CA CA - Karen Hamilton, 23, Los Angeles, 2 Sept 1969

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Hello all, I was wondering if there is anyone here who could try to get a copy of the police report for the suicide of Karen Sue Hamilton. She was Playmate of the month for April1965, acted in a couple of the Beach Party movies, is becoming big in the modeling world, and then in 1969 was supposed to have committed suicide by shooting herself in the chest.

The official report is that on September 2nd or 3rd of 1969 she dies at age 23, at 1:40 a.m., at 2465 North Gower Street in Los Angeles, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Always thought there was something not quite right about this so I am hoping to be able to see the police report. Thanks

Rich
 
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This is where you want to start. Since it was categorized as a suicide, the case is closed. You may have a better chance of actually obtaining the record then if the case is open. Records requests can be denied for specific reasons.

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Identifying juvenile information
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Hello all, I was wondering if there is anyone here who could try to get a copy of the police report for the suicide of Karen Sue Hamilton. She was Playmate of the month for April1965, acted in a couple of the Beach Party movies, is becoming big in the modeling world, and then in 1969 was supposed to have committed suicide by shooting herself in the chest.

The official report is that on September 2nd or 3rd of 1969 she dies at age 23, at 1:40 a.m., at 2465 North Gower Street in Los Angeles, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Always thought there was something not quite right about this so I am hoping to be able to see the police report. Thanks

Rich

Do you have a connection to this case- or are you just driven by curiosity, like most of us?? Oh, and welcome to WS!! :)
 
Sue Hamilton

Born November 14, 1945 in New York City, New York, USA
Died September 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA (suicide)
Birth Name Karen Susan Levitt
Nickname Sue Williams
Height 4' 11" (1.5 m)

Lovely, petite, and adorable blonde Sue Hamilton was born Karen Susan Hamilton on November 14, 1945 in Glendale, California. Hamilton originally planned on being a farmer. Although her parents wanted her to enroll at USC, Sue decided instead to forgo college and embarked on a successful modeling career. Hamilton was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1965 issue of "Playboy;" she used the name Sue Williams for this pictorial and at 4' 11" has the distinction of being one of the shortest women to ever pose for "Playboy."

Following her Playmate stint Hamilton briefly worked as a secretary/receptionist at a film-processing firm in Burbank, California. A scout for American International Pictures spotted a photo of Sue in a magazine ad. Hamilton signed a long-term multi-movie contract with the studio. She made her film debut with a small part in "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Sue acted in a handful of movies for American International Pictures.

Sue Hamilton died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at age 23 on September 2, 1969. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

LINK:
Sue Hamilton - Biography - IMDb
 


Sue Hamilton
ORIGINAL NAME Karen Susan
BIRTH 14 Nov 1945
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
DEATH 2 Sep 1969 (aged 23)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
BURIAL
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map
PLOT Court of Reflections, Lot 21, Grave 4 (near the entrance and large fountain)

Actress. Born Karen Susan Hamilton in Glendale, California, she was a successful modeling beauty and was Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Month (as Sue Williams) in the April 1965 issue. A talent scout for American International Pictures saw her picture feature in Playboy and signed her to a long-term multi-movie contract with the studio. She made her screen debut in "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" (1965), followed by "Sergeant Dead Head" (1965), "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" (1965), "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" (1966) and "Fireball 500" (1966). She also appeared in the TV movie "The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot" (1965).

LINK:
Sue Hamilton (1945-1969) - Find A Grave Memorial
 
I'm getting drawn into this since running across her yesterday. A site called Beach Party Movies says that Sue Williams / Sue Hamilton the Playmate is not the same (Karen) Sue (Levitt) Hamilton who died of suicide in 1969. So who's alive and who's dead? Was the Playmate the one who lived at 2465 North Gower Street?

Most strangely, when I looked up that address and saw the beautiful house there, the owner was listed as Grant Imahara, who died just days ago. I'm not sure I trust the coincidence, and I wonder whether the web page connecting the house with Imahara is some kind of a fake page. (You sometimes see these artificial pages generated by a bot or something.)

Oh, yeah, and actress Jennifer Esposito also lived there for a time.
 

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