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Defendant's Exhibit 078-38: Blood Stain Pillow
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Side of pillow opposite of imprint side
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Defendant's Exhibit 078-39: Green Bag With Ruler
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Green bag with ruler in photo
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Defendant's Exhibit 078-40: Marilyn's Watch
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Marilyn's watch after recovery from scene
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-04: Beginning Of Stairs
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Screened porch at north end of Sheppard home as viewed from stairs leading down to beach. Sam and Marilyn had a late, informal supper with the Ahern family on the porch on the evening of July 3, 1954.
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-06: Stairs Beach
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
View of stairs to beach from edge of backyard; camera facing north. In his 1954 trial testimony, Bay Village Police Officer Fred Drenkhan described the steps to the beach: "'There are 52 steps... The first 10 steps are concrete steps with a concrete landing, and then a wooden landing, and the next set is approximately 11 steps with a landing, they are wooden steps, then four steps and a landing, and another set of 11 steps. They have wooden railings all the way on down. You then enter onto a patio or a porch surrounding the beach house. To the east side of the beach house on the patio, you go on down to the beach."
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-11: Stairs Beach Up
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
View of retaining wall and stairs to Sheppard bath house taken from beach looking west. Neighbor's beach visible in background. In his statement to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, Bay Village Police Officer Fred Drenkhan described his examination of the beach on July 4, 1954: "I went in the upper yard and down approximately 50 steps to a porch surrounding a beach house--from here I could observe the beach in both directions and there was no evidence of a struggle or foot prints on the beach..." In the 1966 trial, the Sheppard defense team pointed out that Drenkhan only observed the beach from the beach house landing--he never went out on the beach or asked Sam where the struggle took place (p. 458-459 1966 Trial Testimony, Drenkhan testimony
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-12: Stairs Beach Brush
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
View from beach (showing brush where green bag containing Sam's bloodied watch was found) looking up beach stairs; camera facing south.
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-15: Basement Showing Door
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Door leading out cellar entrance to basement
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-16: Basement Showing Punching Bag
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Basement of Sheppard home showing punching bag
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-17: Basement Showing Window
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Basement of Sheppard home showing window and ash removal door underneath first floor fireplace
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-19: Marilyn Clothes
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Northeast coroner of murder room showing rocking chair with Marilyn's clothing. At the 1954 trial, Coroner Gerber described this corner of the room: "On the rocking chair there was some female clothes, some shorts and a bra. There was a sweater, and on the corner, on the upright of the rocking chair was a shirt. On the floor was some sneakers, woman's sneakers."
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-21: Radiator Cover
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Radiator cover in murder room located to the right of the second twin bed
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-22: Murder Room Showing Windows
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Marilyn's bed after her body and the bed clothes were removed. The shades on the windows are open and fingerprint powder can be seen on the window sills. Cleveland Police Detective Michael Grabowski testified at the 1954 trial that he was very careful when dusting for fingerprints in the murder room because he didn't want to contaminate anything or disturb the blood evidence. He reported that his dusting of the sills didn't reveal any identifiable prints, only smudges.
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-23: Murder Room From Southwest
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Murder room from southwest corner showing bed with victim and sheet removed
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-37: Bottom Of Stairs
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Bottom of first floor stairway showing railing and portion of pillow from daybed. Superimposed arrows.
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Defendant's Exhibit 092-38: Looking Down Basement Steps
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Looking down basement steps showing corner of door to crawl space
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Defendant's Exhibit 096-36: Room Showing More Staging
Cleveland/Bay Village Police Department
Living showing more staging, more superimposed arrows on carpet.
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Defendant's Exhibit 100: Sam Reese Sheppard Book Prospectus
Cynthia L. Cooper and Sam Reese Sheppard
Prospectus of the book Private Lives, Public Actions: The Sheppard Case
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Defendant's Exhibit 103: Bay Village Police Eberling Report
Bay Village Police Department
Report re: Richard Eberling. Police report detailing stolen property found in Eberling's possession, and Eberling's statement regarding the theft of these items.
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Defendant's Exhibit 105: Crime Classification Manual, Staged Crime Scene Form
Unknown
Crime Classification Manual table. Form questionnaire with standardized questions to assist in determining whether a crime scene was staged (answers Redacted).
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Defendant's Exhibit 108-16: Marilyn's Tooth
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Marilyn's teeth that were broken out
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Defendant's Exhibit 109-13: Injuries To Marilyn's Hand
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Autopsy photo showing injuries to right hand of Marilyn
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Defendant's Exhibit 113-23: Close Up Of Ring
Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Close-up of ring found in green bag
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