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On February 16, 1929, four months after Ned Doheny, his wife Lucy and their five children moved into Greystone, Doheny died in a guest bedroom in a murder-suicide with his secretary, Hugh Plunkett. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The official story indicated that Plunkett murdered Doheny either because of a "nervous disorder" or because he was angry over not ...
The Los Angeles authorities immediately blamed Plunkett in the murder-suicide. In addition to the indictment of Edward Doheny in the Teapot Dome scandal, both Doheny and Plunkett had been indicted in the alleged bribe of Albert Fall—as Ned (accompanied by Plunkett) had delivered the money. They had already gone through some trials.
Their arrival coincided with Hugh's murder trial, although this fact was withheld from the defendant. Hugh was convicted of first degree murder, even though jurors recommended leniency and Roy and Ray DeAutremont both pleaded guilty to the same charges. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. [1]
The family of Elizabeth Plunkett have called on the Commissioner of An Garda Shochána (Irish Police) Drew Harris to reopen the murder investigation into Plunkett. As of January 2025, Shaw is still imprisoned for his part in the murder of Mary Duffy, having been moved from Arbor Hill Prison in Dublin to Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon in 2022.
The case garnered online and media attention thanks largely to photos and videos found on German's phone after her disappearance. German posted two final images on social media platform Snapchat ...
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Hugh Grant. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Despite settling out of court for an “enormous sum” of money in his lawsuit against The Sun, Hugh Grant will not be silenced. Grant, 63, explained why he ...
The case remains unsolved. [27] In 1943, Cregg secured the conviction of Roger W. Mason for the murder of his step-daughter, Ruth I. Stone. [28] Later that year he tried Edward Dow for the murder of Lydia Cook also known as the "Egg Lady". [29] [30] Dow, who was 13 years old, was the youngest person to be tried for murder in Massachusetts. [29]