CA CA - Charlotte Schmidt, 46, Fullerton, 15 January 1962

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FULLERTON: Charlotte Schmidt, age 46, Jan. 15, 1962 Charlotte Schmidt was found bludgeoned to death in the dining room of the San Juan Drive home she shared with her husband, who found her when he returned home from work at about 5 p.m. The pathologist later determined she had been dead about 2 to 3 hours before she was discovered. There were no apparent signs of forced entry into the home, which was up for sale at the time. But the rear sliding-glass door in the living room was found slightly open. Also, there was no sign of burglary. The case was "initially worked thoroughly," a police spokesman said, adding that the investigation was followed up with another one about 2 years later. The investigators contacted many people and were told of someone, most likely a solicitor, who had been seen going from door to door in the neighborhood that day. Eventually, though, police were unable to focus on anyone in particular.

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-11/news/li-557_1_unsolved-murder

Capri Pants Killer Hits Third Time (AP/Tarrytown NY Daily News 18 January 1962)

 

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Spokane Chronicle 16 Jan. 1962:

Woman Slain in Her Home

 

[Ambercat]

Does anyone know if the other two homicides in the Capri Pants Killer series -- Doris Bowman and Jessa Kahan -- were ever solved? Maybe it's my imagination but Mrs. Schmidt's murder sounds as though it might share some similarities with Patricia Neufeld's homicide in Garden Grove 16 years later.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Charlotte, as we pass the 58th anniversary of her murder

 

[killer Chaser]

CA - CA - Patricia Neufeld, 34, Garden Grove, 22 Nov 1978

 

[killer Chaser]

You can tell Dorothy Scott's killer has gotten away with this a few times before and has good knowledge of what the phone company can do to trace calls. Zodiackillersite.com • View topic - One mean *advertiser censored*!!!