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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Elaine's latest lover was a 41-year-old flying instructor named Orville Drankhan. He was also her last. When police, alerted by a curious neighbor, entered the apartment one evening last April, they found Orville and Elaine in the bedroom. She was lying on the bed, wearing only an unbuttoned black and white kimono jacket. Drankhan was on the floor, fully clothed. Each had a .38 slug in the head. They had been dead 43 hours. Investigators speculated that the killer had not meant to shoot Elaine, but that the first bullet caromed off Orville's forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Dolce Vita, Rivo Alto Style | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

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