Dr.
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, an osteopath, was the
husband of Marilyn Reese Sheppard. Marilyn Sheppard
was murdered on July 4, 1954. Sam Sheppard was
tried and convicted for his wife's murder in
December of 1954 and was sentenced to life in
prison. In 1967, the conviction was set aside.
Sheppard was subsequently retried and acquitted.
Sam Sheppard remarried and he and his wife planned
to live on the French Riviera according to news
articles. The file consist mostly of newspaper
clippings and third party letters sent to the
FBI giving the FBI their opinion about the murder.
Dr. Sheppard died in 1970.
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