imageDigital Recreation of the crime scene off of U.S. Highway 80, about 60 miles from the nearest town of Van Horn, Texas. (Birdseye View)
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sticky-yellowA medical examiner put the Frome's time of death somewhere around 3 pm of March 30, 1938.
sticky-yellowThe bodies of the two women were fond face down in a shallow pit on April 3, 1938. The women were missing clothes, but there were no signs of rape.
sticky-yellowBallistics specialists deduced that the gun and possibly the bullets used were of German origin, typically used by Nazi soldiers.
sticky-yellowCrime Scene 1: the Packard; Cacti and dried plants stuck in bumper; Doors unlocked and key still in the ignition; in perfect working condition and still had gas in the tank; All luggage from the vehicle was gone; Flat tire in the back of the trunk, but the tool kit in the trunk was unused; Everything on the Packard was normal except a small green paint streak dent on the right front fender
sticky-yellow56 miles east of the location of the two bodies, the 1937 Packard the Fromes’ were last seen driving was abandoned 200 feet south of Route 290- which 16 miles northwest split from Route 80. The car was found by two army soldiers.
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sticky-yellow~2 days after starting their journey, the Frome’s started experiencing car trouble; Nancy came down with a cold and bad leg cramps.
Due to recent weather, the west coast was experiencing bad mudslides, forcing the women to take many tedious detours.
sticky-yellowDr. Wolfgang Ebell. Undercover Nazi spy; interacted with the Frome women on March 25, 1938. helped treat Nancy's cramps and cold. Was privy to the Frome's prominence.
textThe Frome family were known socialites in Berkeley, California. Weston G. Frome, Hazel’s husband and Nancy’s father, was an extremely wealthy manufacturing executive of the Atlas powder company. The Atlas powder company had grown to be an extremely powerful business, with many government contracts for defense infrastructure. Because of Weston Frome’s high rank in the company, he was privy to many top-secret operations regarding US military action. Not too long before the Frome ladies set out to visit Nancy’s sister, Mayda, in Parris Island, South Carolina, Mr. Frome had won a brand new 1937 8-series Packard sedan in a charity raffle. As a reward for her acquiescence in college, Weston gifted the Packard to Nancy.