Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expensive Los Angeles nightspot. The drunk is a weak-willed chap named Terry Lennox who has trouble accepting the twin facts that his beautiful wife is a nymphomaniac and a millionairess. When she has her skull bashed and "gets dead" a few weeks later, Terry seems the logical suspect, except to Marlowe. After two more violent deaths and some incidental lady-killings by Marlowe, the whole case is tied up very suitably...
Murphy said the suspect is quite familiar with students' habits, and with the various entries in the College. He has quickly admitted his crimes when apprehended...
Last week, one of two stolen typewriters was recovered in a repair shop. The suspect, whom Murphy describes as being 5-foot 10-inches, with dark hair, thin featured and weighing close to 180 pounds, came in and sold the typewriter for about...
Police are trying to identify the suspect's handwriting found in the typewriter shop's records. But, according to Murphy, this added evidence probably will not be needed...
Matthew J. Toohy, Chief of University Police, and Murphy both said they had the same suspect in mind shortly after the robbery was committed. They also considered others, but quickly narrowed the field down...