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Marilyn Is Murdered
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Funeral services are conducted for Marilyn Sheppard.
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Sheppard agrees to return to his home and re-enact his account of the events of the early morning of July 4
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Coroner Gerber opens a three-day inquest into the Sheppard murder
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Questioned by police in California, Susan Hayes admits to having an affair with Sam Sheppard
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A grand jury returns a first-degree murder indictment against Sheppard and he is re-arrested.
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The jury visits the Sheppard home in Bay Village.
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The jury in the Sheppard trial begins its deliberations.
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The Eighth District Ohio Court of Appeals affirms the denial of Sheppard's motion for a new trial.
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The Ohio Supreme Court affirms Sheppard's conviction
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Sheppard's defense lawyer, William Corrigan dies.
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The United Supreme Court agrees to hear the Sheppard case.
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Oral arguments are heard by the Supreme Court.
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Prosecutors announce that they will retry Sam Sheppard for the murder of his wife Marilyn.
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Sam Sheppard's second trial begins.
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The jury finds Sam Sheppard "Not Guilty" in his re-trial.
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Sam Sheppard dies of liver failure at the of 46.
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Former coroner Sam Gerber dies.
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Richard Eberling, Sheppard's former window washer, is convicted of aggravated murder in connection with the death of an elderly widow, Ethel May Durkin.
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Sam Sheppard's body is exhumed for DNA testing.
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Marilyn Sheppard's body is exhumed for forensics testing.
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A new book by Jack DeSario and William Mason, Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial, primarily focused on the wrongful imprisonment suit, argues that the 1954 jury got it right: Sam Sheppard murdered his wife Marilyn.
