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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) Chief Tells How" Murder Case Was Unraveled BY DIAL TORGERSON Times Staff Writer Police Chief Edward M. Davis ended the Tate mystery at 2 p.m. Monday. Under bright, hot lights, behind 15 microphones, the chief announced an official end to 8,750 hours of police work—the "tenacious investi- gation by detectives" which, he said, solved Hollywood's most savage murder case. "I am Edward Davis, chief of police of the city of Los Angeles," the chief told a crowded news conference. The big room grew silent as he continued: "Today warrants have been issued for the arrest of three individuals in connection with the murders of Sharon Tate Polanski, Abigail Anne Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Stev- en Earl Parent and Thomas John Sebring." Linked to Other Deaths The same people, he explained, also were involved in the murders of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca. The chief's statement solved two myste- ries with a total of seven victims. Many of the more than a score of detectives who had worked on the two murders sat behind newsmen in the big auditorium as Davis de- scribed the cases. Men from the district attorney's office and the sheriff's office, who had heard about the 2 p.m. press conference, sat down. to listen. "The development of information from the two separate investiga- tions, the Tate and La Bianca cases, led detectives to the conclusion that the crimes in both cases were committed by the same group of people," Chief Davis said. At one time two lieutenants and 17 men were working on only the Tate case. The Tate investigators inter- ewed 625 people, some of them four and five times each. “~~~ (Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Los Angeles Times os Angeles, Calif. Date: 12/ 2/69 Edition: Tuesday Fina] Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office:LOg Ange les 7 SEARCHED.__INDEXED__. SERIALIZED <*> FILED? £3 DFC 2 1969 FB|—LOS AN C] Being Investigated