Evening star., 1961-07-05
SLAYING
Two Youths Find Body Of D. c. Girl;
Hunt for ypist's Attocker Pressed
CONTINUED From First Pare

they had seen. rms. Shaver's
daughter, Mrs. Mary Dotson,
drove to a neighbor's home and
colled police.
Tire Tracks Found
Investigators found a set of
tire tracks on the dirt road
beside the creek. Hoos road is
an offshoot Of Route 636. How
ever, police said there was no
certainty that the tracks had
anything to do with the slay-
ing.
Capt. Wells said the body was
found in the creek, 10 feet off
HooS road. He and his men
searched the road for q mile
near the scene and then con-
centrate don the creekbed.
However, the search turned I'D
nothing Of significance.
According to the victims sis
ter, Marta failed to return
Saturday night to the Columbia
road apartment.
Ivonne was out of town for
the week end but was told by
the roommate, Miss Melendez,
that Marta left the apartment
Saturday morning.
Marta had invited a girl
friend for dinner at the apart
ment Saturday evening. But
when the friend arrived, no
one was there. Later, Miss
Melendez returned home and
found q note in the mailbox
left by the friend. The note
I said, in effect: What hap
pened to Marta? she in
vited me for dinner, but wasn't
here
Police Called on Sunday
Miss Melendez said that when
she retired at about 10 pm.
Saturday, Marta had not re-
turned. She awoke' at l am.
Sunday, discovered with alarm :
that Marta still was not home
and notified police.
Apparently the last of Miss
Santa Cruz friends or relatives
to see her alive was Miss
Martha E. Garrido, who also
lives in the Columbia road
apartment house.
Marta visited Miss Garrido's
apartment at $3.50 pm. Friday. ,
She went there to have Miss ,,
Garrido's aunt fit some dresses.
Later, she went back to her
own apartment briefly, then
returned to the Garrido apart
n1ent and watched the late !
show until about / am. Satur- {
day, when she left.
~ Dated Infrequently I
Miss Santa Cruz brought her {
glasses with her when she re-
turned to Miss Garrido's apart S
ment. The movie she watched
was And Now Tomorrow" +
Marta, according to Miss I
Garrido, was wearing navy blue
shorts, a print blouse In two /
shades of blue and white, and I
a pair of sandals.
Miss Santa Cruz dated in
frequently, her friend said. She
said Marta was very shy"
At am, Saturday Marta
apparently went directly to her
own apartment, which she :
shares with her sister, a secre- :
tary at the Inter-American =
Development Bank, and Miss !
MelendeZ, secretary at the
World Health Organization.
Store Employees Questioned t
Miss Melendez said she didn't :.
see Marta Saturday morning
but thinks she heard her leav-
ing the apartment. It was : :
Marta's custom to cash her
paycheck at the Hecht Co.
Saturday. Her sister said she
would have cashed a check for .
Sl05-two weeks salary-paid !
to her by the Washington Hos
pital Center.
Police said Miss Santa Cruz :
apparently never got to her !,
destination at the Heecht Co. :
Investigators interviewed CASH ;
iers there and looked at pic :
lures that are taken auto E
matically Of each person CASH
ing q check. No evidence was :
found to indicate Miss Santa
Cruz had been in the store.
In addition, Investigators :
were unable to find the check ,
she intended to cash. Cashiers )
at Hecht's were shown pictures :
Of Miss Santa Cruz but none ;
remembered seeing her there :
last Saturday. :
In U. S. Nearly 5 Years i
Marta Santa Cruz, her fam
lily said, had been in the United
States nearly five years. Her
mother, Mrs. Maria L. Delgado,
formerly lived with her daugh-
ters in the Columbia road .
apartment, but recently went :
home to La Paz, Bolivia, for a
visit.
The slain girl had worked :
for the hospital as a secretary d.
in the administrator office :
since February "a, 1860. She 7
also had been a part-time :
language student at George
Washington University since
1859. '
She was last seen at the hos
pital at $50 pm. Friday. She :
was due back to work Monday. :
She was described as a small ,
girl, about 5 feet IL inches, I
with red hair and freckles. 5
Before coming to Washing I
ton, Miss Santa Cruz worked
as counselor at New York's |
Henry Street Settlement House
and also for William and j. $