Alina

On January 20th, detectives picked up 25-year-old Robert Manley, a salesman the press described as, quote, slender, neatly dressed man with carrot-hued hair. Not carrot. Not carrot-hued. Not carrot top over here. And he was believed to have been with Elizabeth on the night she disappeared. Uh-oh.

Manley admitted to police that he had casually dated Elizabeth since first meeting a few weeks before Christmas and that he had dropped her off at the Biltmore the night she disappeared. But he flatly denied having anything to do with her murder. He told detectives, my wife and I had had some misunderstandings. I guess so.

Manley admitted to police that he had casually dated Elizabeth since first meeting a few weeks before Christmas and that he had dropped her off at the Biltmore the night she disappeared. But he flatly denied having anything to do with her murder. He told detectives, my wife and I had had some misunderstandings. I guess so.

I thought I'd make a little test to see if I were still in love with my wife. So he picked up Elizabeth at a nightclub and they hit it off.

I thought I'd make a little test to see if I were still in love with my wife. So he picked up Elizabeth at a nightclub and they hit it off.

You know what your hair is? Carrot-hued. Okay, ginger. All right. Okay, no soul. All right.

You know what your hair is? Carrot-hued. Okay, ginger. All right. Okay, no soul. All right.

According to Manley, he picked Elizabeth up at a Pacific Beach motel on January 8th and drove her back to Los Angeles. But he had not connected Elizabeth with the stories in the papers, and thus he did not come forward to the police.

According to Manley, he picked Elizabeth up at a Pacific Beach motel on January 8th and drove her back to Los Angeles. But he had not connected Elizabeth with the stories in the papers, and thus he did not come forward to the police.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Well, investigators were also unconvinced by this, and they asked Manley to take a polygraph examination, and he agreed. But after the long drive from San Diego and many hours of intense questioning by police, he couldn't keep from falling asleep during the exam, and it was postponed. That's giving rude. That's giving... That's giving what?

Well, investigators were also unconvinced by this, and they asked Manley to take a polygraph examination, and he agreed. But after the long drive from San Diego and many hours of intense questioning by police, he couldn't keep from falling asleep during the exam, and it was postponed. That's giving rude. That's giving... That's giving what?

Adrenaline would be shooting me into the Kuiper belt.

Adrenaline would be shooting me into the Kuiper belt.

Well, and the thing is, here's the thing. He was very forthcoming with information, regardless of falling asleep during the polygraph. He was very forthcoming when he was conscious. Yeah, when he was conscious, he was forthcoming with information. And he told police the last time he'd seen Elizabeth, he noticed several scratches on her upper arms. Huh.

Well, and the thing is, here's the thing. He was very forthcoming with information, regardless of falling asleep during the polygraph. He was very forthcoming when he was conscious. Yeah, when he was conscious, he was forthcoming with information. And he told police the last time he'd seen Elizabeth, he noticed several scratches on her upper arms. Huh.

And she attributed them to an intensely jealous boyfriend. Ooh. And she described him as an Italian with black hair who lived in San Diego. Okay. So we're like, who's that guy? Yeah, who is him?

And she attributed them to an intensely jealous boyfriend. Ooh. And she described him as an Italian with black hair who lived in San Diego. Okay. So we're like, who's that guy? Yeah, who is him?

So although he appeared to be telling the truth, Manley's story was inconsistent with other statements gathered by police, particularly that of William Sullivan, a railway express clerk who claimed to have seen Elizabeth on January 14th. According to Sullivan, quote, a woman resembling a woman resembling short visited the office about noon on January 14th, accompanied by a red haired man.