I justed finished reading THE ICE BOX MURDERS by Hugh and Martha Gardenier
(Victoria, Texas: Rosebud Publishing Co., 2003). It concerns the
incredibly gruesome, unsolved 1965 murder of a Houston couple, and the
simultaneous disappearance of the presumed murderer, their son, Charles
Rogers -- identified by some as the short ("Howard Hunt") tramp in the
Dealey Plaza photos. This was the subject of THE MAN ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
by John R. Craig and Philip A. Rogers (New York: Avon, 1992).
Hugh Gardenier researched the subject for many years, and THE ICE BOX
MURDERS presents reasonably plausible explanations of what happened and
why the case was never solved. It's difficult to evaluate the book's
credibility, however, due to a complete lack of source notes (one of the
few obvious traits it has in common with THE MAN ON THE GRASSY KNOLL).
Discouragingly, it is also not techically a work of nonfiction, but
rather, "Based on a True Story." ("The basis for this story is an actual
occurrence, and the events as portrayed are real," the authors state. "For
reasons that are obvious, some of the names of individuals in this story
have been changed.")
Nothing is mentioned about the Dealey Plaza allegations, which, on the one
hand, seems fair enough; but on the other hand, is a bit unsatisfying.
Dave
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