Recent content by Morrkane

One of my aunts passed away and I attended the wake Friday night. There were many of my Dad's contemporaries in attendence, mostly cousins. I quizzed them on what they knew of Herlindo. A few had never heard of him, didn't even realize my Dad had an older brother by that name. Of the two...

I don't think George did it either. In one of the articles I found, an eye witness says he saw Roberta with a blond man the evening she was murdered in his bar. I found this photo on Ebay with the caption that would have accompanied the photo when printed. Bartender Joseph Talafous...

How long to police departments keep cold case evidence? Would they still have the records, notes and photos in their files? I don't suppose the public would have access to that, would they?

Here's a photo of Roberta that was given to the press (Or police) by the family. It is obviously a school photo that was taken in her uniform.

Here's an article detailing the family's reaction when George Lettrich was arrested for Roberta's Murder. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1951&dat=19500813&id=9ZEoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6222,4654450

Herlindo confessed first to the police on December 21st, doubting his story, he was given a lie detector test. As his account didn't add up, he was sent to Dr. Haines by the state's attorney and was examined by Haines who in turn, deemed Herlindo to be insane. So, the police already knew about...

Well, here's the article that details about Herlindo taking the lie detector test. They gave it to him because his details on the crime were not consistant with the evidence. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19481222&id=J9xXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zvUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1883,2849003

And still more information from that fateful night. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sAFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3589,5888983&hl=en

At last! A photo of Roberta, and more info on her family life. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rwFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1729,5064029&hl=en

Some new details also emerge in this article. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19481217&id=b8QcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ulcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3610,4669460

Was surfing the web and came across this article about an eye-witness. Here's the link: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=114110220

Very interesting reading. I see in one section that they're still trying to pin Herlindo even though the lie detector test cleared him of the crime. That not withstanding, it seems there are a lot of other unusual circumstances and obstructions that denied Lettrich a fair trial. The...

There's a photo on Ebay being offered that's of George Lettrich Jr showing detectives the car he claims he used to pick up Roberta. There's also some copy from the article that accompanied the photo when it first appeared in the papers. Offering an original 4x5 negative of child molester and...

So I guess the thing that really bothers me is the fact that the Northwestern.edu site on wrongful convictions, makes it seem as if the only reason Lettrich Jr. was cleared of the charges was the confession of my uncle. December 22, 1948 — Herlindo Perez Arias, a thirty-one-year-old...

Ebay had this photo negative for sale. I purchased it. Here's Herlindo walking out of the police station, probably on his way to the Manteno State Hospital. Which means, this is the last photo of my uncle taken when he was alive.