Tag Archives: homicide

Hipperson suspect

Posted on July 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 9, 1957 Los Angeles Detectives investigating the killing of nurse Marjorie Hipperson are questioning a con artist with ulcers who was an orderly at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, where Hipperson and her fiance, Dr. Walter Deike, worked. Monte Melvin … Continue reading →

Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Division, Homicide | Tagged 1957, forgery, hollywood, homicide, Los Feliz, Marjorie Hipperson | Comments Off

Dead end

Posted on June 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 24, 1957 Los Angeles Police Capt. Walter R. Koenig was out walking his dog in the 5500 block of Green Oak Drive, where it dead ends in the Hollywood Hills, when he found Baby Boy Doe. He was … Continue reading →

Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Division, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged 1957, Abandoned babies, coroner, Hollywood Hills, homicide, police | Comments Off

Prowler terrorizes L.A.

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 14, 1957 Los Angeles As Marjorie Hipperson was laid to rest, raw terror swept over Los Angeles and reports of attacks rained down on the police. Women fought off intruders and in senseless, unreasoning fright, men fired shots … Continue reading →

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Strangler attacks

Posted on June 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 11, 1957 Los Angeles We’re parked outside a two-story apartment house at 3737 Los Feliz Blvd. It’s late, after 1 a.m. I’ll warn you before we go in: I hate this case. I can’t say I like any … Continue reading →

Posted in Hollywood, Hollywood Division, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged 1957, homicide, Los Feliz, silk stock, strangulation | 1 Comment

Maid held in murder

Posted on May 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 28, 1957 Los Angeles Former Nazi prisoner 33822 sat at the defense table, her hands clasped tightly. Her light blue cotton dress was wilted from the heat and her dab of lipstick only accented her jail pallor. Police said … Continue reading →

Posted in #courts, Homicide, San Fernando Valley | Tagged #Holocaust, #Studio City, 1957, Auschwitz, homicide | 4 Comments

Tough prosecutor

Posted on May 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 16, 1957 Los Angeles While L. Ewing Scott uses every possible ploy to delay his extradition from Michigan, the district attorney’s office has appointed top prosecutor J. Miller Leavy to handle the case. Leavy has just finished the … Continue reading →

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Who Is This Man?

Posted on June 13, 2006 by lmharnisch

I recently obtained an original copy of The Times’ March 28, 1971, story “Farewell, My Black Dahlia,” which includes the account of the “Boy on the Bicycle.” Here’s a color picture of the purported “Bobby Jones.” Here’s a better … Continue reading →

Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Donald Wolfe, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged black dahlia, cold cases, crime and courts, donald wolfe, homicide, lapd | Comments Off

Blogging the Wolfe Book, Request Line XXII

Posted on April 28, 2006 by lmharnisch

I have ceased blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe uses the “Laura” format, in which the anonymous, butchered body is … Continue reading →

Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Donald Wolfe, History, Hollywood, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged black dahlia, cold cases, crime and courts, donald wolfe, homicide, lapd | 4 Comments