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| Chief Davis said the slayers iseame in-force” to both loca- tions but he did not elaborate. He also mentioned there was lample evidence to indicate pre- meditation, referring at least jpartially to the cutting of the jtelephone lines outside the Tate jestate. Motives for the two murder rampages were not clear, ac- cording to Davis. He said inves- tigators believe it was ‘not tor profit” in the Tate killings and “probably not for much profit” in the case of the LaBiancas. Davis said at-least one of the murder weapons: has been re- covered but he would not add any additional details. He said that the suspects had been in the estate leased to Miss Tate out before she lived there. jle also said it was not believed that the suspects knew their victims. Chief Davis concluded the press conference by lauding the several other law enforcement agencies which aided in the i vestigation and made particular mention of, Los Anggles oun- ty’s Sheriff's Department.