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Reporter and author Diane Fa.
That is, until new evidence changed the story completely.
The scandal made national headlines and seemed like an easy case for the Linn County court.
Rutledge, who confessed to the brutal attack after trying to poison himself.
Louis pediatrician Robert C.
An investigation linked him to the young wife of St.
A maid found his body in a blood-spattered room two days later.
Hattman sealed his fate when he checked into the Roosevelt Hotel on December 13, 1948.
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