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Unsolved June 29, 1978 Homicide

Bob Crane

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date June 29, 1978
Location Scottsdale, Arizona
Victim Age 49
Gender Male

TV actor Bob Crane, star of Hogan's Heroes, was found bludgeoned to death in his Scottsdale apartment. His acquaintance John Carpenter was tried for the murder in 1994 but acquitted. Despite physical evidence and suspicion falling on Carpenter, no one has ever been convicted of the crime.

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