Editing Sam Sheppard (section)

===1997 DNA test===
Sheppard's body remained buried until September 1997 when he was exhumed for [[DNA testing]] as part of the lawsuit brought by his son to clear his father's name.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/US/9709/17/sheppard/index.html ''Sam Sheppard's remains exhumed for DNA testing''], CNN, September 17, 1997</ref>  His attorney stated that the DNA testing absolved Sheppard of the murder.<ref>{{cite news |title=DNA Test Absolves Sam Sheppard of Murder, Lawyer Says |date=March 5, 1998 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/dna-test-absolves-sam-sheppard-of-murder-lawyer-says.html |accessdate=March 3, 2022}}</ref>  After the tests, the body was cremated, and the ashes were interred in a mausoleum at [[Knollwood Cemetery]] in [[Mayfield Heights, Ohio]], along with those of his murdered wife, Marilyn.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sheppard's son inters ashes, begins death-penalty march|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19970919&id=-71OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5784,4927446|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=The Bryan Times|page=2|date=September 19, 1997}}</ref>