I posted once previously but am primarily a lurker. I'm an archaeologist and in academia, and am one of several who has heard rumors about this case from other archaeologists for years. I am a big believer in syntheses. It may be useful to summarize some points in the hopes this helps any new people get up to speed. Don and others, if I am incorrect in any details below, please re-post a corrected version.
We have 4 victims or potential victims:
1) Jane Britton, archaeology graduate student. d. 1969, Cambridge, in her apartment. 22 yo.
2) Ada Bean, widow, previously a secretary at Harvard. d. 1969, Cambridge, in her apartment. Linked to Jane because she was killed 1 month later, with similar MO, though she was 50 yo.
3) Anne Hilda Abraham, archaeology student. d. 1976, Labrador, while on an archaeological project. 19 yo. Linked to Jane by POI # 1 below. A separate thread exists for her.
4) Katherine Herold, high schooler. d. 1985, Tonawanda, NY, in a railyard. 15 yo. Linked because her father was the boss of POI # 1 for 2 years. A separate thread exists for her. She is also considered a potential victim of Altemio Sanchez.
We have at this point several persons of interest, several of which were archaeologists present at Harvard at the time in full time or temporary capacity. In accordance with the TOS, we don't want to directly identify people without proof for obvious reasons. However, it seems to me that initials are perfectly fine. Once people sleuth out who these people are, they can contribute to building timelines for them.
1) RMG, an archaeologist who works in the northeast US, has a reputation as volatile and a little off. He had recently begun graduate studies at Harvard at the time. Alive.
2) I will go out on a limb and label the next person as LAP to facilitate communication. He was an archaeologist who had recently come to Harvard to work at the Peabody Museum. Don Mitchell suspected this person, based on behavior at the time, a more solid connection to Jane, and a later thirdhand statement about having killed someone. This statement passed through a couple of people. The person who directly heard the statement is DEP, another archaeologist who passed away suddenly in 1978 (Providing his full initials might help avoid crossover with another DP that was mentioned at one point). Deceased.
3) Unnamed person, no initials. Suspected by Jane's brother, below, but reportedly had an alibi. That doesn't mean we couldn't pursue the construction of a timeline however. Alive.
4) CCLK, an archaeologist at Harvard with whom Jane worked. His name crops up on occasion, but I have never been aware of anything more concrete than that. Am I correct that Jane was thought to have had an affair with him, or was that just rumor? Alive.
We have been introduced to other members of the list who are important direct sources.
1) Don Mitchell, next door neighbor of Jane Britton and great source of information. His posts throughout this thread have been invaluable for grounding the discussion and fleshing out frustratingly vague newspaper accounts. They are scattered all through the thread however.
2) Reverend Boyd Britton, Jane Britton's brother.
Looking at this summary, I think that this group has pulled out some interesting details in the course of 4 years.
