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Cielo address prior to the homicide. Investigation is continuing on this subject. On 9-9-69, investigators received information from Herb Hache, C.I.D., U.S. Army, that the police in Dusseldorff, Germany had in custody a Gordon Alexander Brown, described as a male Negro, DOB 9-1-45, 5-11, 230, brown and black. Suspect was reported to have murdered his ex-wife in Dusseldorff and had referred to her and her family as "pigs" in correspondence to them prison to his incarceration. The German police were of the impression that Brown had been in Los Angeles at the time of the Tate et al murders and was involved in the crime. The above information was investigated thoroughly and it is established that Gordon Alexander Brown is a male Caucasian, CII 3-530 859; that he was in the Los Angeles area on June 24, 1969, regarding divorce proceedings with his estranged wife who at that time was residing in Germany. Correspondence, prints, photos and reports from the Dusseldorff Police indicate that Brown was arrested in Dusseldorff, Germany on September 7, 1969, for aggravated arson, property damage and threats. Brown, after writing several threatening letters to his ex-wife and her family, in one of which he refers to the family as "pigs," went to Dusseldorff, put together two Molotov cocktails (glass bottles filled with gasoline) and threw the gasoline bombs through his ex-wife's bathroom window. The bombs did not function. There was no physical damage to persons, and the property damage was negligible. The suspect Brown is in the process of being deported from Germany as an undesirable alien. Criminal charges will be dropped. Through fingerprints' elimination and other investigations, we are unable to implicate Brown in this series of murders and are of the opinion that the original information from C.I.D. was erroneous and the only connection between the Tate et al case and Brown's arrest in Germany is the use of the word "pig" in his correspondence. Upon receiving an anonymous phone call that a Bruce Litow was seen the day after the Tate murders with blood on his clothes, we attempted to locate Litow. On 9-9-69, we interviewed Daniel Scharre, 1233 Wentworth Avenue, Pasadena, at his place of employment at IBM, 6005 East Washington. Scharre had been Litow's roommate at CIT during '68/'69 semester. He described Litow as a loner, spent his off time in the library and did not make friends easily. On 9-10-69, interviewed Mrs. Ned Hale, Master of Student Housing, Cal. Tech., Pasadena. She was very cooperative and stated that Litow terminated his occupancy on June 12, 1969, turned in his key and said he was returning to his home in Illinois. She has received $50 from his as room deposit for '69/'70 term housing. On 9-11-69, interviewed Jonas Butkus, 808 North Lafayette Place, L.A.. He took Litow to the airport on June 12, 1969, when Litow went home for the summer. |
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