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...
Deborah Holt Larkin Reporting
The Duncan Trial Transcripts
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...
Excerpt from A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California’s Most Notorious Killers, Chapter 41
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...
