living room looking out toward Lake Erie
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-06: Stairs And Doorway
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Looking up stairs from first floor to open doorway of murder room
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-09: Kitchen In Sheppard Home
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Kitchen in Sheppard home, showing stair and landing where blood spots were found by detectives.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-14: Staged Burglary
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
In the 2000 trial, retired Police Detective Henry Dombrowski testified about his visits to the Sheppard home on July 23, 26, 27 and August 2 and 5, 1954 (from Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial by Jack P. DeSario and Bill Mason, 2003, pp. 120-122). Dombrowski spoke about the search for blood spots throughout the Sheppard home. He said that many of the spots were not visible to the unaided eye but did show under luminal spray and portable spotlight. He noted that any spot created by a substance with iron in it, including cola or tea, would show up under the spotlight. In his 1955 Affidavit, Dr. Paul Leeland Kirk, professor of criminalistics and forensic expert for the Sheppard defense team, stated that the spots were a blood trail left by the Marilyn's killer. These photos detail some of the experiments Kirk performed to help him interpret the blood evidence.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-23: Den
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Downstairs den/study showing drawers and contents of Sam's desk scattered on the floor. When investigators arrived, the empty drawer in the background was stacked on top of the drawer in the left foreground. Before the photo was taken, one of Sam’s brothers knocked over the drawer, scattering the contents on the floor.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-25: Murder Room Facing West
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Murder room facing west - note the wall light above dresser
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-32: Carpet Runner
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Carpet runner in hallway leading to Lake Road entrance. Superimposed arrows on rug.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-33: Basement
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Basement stairs showing door at foot of stairs that leads to crawl space
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-33: Carpet In Living Room
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Carpet in living room, carpet with arrows on it. Furniture removed.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-34: Blood Spots Be hind Desk
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Blood spots behind desk in den, on rug with superimposed arrows.
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-39: Close Up Of Marilyn's Abdomen
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Close-up of Marilyn's body on bed with bed rail in foreground and spatter visible on closet and bedroom doors. Coroner Gerber's description of Marilyn's body from his 1954 trial testimony: "Her head was about one-third of the way down from the head of the bed. There was sort of a pajama jacket that was pushed up around her breasts exposing the middle part of the chest. The abdomen was bare, and over the lower part of the body, beginning about the hips or slightly down, was a sheet and a sort of tufted quilt. The left hand of the body was under these covers or sheet... The face was turned slightly to the right. There was a considerable amount of dry blood over the face and over the hair, and above the eyes there was a number of wounds."
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Defendant's Exhibit 076-50: Headboard And Blood Spatter
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
South wall of victim's bedroom in vicinity of headboard of victim's bed; blood spatter visible on wall
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Defendant's Exhibit 078-03: Marilyns Hand
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Marilyn's hand injuries at autopsy
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Defendant's Exhibit 078-22: Blood Stain
Paul L. Kirk
Blood removed from the mattress, unquestionably the blood of the victim, was grouped and found to be devoid of A and B factors. The blood was readily soluble in distilled water, and agglutination after treatment with anti-serum and cells was immediate compared with controls of anti-serum and cells alone. The same results were found with a second and rather large spot (1/2" diameter) from the same door panel as the very large spot in this photo. There was no sign of delayed agglutination, and solubility of the blood was excellent. Grouping of the large spot was performed simultaneously with the same sera and cells and in identical manner. Several differences were immediately apparent: the blood from the very large spot was definitely less soluble than that from the smaller sport or from controls from the mattress. In running the agglutination tests, in every instance and with tests for both A and B factors, agglutination was much slower and less certain than the controls. The fact that delayed agglutination occurred indicated clearly that this blood was also O group, but its behavior was so different as to be striking. These differences are considered to constitute confirmatory evidence that the blood of the large spot had a different individual origin from most of the blood in the bedroom.
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Defendant's Exhibit 078-36: Doorway Inside Home
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Doorway leading into den, with arrows, possibly pointing to blood spots
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