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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) New Clue Found in Tate Murder. Case, Police Report "New. evidence in the Sharon Tate ~ murder case, which may lead to the killers of five persons in the actress' home last Aug. 9, was reported Friday. "If this particular piece of evidence can be traced, it will point us in the direction of the killers," Lt. Robert J. Helder, chief investigator on the case, said, but he would not identify the "physical evidence." The police have concluded that the five murders could not have been committed by one person, Helder, accompanied by Asst. Chief of Police Robert A. Houghton, made the comments at the end of what they called the first phase of the investigation. Killed with Miss Tate were coffee heiress Abigail Folger, hair stylist Jay Sebring, Polish writer Voyteck Frykowski and 18-year-old Steven Parent, a friend of the caretaker at the Benedict Canyon estate. "We are in the process of back- tracking everything we've done, everyone we've interviewed, trying to pick up something we might have missed," Houghton said. Apparently the new evidence, or at least its importance, was uncov- ered as the detectives reevaluated the information on hand, which includes a five-drawer file cabinet full of information gathered from more than 400 interviews. Helder also said he does not believe the eo ‘were done by professionals. et wae (Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) LOS ANGELES TIMES __ ~ Part II Page l Date: 10/18/69 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Unsubs; Murder of Sharon Tate, ET AL Character: or Classification:62 68 17 Submitting Office: __j Keing Investigated ai ba-., — 8F SEARC!2D _jDEXED_} ei es | i