Prine, Rubin, Mamches, and Hathaway took polygraph tests. All four were judged inconclusive. Chapman and Wahlke reinterviewed Prine and Rubin. Prine said the bull session went down Tuesday night. Rubin said it went down Wednesday. Chapman and Wahike called the actress chick. She partially confirmed Prine’s statement.
She ran into Andy at Grassari’s Tuesday night. He said he just went to the rodeo. They made a date for Wednesday night. The date went down like Andy said it did.
Chapman and Wahlke ran a string of checks. They ran Prine, Rubin, Hathaway, and Mamches. They came back clean–no wants, no warrants, no rap sheets. Chapman and Wahlke ran a check on Karyn Kupcinet. She came back dirty. The Pomona PD popped her for petty theft. The bust occurred on 1 1/10/62.
She boosted some stuff from a store. She got a fine and three years’ probation.
Hallinen and Collins found David Wallerstein. He was covered for the victim’s estimated time-of-death.
The print men filed a report. They found prints for the victim and Edward Rubin. They found a few unknown sets.
Boyer and Miller canvassed the courtyard and the adjoining buildings. They asked about suspicious shit Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
12271/4 North Sweetzer–nothing. 1227 North Sweetzer– zilch.
1223½ 1225, 1235 D-2, 12291/2, 1221½, 12231/2, 1229, 1233 A-1, A-2, and B-1–nothing.
Miller hit 1223¼. The female tenant snitched off the guy who lived below Karyn.
His name was David Lange. He did something weird. It happened Sunday evening–12/1/63.
He walked into the woman’s pad uninvited. He said he walked up to Karyn’s door on Friday. It was unlocked. He jiggled the knob–but didn’t go in. He ran into some cops last night. He didn’t tell them the exact truth.
Boyer and Miller looked for Lange. They couldn’t find him.
1229–nothing. 1223 and 1221¼–vacant. 1231¼–nothing. Eight tenants unavailable or out of town.
Andy Prine turned over the notes he got. Chapman and Wahlke sent them to the Crime Lab.
On 4 X 6 plain white paper: WANT YOUR HOT BODY. ONLY TAMPAX WILL STOP YOUR FERTILITY PROBLEM.
On 6 X 10 plain white paper: YOU WILL NEED PROTECTION. BEN CASEY CAUGHT MESSAGE FOR YOUR BEAU. YOU HAVEN’T MUCH TIME FOR DREAMS.
On 4 X 6 plain white paper: FORGET FAME AND ROMANCE WITH AGING GLEN FORD. DEVIL MUST KILL YOU.
On 5 X 7½ lined paper: YOUR LADY NEEDS SURGERY SUDDENLY. EXPECT TO GET BAD BREAKS WHEREVER YOU GO. YOUR RICH BEAUTY HAS NO TIME.
On 4 X 6 plain white paper: ARE YOU GOING TO LATIN AMERICA OR FLORIDA? LET YOUR BEAUTIFUL VIRGIN BECOME LONESOME AND SO EASY TO MAKE. BET K KUP TASTES AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS. BLOW.
On 6 X 10 plain white paper: YOU ARE THE CERTAIN GIRL TO DIE.
On 4½ X 7½ lined paper: YOU MAY DIE WITHOUT NOBODY. WINNER OF LONELINESS WANTS DEATH UNTIL SOMEONE SPECIAL CARES.
The words were clipped from movie magazines. They were secured with Scotch tape. A lab crew searched the victim’s apartment. They found the magazines that were used.
A print man dusted the words under the tape. He found Karyn Kupcinet’s prints.
She sent the notes to Andy Prine–and herself.
Chapman and Wahike talked to Andy Prine’s ex-wife. She laid Andy out as a no-good motherfucker.
He was volatile. She heard that he strangled a cat. Their cat disappeared. Maybe Andy snuffed him.
Chapman and Wahike reinterviewed Prine. He said he never snuffed any cats. He said he had the Tuesday vs. Wednesday thing straight. He went to the rodeo Tuesday. He went out with the actress chick Wednesday. The bull session had to be Tuesday. He went straight home Wednesday night and called Karyn.
Chapman and Wahike talked to Rubin and Hathaway. They said they might have fucked up. The talkathon might have been Tuesday.
Chapman and Wahike braced Karyn and Andy’s friends. Hallinen and Collins braced them. The consensus: Karyn and Andy were headed for Splitsville. Chapman and Wahike braced Andy on that. He said he kept things cooool. He liked to ball her on his own terms.
Prine said Karyn stalked him in taxis. She hid out at his pad once. She caught him with another woman.