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Hazel (left) and Nancy Frome. Wide World Photos The entrance to the Hotel Cortez looks just as it did when the Frome women took refuge there in 1938. Photo by author These images of Hazel (left) and Nancy Frome appeared on front pages of newspapers around the world, following their murders in March 1938. El Paso Times Collection, di_08908, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Nancy, in sombrero, and Hazel Frome made several trips across the border to Juarez, Mexico, while stranded by car trouble in El Paso. El Paso Herald-Post records, MS749, University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Department [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:26 GMT) Nancy Frome’s letter, written from El Paso to a sorority sister, just days before her death. Courtesy Alison Knope Sheriff Anderson (center) examines the Frome murder scene, while trucker Milam (left) and others look on. El Paso Times Collection, di_08909, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The El Paso County Sheriff ’s Office was the best-staffed law enforcement agency in West Texas. Courtesy of W. H. Peterson III [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:26 GMT) El Paso Sheriff Chris P. Fox spent years trying to solve the Frome murders. Allen G. Falby papers, MS149, University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Department Sheriff Chris P. Fox believed the motive for the murders originated in the Bay Area. Allen G. Falby papers, MS149, University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Department The Frome-murder investigators included local lawmen, Texas DPS agents, and Rangers. Sheriff Fox (seated left) was the early coordinator of the investigation. El Paso Herald-Post Collection, di_08906, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:26 GMT) Forensic sketch of the crime scene and map of locations where eyewitnesses reported unusual incidents on US 80, drawn by a DPS criminal investigator. El Paso Times Collection, di_08907, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Desert site of the murders east of Van Horn, in dusky gloom, taken at the same time of day that the bodies were discovered. The Sierra Diablo Mountains are on the horizon. Photo by the author [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:26 GMT) One-time prime suspect Trotsky used more than thirty known aliases and had many bogus trades. Here he claims to be a professional wrestler. Courtesy of American Medical Association Archives Convicted dozens of times for performing illegal abortions and other offenses, Trotsky’s criminal record covered many years and two-dozen states. Courtesy of American Medical Association Archives El Paso doctor Wolfgang Ebell, arrested for Nazi espionage in 1941, led from federal court by a U.S. marshal. Nancy Hamilton papers, MS314, University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Department ...