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Other Evidence 01. Model of Marilyn's Head, Front View
Model of Marilyn's head showing wounds to face and front of head. From Coroner Samuel R. Gerber's Verdict: "The defendant came to her death as a result of multiple impacts to head and face with comminuted fractures of skull and separation of frontal suture, bilateral subdural hemorrhages, diffuse bilateral subarachnoid hemorrhages and contusions of brain. Homicide by assault."
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Other Evidence 02. Model of Marilyn's Head, Right Side
Model of Marilyn's head showing wounds to right side. In his 1954 trial testimony, assistant coroner Lester Adelson reported that during his autopsy of Marilyn he found 35 injuries to her head, face, hands, and one to the shoulder.
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Other Evidence 05. Bloodstained Pillow
Pillow from Marilyn's bed. Marilyn's head was not on the pillow when officers arrived at the scene; the pillow was at the top left corner of the bed.
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Other Evidence 06. Bloodstained Pillow, Reverse Side
Reverse side of Marilyn's bed pillow showing blood stains on pillowcase. Coroner Samuel Gerber testified in the 1954 trial that the blood on the pillow was transferred from the murder weapon--which he suggested was a surgical instrument. In the 1966 trial, under cross examination by F. Lee Bailey, Gerber admitted that he could not specify a type of surgical instrument that would produce that transfer stain on Marilyn's pillow. In his 1955 Affidavit, Dr. Paul Kirk, expert witness for the Sheppard Defense team, stated "It is certain that the pillow was either used to prevent outcry earlier, or that the victim attempted to shield herself by holding the pillow on her face or head. In either case, the pillow had to be moved at a subsequent time, and was probably doubled down on itself and folded in such a manner as to produce a mirror image blood impression later interpreted as an 'instrument' impression."
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Other Evidence 07. Sam's Trousers
Trousers Sam was wearing when police arrived at his home the morning of July 4, 1954. In the 1954 trial, Coroner Samuel Gerber testified that he received shoes, socks, trousers, undershorts and a billfold collected from Sam while he was at Bay View Hospital (Sam couldn't remember what happened to his t-shirt). The items Gerber received were damp. Tests on the trousers revealed only a slight smear of O type blood on the left pant leg (Marilyn was type O). The absence of blood on Sam's trousers was a controversial issue in all of the Sheppard trials. The Sheppard team felt it proved that Sam didn't murder Marilyn. The State felt that the lack of blood on the trousers only proved the trousers weren't in the room during the murder and/or Sam never wrestled with Marilyn's murderer because the murderer would have been covered with Marilyn's blood.
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Other Evidence 08. Sam's Watch
Sam's watch was found in a green cloth bag near the stairs to the beach. The bag also contained a key chain and class ring. In the 2000 trial, James Wentzel, a forensic photographer for the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, testified that he used a special computer program to analyze all 37 links of the watchband of Sam's watch. He was able to identify 110 "reddish-brown stains" on the watchband. The Court did not allow Wentzel to refer to these as 'bloodstains' because he wasn't a physician (from Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial by Jack P. DeSario and Bill Mason, 2003, p. 232).
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