On February 12, 1970, Marion Brewer, a 62-year-old woman, was found dead inside her room at the Hampton Hotel in Albany, New York. Accounts describe her lying face up on the bed, with clear signs she had been raped and strangled—marks visible on her throat as if someone had gripped hard and refused to let go. Near her head, her pocketbook sat open, emptied of cash, turning the room into a blunt tableau of violence and theft.
The discovery sent Albany police into an investigation that,
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