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at he ilongLotor.mex-isaceFlush-:sident ldress-of the »mbly. ers to peaceL. A. Mother 12Kidnaped, Slain PI By Sex Fiend A]Torn Body Found Miles From Blood Spattered Auto10Pilotday-less the rLOS ANGELES. May 3—(U.R)—Reminiscent of the un-solved ‘‘Black Dahlia” case, j L.p,_ the nude, mutilated body of eoKs-Mrs, Dorothy Montgomery, 36, early missing from her Firestone Park home since last, night. ■ CaSbwas found today sprawled under a pepper tree in a vacant lot.Derb; at ov them Th postethreeAf10. s12 earc im-s task aties,’’ nxious in or-lly to letion. n the ; mayor re- j The woman's head was beaten se-i verely, she had been garrotted, Phali its de- S and her breasts were mutilated, po- j 1, ar prob- i lice said. Her body was stripped of t head j clothing.Bod} Mutilated.Her murder recalled the mutila-,: tio death of Elizabeth Short. 22.’: lo es „ioDer. ^ -Black Dahlia, whose murder . ! January 15 touched off a series of ' amsh. j myrlt;lers of passion in the Los . ■ L h.e Angeles area. A number of su«- “0 s,,yn; i peets in the Short slaying were ar-. ln1n,.t] es 01 i rested in various Par*s °f the :1 countrv but her case remained m.OI*! ent of■ unsolved. j inrisy na-j “Mrs. Montgomery’s murder ^ m u looks similar to the Black Dahlia m/1. , ^ I case because of the mutilations in |fj[ (K i both cases,’* declared Inspector notner, ^rorrjs stensland of the sheriff’soffice. Miss Short’s body was bisected at the waist and the pieces were spread-eagled in a j vacant lot. I MIWent for Daughter 1 ^Mrs. Montgomery, the fourth , woman found murdered under i PfV CU ; somewhat similar circumstances j' since January 15, had been missing f _(Lp)_ from her home since 9:30 p. m. I.. Mar-1 yesterday when she left in the ■ from, family’car to pick up a daughter,; . ’ accept-! who returned home, reporting ishe j J did not see her mother. ^Medesumcnment Spattered with blood, her car ; *. ‘ V was ,found abandoned early today i ‘msmit-1 opposite the Slauson playground 1 ; 'Soviet i where Mrs. Montgomery was to ,[olotov; have met her daughter, Maycille,(Iks be 15.ledStateswouldIyn Iwhicwill AtSaw SlayerThe car was parked there last night at 10:30 o’clock by a man 1 who left it and walked away, J oeratic j neighbors living near where the j „rarr provi- \ ear was abandoned, told police, i \XRyC bed. . James Kennedy one of those who: cj)an m that ■ slw the man park the car told ^ c tablish police he would be able to identify j nnno (mo in : him. : cereicould j A woman's shoe, identified as | njng e eiec- one worn by Mrs. .Montgomery,1 ^ ’al and i was near the car- , willMrs. Montgomery’s body was amaj found at 10:25 a. m, today by G. VV. slers Thomas, 54, a mechanic. Under the J ^t body was a ripped blouse and un- j p]ay, dergarments, The mate of the shoe j skjt near the car was beside the bod:,-, j oi0 Her purse and its contents were Iscattered. Jlot vThe body was found about five I Dr lt;Tarn to Page 2, Column 3) | f0ncrussionst May ' study ;ovem-1 down effect, voreanit ih:if
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Sat, May 03, 1947
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