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Today in True Crime History: February 16
1929 — Ned Doheny Jr., heir to an oil magnate, is killed by his secretary, Hugh Plunkett, in his Beverly Hills mansion. Plunkett then kills himself. The crime occurred at the infamous Greystone Mansion, which is open for visits by the public.
1980 — The body of a white female, age 20 to 25, is found in a Riverside County, California, ravine. Riverside Jane Doe died up to two days before she was discovered. She was about 5'4 and 120 pounds. Her identity remains unknown.
1988 — A former employee of ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California, enters the building with a gun. He kills seven people and wounds four more. He is convicted of first-degree murder and is currently on San Quentin’s death row. The man had been stalking one of his co-workers, and she had a court date to make her restraining order against him permanent on February 17.
1999 — O.J.Simpson’s Heisman Trophy is sold. It earns $230,000, which is used to help settle a civil judgment against Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
