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Mrs. Esther Greenwald was found murdered by her husband Maurice (49) around 6 pm August 19, 1957 at 4020 Holly Knoll Drive.
The front and back doors were both locked. Esther (born October 5, 1904) is lying face-down across the hallway with her head in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor and her feet in the bathroom. She's wearing a blue nightgown, gray housecoat and red slippers and has been strangled with the cord from her housecoat. She's wearing two diamond rings.
Dr. Gerald K. Ridge, the medical examiner, says that death occurred sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
In her bedroom her diamond wrist watch is on the dresser and there's a fur stole in the closet. Robbery does not appear to be a motive.
Her husband, Maurice stated that they had gone to the airport to see off some relatives who were flying to Hawaii the night before. They stopped somewhere for bagels and coffee, and didn't get home until 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Maurice left for work at about 7:15 am.
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Maurice Greenwald showing how he touched her arm & found she was dead (cold).
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Lt. Herman Zander (right) arrests Maurice Greenwald for murder of wife.
The inquest will find enough evidence to make him criminally responsible for the strangulation of his wife Esther. Maurice snarled, "Now they will make a captain out of you!" to Lt. Herman Zander homicide detective as he was arrested. Maurice apparently turned on the heating unit in their house to make determining time of death difficult.
A jury found Maurice not guilty. He was born November 6, 1907 in New York, died August 11, 1982 in San Bernardino, California.