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How Doris Duke, once the richest girl in the world, got away with the cold-blooded homicide of her best friend, Eduardo Tirella.
V.F. unearths a 1966 eyewitness—a paperboy—who saw heiress Doris Duke right after she may have committed murder. Newport, Rhode Island, police have now opened an investigation.
In the fall of 1966, billionaire Doris Duke killed a close confidant in tony Newport, Rhode Island. Local police ruled the incident “an unfortunate accident.”
On October 7, 1966, the legacy of Doris Duke – at the time one of America’s richest women and the most notable heiress in the world – would forever be tarnished. Duke’s involvement in the...
In 1966, Eduardo Tirella was killed by his friend and employer, Doris Duke. Police ruled the incident an accident, but questions remain about what really happened and what the police really...
Doris Duke was actually found "negligent" in Tirella's homicide, but during the damage phase, her lawyer portrayed him as a spendthrift, ne'er-do-well, and "financial fiasco."
When Doris Duke, a fabulously wealthy tobacco and power company heiress, ran over and killed a longtime employee and confidant at her Newport, Rhode Island, mansion in 1966, police took her at...
Lance presents an accumulation of compelling evidence in the 412-page book that billionaire heiress Duke intentionally murdered Tirella at her Bellevue Avenue estate.
In a murderous quid-pro-quo, the local police quickly ruled the incident “an unfortunate accident” and Doris began giving a fortune to Newport, restoring 70 colonial-era homes that quickly turned it into a tourist Mecca.
Rumors and accusations swirled after Duke's death, ranging from suicide to murder, and controversy was exacerbated by Duke's habit of regularly changing her last will and testament, but no criminal charges were ever filed.