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Paul Schrader

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Jul 17, 1973

Victim Details

Paul Schrader

Male

White / Caucasian

Tucson

AZ

1973

70

Paul

Schrader

06/20/2026

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In 1973, in a Tucson, Arizona, motel room, a chapter in a much larger and more sinister story began to unfold with the death of Paul Schrader. A 70-year-old Caucasian retiree, Schrader had been residing at the Downtown Motor Hotel when his life was abruptly ended. He was found stabbed to death, the victim of an apparent robbery that shattered the quiet of his retirement. The immediate investigation into the homicide quickly focused on a fellow resident of the motel, a man named Thomas Eugene Cre ...
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