The Murder
Sheppard was convicted of killing his pregnant wife Marilyn Sheppard in their home in the early morning hours of July 4, 1954. Sheppard claimed his wife was killed by a bushy-haired man who also attacked him and twice knocked him unconscious. The Sheppards' lakefront home (now demolished) was at 28944 Lake Road Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, just west of the city. The property itself backing-up directly against the shore of Lake Erie, near the west-end of Huntington Reservation.
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