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Last known witness in 40-year-old unsolved slaying dies
Damon Chub Anderson died in November taking with him the answers to who killed millionaire rancher E.C. Mullendore. Although some say it was Anderson who killed Mullendore.
The lifeless body was slumped on a living room couch. E.C. Mullendore III looked like a dirty rag doll, only it wasn't red earth from the millionaire rancher's spread that camouflaged his face.
It was his blood, and lots of it, retired Osage County Sheriff George Wayman said.
He suffered a bad beating and was shot, Wayman said. His whole skull was caved in.
Even the wealthiest are not immune to tragedy, and Mullendore III's seemingly attractive life wasn't as charmed as it appeared. Upon his death, investigators found the Cross Bell Ranch was $11 million in debt, his marriage was spiraling and he was drinking heavily.
Perpetuating the mystery, the rancher had taken out a $15 million life insurance policy a few weeks before he was killed. It was reported to be the largest policy written at that time on an individual in the United States.
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much more at
http://newsok.com/last-known-witnes...ed-slaying-dies/article/3526542#ixzz19EzPyKdr
Fascinating case - the one that got the ball rolling in terms of OK being thought of as a place where murders stay unsolved.
Also much more online about this, especially about Chub Anderson, the suspected killer.
Damon Chub Anderson died in November taking with him the answers to who killed millionaire rancher E.C. Mullendore. Although some say it was Anderson who killed Mullendore.
The lifeless body was slumped on a living room couch. E.C. Mullendore III looked like a dirty rag doll, only it wasn't red earth from the millionaire rancher's spread that camouflaged his face.
It was his blood, and lots of it, retired Osage County Sheriff George Wayman said.
He suffered a bad beating and was shot, Wayman said. His whole skull was caved in.
Death, money and mystery
Mullendore's killing is one of the most publicized crimes in Oklahoma history. Newspapers for years put ink to every aspect of the story that was dug up. The true-crime book, The Mullendore Murder Case, by Wall Street Journal writer Jonathon Kwitny, was published in 1974.
Mullendore grew up on his family's Cross Bell Ranch, a massive cattle ranching operation near Hulah in northeast Oklahoma. He married his college sweetheart, Linda, who had a pageant-queen figure even after giving him four children. The young couple lived in a spacious modern home with a horseshoe-shaped swimming pool not far from his parents' mansion.
Even the wealthiest are not immune to tragedy, and Mullendore III's seemingly attractive life wasn't as charmed as it appeared. Upon his death, investigators found the Cross Bell Ranch was $11 million in debt, his marriage was spiraling and he was drinking heavily.
Perpetuating the mystery, the rancher had taken out a $15 million life insurance policy a few weeks before he was killed. It was reported to be the largest policy written at that time on an individual in the United States.
---
much more at
http://newsok.com/last-known-witnes...ed-slaying-dies/article/3526542#ixzz19EzPyKdr
Fascinating case - the one that got the ball rolling in terms of OK being thought of as a place where murders stay unsolved.
Also much more online about this, especially about Chub Anderson, the suspected killer.