On this date in 1978, actor Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes) was found murdered in a hotel room in Scottsdale, AZ. His head had been bashed in, and a VCR cord was tied around his neck. Cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Police suspected Crane's friend John Carpenter (no relation to the film director). He was finally arrested and tried for Crane's murder in 1992. The jury found him not guilty. He died of a heart attack in 1998, so whatever secrets Carpenter knew about the murder went to the grave with him.
Further reading:
truTV - The Bob Crane Case.
Crime Scene Photos.
4 comments:
Head bashed in? You mean I fell for that movie script (wasn't he shot)? I did enjoy the movie (some of it) but ... now I'm really confused.
Charlie,
Was that the movie with Greg Kinnear? I saw that one. It took some liberties with the details, but was a good flick.
I'm thinking Jason Brody(?) (won the Oscar for something else) ... and Diane Ladd(?) I'm not remember Kinner in it but he might've been.
The movie I'm thinking of is called Auto Focus. It starred Greg Kinnear as Bob Crane, and Willem Dafoe as John Carpenter.
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