High Horse

"Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage" Marcel Duchamp, 1966

Sea Bright
white panties
one blue sock
a girdle like garment
one horseshoe shaped silver ring w/ multi colored stones was on her pinky finger
the word sterling was printed inside the ring

Santa Clarita
needle track marks on both arms
tattoo on right breast of moon & stars
tattoo in groin area of horse
tattoo on back of rose & winged horse
tattoo on right shoulder of butterfly

gray knit shirt
blue jeans
white camisole

the decedent was located in a vacant lot

Lompoc
brown sandals w/ a gold colored buckle
a dark blue blouse
black bra
pink bikini panties
what appeared to be homemade white hip hugger bell bottom pants decorated w/ a blue floral print (daisies w/ a red center)
the females clothing is described to have been in fashion for those in her age group at the time
thin horseshoe shaped gold earrings

hunters found the victims body in a quarry a few feet down an embankment
her body had been dragged there across dust & scrub brush & dumped behind a cluster of rocks w/in sight of old highway 1
investigators believe she was killed there

she had been stabbed multiple times & her throat was slit

the victim was later buried in the lompoc cemetery

author sue graftons novel Q is for quarry is loosely based on the investigation of this victim

Los Angeles
tattoo on upper right chest
TE ODIO Y TE QUIERO
upper left chest
soy tu ley…tirla…
upper left arm a cross made w/ arrows
upper left shoulder R T F
additional tattoo on upper right arm of a female wearing crown w/ a bell in her right hand

black jacket
light blue long sleeve shirt
white undershirt
white undershorts
black pants
western style zipper boots
watch
white metal ring horse shoe design w/ 11 clear stones
inscription of 14K G E over ESPO

Lancaster
blunt force trauma

white long sleeve sweatshirt w/ collar
jones label
blue levi jeans
black
ankle length boots
brown socks
mens black & white t shirt
white lace
accentuate bra
black
lace panties
a belt w/ a harley davidson belt buckle
yellow metal chain w/ horse pendant around neck
yellow medal chain w/ catholic medallion found in victims right rear pocket

the victim was located among some bushes in a remote hilly area
she was found nude from the waist down
lying face down on a green electric blanket

she was known to associate w/ harley davidson motorcycle riders
she may have used the nickname gypsy & worked at the tennessee bar in culver city
california prior to her death 

Saint George
tobacco staining on his teeth indicates he was a smoker or tobacco user

2 shirts
a jacket
denim pants
marshall fields boots
three blankets
boots & denim clothing date to the turn of the century
the number 816 is stamped on the inside cotton liner of the right boot

the decedent was located in the webb hill area
in a cave

his boots had low wear
suggesting he may have traveled by horse
rather than on foot

local newspapers combed for missing persons during that time period
none were found

Conor Hultman lives in New York, New York