Who killed William Desmond Taylor?

Few Mysteries of Hollywood murders powered so many speculations and conjecture as the death of William Desmond Taylor. His murder officially remains unresolved, but there are a number of viable suspicious and the whole fan club, which is dealing with the case. Taylor's murder 1 February 1922 became a scandal on the front that influenced a series of reputation and shone the reflector on the early Hollywood side. He has just said goodbye to a problem actress named Mabel Normand and watched her ride before going to the studio. The inhabitants in neighboring houses later reported that they heard a fatal shot and saw a young man with dark hair leaving Taylor's home in Alvarado Court, the exclusive Los Angeles area. This man seemed to have not been in any need, so the neighbors were not disproportionately concerned. The noise of the shot was credited to the car backfire.

Personal assistant William Desmond Taylor, Henry Peavey, arrived next morning to give some medication and breakfast. Announced the authoritiesabout the crime scene. Many people from the Hollywood community, however, have already learned about Taylor's death and spent early morning hours by removing any accusing or embarrassing evidence of their involvement in Taylor. Although it did not consider it suspect in Taylor's murder, their interference could have prevented some of the key elements of the crime to be discovered.

One of the leading suspects of the murder of William Desmond Taylor was Peavey's predecessor, a shady figure named Edward Sands. Although Sands influenced Cockney's accent, he was actually from Ohio. As a trusted Butler Taylor, he had access to the director's home and some authority over routine financial matters. For several months, Beforelalor's death, Edward Sands used a signed empty control to make a pocket for several thousand dollars. He also filled the large suitcase of the steamer of many objects from Taylor's house and fled from the ground.

If Taylor found Sands, he would most likely take legal steps concerning embezzlement and fraud. There is speculation that Sands actually blackmail Taylor with evidence of a bisexual or homosexual lifestyle. Sands, who suited the general description of a man who saw Taylor's home leaving his home, may have used his knowledge of the house to enter the study and silence Taylor forever.

There is also a theory that William Desmond Taylor was the goal of professional Hitman hired local drug buttons. Actress Mabel Normand, with whom Taylor was romantically linked, was known to cocaine dependent. Perhaps Taylor's public crusade against drug stores attracted too much attention for comfort. By looking for Taylor's help, Normandtly could have gave her drug suppliers a reason to silence. However, the fact that Taylor has not been robbed after this fact does not support such a low -life scenario.

two of the most experienced suspicious suspectsIn Taylor's murder she was a mother and daughter. The emotionally unstable woman named Charlotte Shelby changed the name of her daughter from Juliet Reilly in the name of the dead niece Mary Miles Minter. The minter actually despised the acting profession, but Shelby continued to push her into her career. When there was an opportunity to work with great director William Desmond Taylor, Shelby encouraged her to be as favorable as possible. Fifty-year-old Taylor and 16-year-old minter were said to walk, although some say it is more of a protective relationship of father-on.

When Taylor failed to turn Mintera into another Hollywood feeling, Charlotte Shelby felt betrayed. Her actions on the day of the murder are not well documented, although the actor provided the alibi F or critical clock between 19:00 and 21:00. It is possible that a minter, a small brunette, could be a "dark -haired young man" who saw outside Taylor's home at the time of shooting. It is probably more likely that shelby may have dressed men's clothes and entered the house when mAbel Normand left. Some witnesses said an unknown man adjusted his clothes in a feminine way.

none of these suspects has ever been charged with William Desmond Taylor's murder. Many Hollywood dedicated workers eagerly minimized the damage caused by the scandal, so they took advantage of their influence to disappear as quickly as possible.

The story of Taylor in 1999 took another interesting twist, reporting that former actress Margaret Gibson admitted in 1964 the killing of Taylor's killing Taylor. Gibson worked with Taylor when she was young, but no motif was never intended for her. Although Gibson's account is not contrary to Taylor Murder's timeline, no confirmation evidence of the confession has been shown. Modern forensic techniques could be able to discover new traces, but it seems that the lack of interest in the case does not guarantee the use of such expensive and time -consuming resources.