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Secret Witness Summary Spirit of 1971 gun killings
A continuation details multiple unsolved murders and sightings. It describes the Atlantic Inn holdup victim Elliot Langon, a 38 year old killed about 1 10 a m July 16 1971, with a 25 year old 5 ft 7 in 130 lb Negro suspect and distinctive features. Rewards offer 2500 for info on Frank and Shirley Schiavone killed May 9 1972, a Westminster couple. a possible last witness described as white male mid 30s 5 ft 10 to 6 ft with wavy hair and pockmarked face. A 2000 reward for information on Long Beach auto wholesaler Robert Cogley shot Aug 12 in a store parking lot. suspects aged 16-19 5 ft 3 in to 5 ft 10 in. Also a 500 reward for Homer Miller aka Stony in the April 1971 torture murder of John Reed, ears cut off, found near Ninth Street and Harbor Avenue. Reed killed in an apartment at 324 Magnolia Ave with six others present. Miller is a hippie type with tattoo Stony and swastika on left arm and arm tattooed numbers.