Jean Ellroy // 132
Jean Ellroy // 132  
Podcast: Going West: True Crime
Published On: Wed Aug 04 2021
Description: In 1958, a 43-year-old woman was found murdered in Los Angeles the morning after being seen at a drive-in with an unknown man. Many years later, her son became a true crime novelist and started investigating his own mothers case to see if he could find out what really happened to the woman who was taken from his life when he was only 10 years old. This is the story of Jean Ellroy. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES https://www.irishtimes.com/news/who-killed-jean-ellroy-1.104505 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-30-ls-40260-story.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20398937/geneva-odelia-ellroy https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3705804/armando-lee-ellroy https://venetianvase.co.uk/2020/03/15/the-mystery-of-jean-hillikers-first-marriage-solved/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137490834_4 https://venetianvase.co.uk/2012/02/25/lee-earle-ellroy-the-early-life-of-james-ellroy/ https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-geneva-jean-ellroy-murder-james-ellroys-mother.4356997/ https://unsolved.com/gallery/jean-ellroy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/05/23/murder-close-to-the-heart/255762b4-9611-4276-8e8b-159c1b133090/ https://venetianvase.co.uk/2019/08/16/zasu-pitts-and-jean-ellroy-kindred-spirits/ http://tomahfamilies.com/Tomah%20Family%20Trees/Woodard,%20Daniel/b22087.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices