On this day, March 28, in 1979, Philadelphia police discovered the corpse of Holly Maddux in the home of hippie guru Ira Einhorn, later dubbed the Unicorn Killer. Einhorn called himself Unicorn because his name means One Horn, and he hung out with rich benefactors and 1960s radicals like Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman. After his arrest, he hired future U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter as his defense attorney and insisted he was framed by the CIA because of his knowledge of mind control experiments.
He could not explain why his ex-girlfriend’s body was in his closet 18 months after her disappearance, but vowed in court to unmask the “real killer.” But before his trial began, he fled to Europe.
In 2001, Einhorn was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison.
Scott McCabe
