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| April 13, 1954 Boulder Daily Camera, More Tips in Murder Mystery Lead to Dead End Two more "tips" in the mystery of the murdered blonde of Boulder cañon led to dead ends today - like all the other leads so far. Sheriff Arthur T. Everson received a report this morning that feminine clothing, partly burned and partly intact, was found in a stove in an abandoned mine shed northwest of Nederland. The sounded like a good clue in the search for the clothing of the unidentified girl whose nude body was found beside Boulder creek last Thursday night. Undersheriff D. M. Teegarden, Deputy Sheriff Wray Andrews and Police Detective Roy Hill went to the tool shack at the entrance of the old Boulder county tunnel on the Caribou road about three miles from Nederland. There had been a fire in the stove but there was not the slightest sign of clothing or fabric in the ashes, Teegarden reported. Neither did the shed contain any other evidence to suggest any connection with the crime. The officers understood that someone had broken into the shack but the discovered the ramshackle structure had no windows or door anyway. Sheriff Everson believes there is a possibility that the young victim and her companion or companions broke into some mountain cabin in this area. The sheriff issued an appeal Monday to owners or caretakers of unoccupied cabins to check them as soon as possible. Information that a struggling, partly unclothed girl was seen in a car with an out-of-state license at a Boulder filling station on the night of April 4 was dismissed as having no connection with the slaying. Detective Hill said the station attendant was definite in his observation that the girl in the car had blonde hair which was straight and short, coming just below her ears. The murder victim's blonde or very light brown hair was almost shoulder-length and wavy or curly. No persons seeking lost relatives or friends have viewed the body since Sunday night, and it is doubtful whether anyone else will be permitted to see the corpse because it is practically beyond identification. Numerous photographs and one thumb print - the only fingertip remaining - were taken for possible future use. The sheriff's office continues to receive inquiries about missing girls, but the only instances in which the descriptions resembled that of the victim have been checked out. |
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