Post by kg on Jun 4, 2018 1:41:22 GMT
The 1976 murder of Melanie Howell, 22, a nurse at the UCLA Medical Center.
Here’s what authorities now know: During her last week of life Melanie confided in friends someone was loitering outside the window of her apartment, #6 at 1723 Westgate Avenue. She was frightened enough that she called police and stayed away from her place until April 23, the day of her murder. That morning her next-door neighbor heard her talking with a male. They finished the conversation cordially. Five minutes later, the man returned. The neighbor heard screaming and glass shattering. She looked out the peephole and saw the man leave. He was described as a white male, about 6 ‘1, 190 lbs., with black hair, wearing a red shirt and carrying a black attaché case. He was about 25 years old. Melanie was later discovered on the floor of her apartment, bound and stabbed to death.
Melanie had once told a close friend that a boyfriend was entering her apartment to spy on her. She’d found some of her things moved. “The problem was, I could never identify who he was,” Shepard says. “It appeared to me that Melanie protected his identity. She never introduced him to any of the people who knew her. I can only guess why.”.
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