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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) "Sharon Tate, the laughing-eyed actress . . . portrays a young girl in the remote French village of Bellen- ac who seems possessed of myster- ious powers. . ." Thus, in a canned biography, did Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios de- scribe the woman whose death, along with four other persons', was still under intensive investigation by the Los Angeles Police Depart- ment. Mysterious powers? Her husband, film director Roman Polanski ("Rosemary's Baby" and other spooky movies), said Miss Tate was as normal as blueberry pie. "Sharon didn't use drugs," he told reporters after her funeral, “she didn't touch alcohol, she didn't even smoke cigarets." Nevertheless, police found ample evidence that drugs were a vital element in the Aug. 9 deaths of Miss Tate, 26, coffee fortune heiress Abigail Folger, 26, Polish screen roducer Voityck Frokowsky, 37, ir stylist Jay Sebring, 35, and 18- year-old Steven Parent of El Monte. Only the Parent youth, police investigators indicated, was not in- volved one way or another with nar- cotics. Narcotics were found on the premises of the Benedict Canyon mansion, rented by Polanski and Miss Tate and the scene of the deaths but friends insisted that Miss Tate was not a user. Said one: "She was perfectly straight. She seemed like a warm, sweet person. She seemed oblivious to what was going on around her, as though ere, nothing OUt phenthe i) * we (Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) G-5 Los Angeles “imes Los Angeles, “alif, Date: 8/2h/69 Edition: Home Author: Editor: Wick R - Willtams Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Los Angeles C] Being Investigated