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Scarf Twisted Around Mrs. Coolen’s NeckDivorced Husband Questioned In Hub Says He Didn’t See Her On Visit■ Special Dispatch)Brunswick, May 29—The body of a 24-year-old woman missing since last Saturday was found tonight crumpled In a flower garden between homes on fashionable Park Row near the Brunswick business districtPolice Chief Joel P Lebel said “it looks like criminal as-sault and murder MRelatives identified the victim as Mrs. Shirley Murray Coolen, divorced mother of a five-year-old daughter.A red scarf was knotted tightly around the woman s neck and there was a bruise on her chin Her clothing was badly disheveled Guy Coolen former Bath ga-rageman was Informed of his ex-wife s death at his Dorchesterhe left Mrs Coolen a year after their 1945 marriage on his return from army serviceThe young woman s body waJ found lying faoe-up near the base of a large elm tree partly In a flower garden on the property ofMass home and taken to police!Mrs W F Senter. about 50 feet headquaiteis for questioning He! from the street Discovery was said he had been In Btunswick as j made bv Mrs Lillian Chase, Row-lecently as last Satuidav but that dolnham housekeeper for Mrs, he kne* nothing of hLs former Senteiwife s death He indicated he would Mrs Chester Murray sr moth-gladlv come to Brunswick if he er of the victim told reporters sh® could help the Investigation In last saw her daughter Saturdayanv wav Maine State Police left tonight tn return him to BrunswickCoolen a World War II veteran said In Boston that, Mrs Coolen wiote him last Thursday and asked to see him Saturday night in Park Row the Associated Press reported He said he did not keep the appointmentHe tolJd police he went to Bath and Biunswick with hLs mother, Mrs Violet Alexander, arriving In Bath Saturday morningCoolen was quoted by Boston police as saying he was not the father of Mrs Coolen s daughter, fivewhen she left to attend the moving pictures with a girl friend Police said she later was seen in th® lobby of the Bowdoin Hotel on Maine Street where she formerly worked as a waitressIdentification of the body vu made by a brother, Cheater Murray. JrOfficials were unable to deter-raire Immediately how long th« woman had been dead However, her blue sports suit had stained the white blouse she was wearing, indicating the body may have been in the garden for some time, perhaps through a rainstormyear old Doreen Ethelyn He said Continued on Page 2. 1st CoL
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Wed, May 30, 1951
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