Georgette Bauerdorf
| Rayuwa | |
|---|---|
| Haihuwa | New York, 6 Mayu 1924 |
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
| Mutuwa |
West Hollywood (en) |
| Makwanci | New York |
| Yanayin mutuwa | kisan kai |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
Harvard-Westlake School (en) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
socialite (en) |
Georgette Elise Bauerdorf (6 ga Mayu, 1924 - 12 ga Oktoba, 1944) 'yar Amurka ce kuma magajin mai wanda aka shake a gidanta da ke West Hollywood, California. Har yanzu ba a warware kisan nata ba.[1]
A shekarun farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Georgette Bauerdorf a birnin New York, ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'ya'ya mata biyu da aka haifa wa mai sayar da mai George Frederick Bauerdorf da matarsa, Constance Dannhauser.[2][3][4] Tana da babbar 'yar'uwa, Constance (wanda aka sani da Connie). Georgette ta fara zuwa Makarantar 'Yan Mata ta St. Agatha a birnin New York;[5] bayan da iyalan suka koma Los Angeles a shekarar 1935, ta halarci Makarantar Marlborough da Makarantar 'Yan Mata ta Westlake.[6] Mutuwar mahaifiyar Georgette ta riga ta zama mace ta farko da ta ƙaura.
Georgette ta yi burin zama 'yar wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta koma West Hollywood a watan Agusta 1944.[4] Ta ɗauki gida a El Palacio Apartments da ke lamba 8493 Fountain Avenue kuma ta sami aiki a matsayin ƙaramar mai masaukin baki a Hollywood Canteen, inda ta yi rawa tare da ma'aikatan da aka ɗauka aiki.[7][8]
Kwana ɗaya kafin mutuwarta, Georgette ta karɓi cekin $175 ta sayi tikitin jirgin sama zuwa El Paso, Texas, akan $90. Ta gaya wa abokanta cewa za ta je can don yin ganawa da saurayinta, soja. A ranar 11 ga Oktoba, Pvt. Jerome M. Brown, wani mai horar da jiragen yaƙi da ke aiki a sansanin Callan, hukumomin Fort Bliss sun gano shi a matsayin mutumin da Georgette ta shirya ziyarta. Brown ya shaida wa jami'an sojoji cewa sun haɗu a Hollywood Canteen a daren 13 ga Yuni.[7] Ya tafi El Paso kwanaki da yawa bayan ganawarsu, amma ma'auratan sun ci gaba da yin wasiƙa ta wasiƙa.[9]
Kisan Kai
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A daren 11 ga Oktoba, 1944, Georgette ta bar aiki a Hollywood Canteen da misalin ƙarfe 11:15 na dare. Ta shafe sa'o'i da dama tana rawa a wani kulob na gida mai suna Palladium, ta tafi da misalin karfe 2 na safe. Tana tukin mota zuwa gida, Georgette ta dauki wani sajan soja mai suna Gordon Aadland, wanda shi ma ya tafi Palladium; ta kuma shaida wa Aadland cewa tana sauri zuwa gida don karbar kiran waya daga saurayinta a Texas. Wannan shi ne karo na karshe da aka gan ta da rai.[8]
A ranar 12 ga Oktoba, ma'aikatan gidan yari sun zo gidan Georgette suka ga gawarta tana shawagi a cikin wani baho mai cike da ruwa.[10] Ana kyautata zaton wani mutum ne ya kai wa Georgette hari wanda ke jiran ta a cikin gidan. Sufeto William Penprase na Sashen Sheriff na Gundumar Los Angeles ya bayyana cewa an cire wata fitilar dare ta atomatik a bakin kofar gidan don ta yi duhu; ana kyautata zaton mai kisan ya tsaya a kan kujera don isa ga fitilar kusan ƙafa takwas daga ƙasa. An sami alamun yatsa a kan kwan fitilar.
An ƙarfafa ka'idar wani mai kutse ta hanyar gwangwanin wake da aka yi da kuma wasu tarkacen kankana a cikin kwandon shara a ɗakin girkin Georgette. Masu bincike sun yi tunanin cewa ta ci wani abun ciye-ciye kafin ta sauka a sama zuwa ɗakin kwananta. Binciken cikinta ya nuna cewa ta ci wake mai kauri kimanin awa ɗaya kafin mutuwarta. Ba a sace kayan adonta da sauran kayayyaki masu daraja ba, kodayake an ɗauki kusan dala 100 daga jakarta. Akwai tarin kuɗi na dala 2 da kuma dubban azurfa na azurfa a cikin akwati a buɗe.
An ɓata wata mota kirar Oldsmobile ta 1936, wacce aka yi wa rijista da sunan 'yar'uwar Georgette, a wurin. Lokacin da aka gano motar, akwai rauni a ɗaya daga cikin shingen. Injiniyoyin sun ce lalacewar ta faru ne kwanan nan kuma wataƙila sakamakon karo da wata mota ce. An gano motar Oldsmobile da aka yi watsi da ita a kan titin East 25th, kusa da titin San Pedro, inda da alama man fetur ya ƙare.
Georgette ta yi gwagwarmaya sosai da mai kai mata hari. Wani bincike da likitan tiyata na gundumar Los Angeles, Frank R. Webb, ya gudanar ya gano raunuka da raunuka da yawa, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa an yi mata fyaɗe. An yi wa ƙusoshin hannun dama na Georgette rauni kuma an yi musu rauni. Akwai babban rauni a gefen dama na kanta da kuma wani a cikinta, wataƙila sakamakon duka daga dunkule-dunkule. An shaƙe ta da wani abu da aka saka a makogwaronta. Webb ta ce cinyarta ta dama ta nuna alamar rauni na hannu "har ma da alamun farce da suka huda fata".[11]
Bincike
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sake gina kisan ya bai wa masu bincike ra'ayin cewa mai laifin ya shiga gidan Georgette ta hanyar makullin sirri ya kwanta a ƙasa har sai ta shirya kwanciya. Wata yiwuwar kuma ita ce ya buga ƙararrawar ƙofar bayan ta yi ritaya. Penprase ta yi imanin cewa ba zai yiwu ba cewa wani soja ya raka Georgette gida. Ta iya haɗuwa da wani a gidan abinci wanda ya tuka ta zuwa gida ya bar ta a ƙofar, sannan daga baya ya dawo ya kashe ta bayan ta shirya kwanciya.
Bango da ƙofofin ginin gidan Georgette an kare su daga sauti;[12] duk da haka, wani maƙwabci, wanda ya nemi a sakaya sunansa, ya shaida wa Kyaftin Gordon Bowers na Sashen Sheriff cewa ihu ya tashe shi da misalin ƙarfe 2:30 na safe. Da farko ya ji ihu wanda ya sa shi zaune a tsaye a kan gado, sai kuma muryar mace tana ihu, "Dakata, tsaya, kana kashe ni!" Ya ce ihun ya lafa nan da nan.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Miss Bauerdorf, Oil Man's Daughter, Slain By Strangler in Her Hollywood Apartment". The New York Times. Vol. 93, no. 91. The Associated Press. 14 October 1944. p. 15. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ↑ "US, World War II Draft Registration Cards (entry: George Frederick Bauerdorf)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2018 – via Ancestry.com.
- ↑ "California, Death Index (entry: Georgette Elise Bauerdorf)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2018 – via Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Katz, Hélèna (2010). "Georgette Bauerdorf: The Mysterious Death of an Oil Executive's Daughter (1944)". Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, California, United States of America: Greenwood (ABC-CLIO, LLC). pp. 177–182. ISBN 978-0-313-37692-4 – via Google Books.