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🗓️ 2 December 2019
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On the evening of November 27th 1960, police officers were on their usual patrol of the West Hills, near Portland, Oregon, when they came across a car stopped in a clearing. 500 yards from the nearest road, the car was not immediately visible to the officers. Nor was the lifeless body of Larry Peyton, a 19 year old Portland native, who was lying dead in his vehicle, after being stabbed multiple times. As well as evidence of a struggle, there was evidence of another person, a woman, whose purse and coat were still in the car, yet she was nowhere to be seen.
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1:07.0 | On the evening of November 27th, 1960 police officers were on their usual patrol of the West Hills near Portland, Oregon, |
1:17.0 | when they came across a car stopped in a clearing. |
1:21.0 | 500 yards from the nearest road, the car was not immediately visible to the officers. |
1:27.0 | Nor was the lifeless body of Larry Payton, a 19-year-old Portland native who was lying dead in his vehicle after being stabbed multiple times. |
1:39.0 | As well as evidence of a struggle, there was evidence of another person, a woman |
1:43.7 | woman whose purse and coat were still in the car yet she was nowhere to be seen. |
1:49.7 | Overzealous police officers contaminated the scene, and it would be eight years before anybody would be charged in relation to this crime. |
1:58.0 | But were the right people brought to justice, or is the real killer still a mystery? |
2:05.0 | Larry Payton and Beverly Allen were teens when they met at their summer job at Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. |
2:17.6 | Larry's father had a stake in running the park and Beverly, who was a Port Townsend native, was making some money before heading to college to study home economics. |
2:25.2 | The pair became an item over the summer and remained together when Beverly returned to |
2:30.0 | college at Washington State, and Larry started his sophomore year at Oregon State. |
2:36.3 | The pair stayed in touch and Beverly planned to visit Portland over Thanksgiving break to spend the |
2:41.5 | holidays with Larry, his parents, and his siblings, Kenny and Sally. |
2:47.0 | From all accounts, the visit went well, and one article stated that the pair were talking about an engagement in marriage. |
2:56.0 | Simply Beverly and Larry were in love and just enjoying their time together. On the evening of November 26th, 1960, Larry and Beverly left the Payton home after an evening meal to go to a local amusement center. |
3:13.5 | It was around 9 p.m. when they drove off |
3:16.2 | and they were seen once more around 1030 in downtown Portland, |
3:20.8 | but their movements after that are unknown. |
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