[CHICAGO CRIME]. The Crime Scene File and Photographs from the Unsolved Double Murder of Barbara and Patricia Grimes, from the Collection of Harry J. Glos, Chief Investigator for the Cook County Coroner's Office. [Illinois, ca. 1950s]. Collection includes over 50 black and white crime scene and autopsy photographs (mainly 8 x 10", ten are 13 ? x 10 ?"), over 60 pages of original notes and reports from the case, a few later newspaper clippings and photocopied articles about these murders. Worn, soiled, creased, occasional tears, as one would expect from materials used in the investigation of this crime. Fine.Barbara Grimes and her sister Patricia (born 1941 and 1943, respectively) vanished on December 28, 1956, while returning home from a movie theater in Brighton Park, only one and a half miles from their home. Their naked bodies were discovered on a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957. The autopsy reports stated that they were murdered within five hours of their last confirmed sighting, dying of secondary shock and exposure. The investigation into this horrific crime was one of the most labor-intensive in Cook County history and remains unsolved. Coroner investigator Harry J. Glos (1913? - 1994) disagreed with the official time of death, feeling that they had lived longer than the five hours stated by the coroners; Glos stated that they had probably been alive until January 7, based upon the thickness of the ice covering their bodies. He also stated that both girls had suffered sexual assaults during their presumed captivity. He believed that a drifter named Edward Bedwell had committed these crimes (Bedwell had been allegedly seen with two girls matching their description in a local diner), but there was insufficient evidence to make an arrest. Complicating matters were reports that both girls would ask men to buy them alcohol while they waited outside various stores or bars, thus confusing an already complex case with numerous red herrings. The files include Glos's report to Coroner McCarron, covering the major findings at the autopsies (the original autopsy reports are missing from the Coroner's Office). Glos's refusal to agree with the official coroner's conclusions led to his firing by Coroner Walter E. McCarron on February 15, 1957, but Glos was soon deputized by Sheriff Joseph D. Lohman, who agreed with Glos's assessment, and allowed him to continue his investigation without pay. An excellent collection of a working murder investigation of one of Cook County's most famous and painful unsolved cases. Measurements: 16 x 13 x 6".