Murder of Roland T. Owen

Unknown friend

Owen told the maid to leave the door open because he was waiting for a friend. He seemed scared. At 4 p.m. Maid returned with new towels and found Owen laying on the bed, completely dressed in the dark with the door unlocked. She also saw a note "Don, I will be back in fifteen minutes, wait."

January 4

The next morning, around 7 a.m. the phone operator noticed that Owen's hotel room phone had been off the hook without being in use. She sent the bellboy.

He knocked and heard a low voice say "Come in, turn on the lights." However the door was locked and no one let him in. So the bellboy said "Put the phone on the hook."