Hundreds Search for Missing Girl

Posted on January 9, 2010 by lmharnisch
Jan. 9, 1960, Cartoon 

Times editorial cartoonist  Bruce Russell on Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Republican Vice President Richard Nixon in the New Hampshire primary.

Jan. 9, 1960, Cover 

Mary Lou Olson, 10, vanishes after leaving her home at 1120 E Avenue, National City.

Jan. 9, 1960, Nixon

Although New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller has dropped out of contention for the Republican presidential nomination, making way for Nixon, several supporters have entered his name in the New Hampshire primary.

Jan. 9, 1960, Finch Trial

The defense for Dr. R. Bernard Finch contends that he "wrested a gun from his wife's hand during a furious struggle preceding Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch's death." In the photo, attorney Grant B. Cooper re-creates the supposed incident with autopsy surgeon Dr. Gerald K. Ridge.

Jan. 9, 1960, Monorail
The search for Mary Lou Olson … and monorails for Los Angeles!

Jan. 9, 1960, Finch Trial
The Finch trial … and two cases of domestic violence.

Jan. 9, 1960: Mary Lou Olson, 10, of 1120 E Avenue, National City, disappears after telling her father that she was going to a shopping center. Her body was found Jan. 12, 1960, in a muddy creek bed near Rosarito Beach, south of Tijuana, nearly nude and covered with bruises.

In 1997, National City investigators exhumed Mary Lou’s body after receiving a tip about the killing. Police Chief Skip DiCerchio told the San Diego Union-Tribune: "We were extremely pleased with what we did find and probably found more than we anticipated." Although nothing further was evidently published about the findings, the case was mentioned in a San Diego Union-Tribune story when the National City Police Department formed a cold case unit in 2006. 

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