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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) @ | routine inquiries were be- ing made into ssible gambling aspects of the murder victims. Slain with the actress and Sebring were Voityck Frokowsky, 37, Abigail Folger, 26, and Steven Parent, 18 Frokowsky and Miss Folger were among friends of. Miss. Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski. Young Parent was a friend who had visited the caretaker’ of ; the estate and was ap- Among reports federal agents parently slain as he was were checking were those that: ying to leave. } —One of those slain was deeply in | | } Although authorities res; ‘debt, possibly to gamblers. 'fyted rumors that the vic-' —Large quantities: of narcotics ims had been mutilatedJ were found at the Tate home after’ the crime was still the the murders. scene of ghastly carnage. Investigators said, however, that Sebring and Frokowsky the gambling aspects were being were both stabbed and checked in a routine matter and that shot Miss Folger and the reports of "commercial quanti- yiss Tate died under a ties” of narcotics being found at the yain of knife blows, and home had proved untrue. Parent was shot several Following Every Clue times, ; But both city and federal authori- "This crime was so weird ties are known to be following every 204 bizarre,” sai hi "that possible clue in an attempt to Thomas T. oh ag t ae unravel the mystery of the multiple We ave showing p bo lo murders at the rented estate on the bodies to a sie vist Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon. gist and a hey c _— It was learned that narcotics were WhO are consultants a ead found at the home—in the car of | Staff in an weal + nin hair stylist Jay Sebring—as police Mine from t eof the Kil began ‘their investigation of the | (F-¥#luation of the Kip crime. ler. Federal narcotics’ officers made inquiries of state and city officials to determine’ if narcotics in sufficient quantity to be of commercial value had been involved. Because of the complexity of the case and the apparent. lack of motive, law officers were following rumors: as closely as Hollywood colony writers for European scandal magazines. One story checked by narcotics agents was that a trunk full of hashish was found at the house. Hashish is refined marijuana, a powder usually found in the Middle East and widely sold on the interna- tional drug market. Federal agents said the Kashish story proved un- founded, The 7. wouldn't elaborate on reports of. other drugs having at the estate. i — of Fie BY DIAL TORGERSON hee Times Staff Writer “Wederal: officials admitted Thurs- day that they had been investigating ses mae 7 acs of: the murder of te and four companions: aay and gambling debts. (Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I-] Los Angeles limes Los Angeles, “alif, Date: 8/] 5/69 Edition: Home Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office:LOS Anreles CJ Being Investigated SEARCHED INDEXED _— aera { TheInternalRevenue Servicesaid