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    "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

    September 28, 2025
    art, books, Conor hultman, duchamp, Fiction, high horse magazine, Literature, Poetry, vignettes, Writing

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