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Jul 8, 2007 · In 1994, James Ellroy, America's greatest living crime novelist, gave us this searing account of how—and why—he finally dared reopen the case of his mother's unsolved murder. By James...
May 23, 2004 · Ellroy’s mother was killed in El Monte on June 22, 1958. The unsolved case drove the lad inward, and some would say Ellroy -- the brilliant author and chronicler of death -- has never...
- steve.lopez@latimes.com
- Columnist
Oct 4, 1987 · Oct. 4, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. The moment his cab pulled up to the curb on that distant summer Sunday, James Ellroy knew the worst had happened. In the yard of his El Monte home...
Aug 30, 1995 · Ellroy’s decision to reopen the investigation of his mother’s slaying came after a newspaper reporter-friend discovered Geneva Ellroy’s murder file while researching a story about unsolved...
Aug 4, 2023 · James Ellroy enlists the help of the LA County Sheriff’s Cold Case squad to reinvestigate the 1958 murder of his mother, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy.
Sep 11, 2023 · Beyond the syntax, beyond the quick, greasy fun, there’s a world view shaped by personal tragedy. When Ellroy was ten, his mother was strangled to death; her body was dumped, her killer never...
Jul 27, 2001 · Her son: 10-year-old James Ellroy, the day the policeman bent down to tell him, "Son, your mother's been killed." "I had touched an unknowable horror that remained a literal mystery," he...
