by Deborah Larkin | May 11, 2023 | Bob Holt Reporting
During my dad’s career, he wrote thousands of columns on every subject imaginable – from the mundane to the lofty. He wrote about anything that interested him, and everything interested him. Here is one of his columns from March 24, 1983. JACK M. AZEVEDO faces his day...
by Deborah Larkin | Sep 14, 2021 | Deborah Holt Larkin Reporting, The Remarkable Duncan Case
Missing Nurse Sought by Police Olga Duncan’s tragic story began with a short article that appeared in the Santa Barbara News-Press. Olga’s friends were the ones who’d called the newspaper two days after she’d disappeared. The police were not overly concerned at that...
by Deborah Larkin | Sep 2, 2021 | Deborah Holt Larkin Reporting, The Duncan Trial
I spent many years researching the Olga Duncan murder case. I had my father’s files to work from, along with my memories of our numerous discussions about what he always referred to as the remarkable Duncan case. I’d also written some notes about his opinions of...
by Deborah Larkin | Aug 15, 2021 | The Duncan Trial
Chapter Forty-One: First Day of the Trial February 24, 1959 The door at the back of Ventura Superior Courtroom One swung open and a smiling, confident Elizabeth Duncan sashayed in like she owned the place. Her grand entrance was hindered only by the fact that she...
by Deborah Larkin | May 4, 2021 | Bob Holt Reporting
The assignments which devolve upon a parent of young and growing child are remarkable for their diversity. Some may be instructive, some uplifting and some bordering on the hilarious. A task which had elements of all three, plus an added fillip of danger, fell my way...
