A photo helping to convict a photographer? Yup, that's the distinct possibility in this episode of "City Confidential." It turns out to be the key in the case, which looked like it was going south in this true crime story.
While O.J. Simpson trial was on the front page of the papers each day a beautiful model was raped and killed in the quiet area of Hermosa Beach in 1995. Her name was Linda Sobek.
Narrator Paul Winfield, in his unique and cynical style, tells about the "quiet and calm Hermosa Beach, where looking good on the beach is the main thing to do." Among other statements: "Attendance at Gold's gym is far more than at church.....Looking good is not for amateurs here - this is for pros, where many of the top models live and hang out....Linda, as many other young women here, was blonde, buxom and best-seen in a bikini"
Sobek "was a knockout even by Hermosa's tough standards. She was too small for a fashion model but had perfect curves for a bathing suit model. She worked out twice a day."
Everyone praised Sobek for more important things than her looks. She was a nice girl and very well-liked. In this episode, we hear from the gym owner, photographers, makeup artists, Raider cheerleaders and more. All of them praised Linda.
An Oakland Raider cheerleader for four years, other women didn't hate her, which tells you something. Linda is painted as "a warm, genuine good person in a town full of fakes."
All of this is said tot accentuate the tragedy of her being raped and murdered. A grubby- looking photographer named Charlie Rathbun, automotive photographer extraordinare who specialized in "cheesecake- and-car shots, is the prime suspect.
One day, she was scheduled to go out on a photo shoot with him, and disappeared. Fliers were out everywhere. Five days later, someone finally found some of Linda's belongings in a garbage can in a forest area an hour north of Los Angeles. The police went from there, and then tracked down the photographer to question him.
What he claims happened and what happens in the trial composes the second half of this very interesting story.
While O.J. Simpson trial was on the front page of the papers each day a beautiful model was raped and killed in the quiet area of Hermosa Beach in 1995. Her name was Linda Sobek.
Narrator Paul Winfield, in his unique and cynical style, tells about the "quiet and calm Hermosa Beach, where looking good on the beach is the main thing to do." Among other statements: "Attendance at Gold's gym is far more than at church.....Looking good is not for amateurs here - this is for pros, where many of the top models live and hang out....Linda, as many other young women here, was blonde, buxom and best-seen in a bikini"
Sobek "was a knockout even by Hermosa's tough standards. She was too small for a fashion model but had perfect curves for a bathing suit model. She worked out twice a day."
Everyone praised Sobek for more important things than her looks. She was a nice girl and very well-liked. In this episode, we hear from the gym owner, photographers, makeup artists, Raider cheerleaders and more. All of them praised Linda.
An Oakland Raider cheerleader for four years, other women didn't hate her, which tells you something. Linda is painted as "a warm, genuine good person in a town full of fakes."
All of this is said tot accentuate the tragedy of her being raped and murdered. A grubby- looking photographer named Charlie Rathbun, automotive photographer extraordinare who specialized in "cheesecake- and-car shots, is the prime suspect.
One day, she was scheduled to go out on a photo shoot with him, and disappeared. Fliers were out everywhere. Five days later, someone finally found some of Linda's belongings in a garbage can in a forest area an hour north of Los Angeles. The police went from there, and then tracked down the photographer to question him.
What he claims happened and what happens in the trial composes the second half of this very interesting story.