Sam Sheppard
Sam Sheppard | |
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| Born | Samuel Holmes Sheppard December 29, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 1970 (aged 46) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (1970–1997) Knollwood Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Hanover College Case Western Reserve University of California Irvine |
| Occupation(s) | Osteopath, professional wrestler |
| Spouses | Marilyn Reese
(m. 1945; died 1954)Ariane Tebbenjohanns
(m. 1964; div. 1969)Colleen Strickland (m. 1969) |
| Children | 1 |
| Conviction | Murder (overturned) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (overturned) |
Samuel Holmes Sheppard (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966.