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They're worried about her. She had dinner at their house Wednesday night. She acted very weird.
Her eyes were pinned-out. She said she took a Miltown. She told them a crazy story.
She said she found a baby on her doorstep. The cops came and took him away. The story was wholly
fantastic.
Goddard walked up to Karyn's apartment and knocked on the door. He saw a light on inside. He got
no answer. He tried the door. It popped open.
Goddard got scared. He went back to the car and brought Marcia up. They entered the apartment. The
TV was on. The sound was down low.
They saw a body on the couch. It was nude and stretched out facedown.
Marcia screamed. Mark ran to the manager's apartment. The manager called the West Hollywood
Sheriff's Station.
The dispatcher radioed a patrol car. The manager grabbed a neighbor with some medical skills. The man
entered the apartment and confirmed the victim was dead.
The patrol cops arrived. They examined the victim and noted signs of decomp. Fluids dripped from the
mouth, nose, and eye sockets. The purge had turned her face blue-black.
The patrol cops talked to Mark and Marcia Goddard. They observed the immediate scene.
They noted:
"Several magazines lying on the porch outside the deceased's front door, dating to 11/28/63.
Immediately inside the front door and approximately 8" from the west end of the couch was an
overturned glass container with numerous cigarettes inside and sixteen Kent cigarettes strewn about the
floor at the end of the couch. A white metal coffee maker (pot) was lying on its side approximately io feet
north of the couch. The television was observed to be playing at a moderate volume on Channel 4. A
lamp table on the east wall of the living room was observed to have the lower drawer standing open, and
a coat-closet door was open in the northeast corner of the living room. The bedroom was observed to
have numerous articles of clothing and bedding strewn about the floor, and three dresser drawers were
standing open. The rear door was observed to be secured from the inside with a hook-and-eye type
fastener."
The patrol cops talked to Mark and Marcia Goddard. They revealed:
Karyn was a close friend. They met her in '61. Her father was Irv Kupcinet. He was a columnist and TV
host in Chicago. "Kup" was big-time. He was "Mr. Chicago."
They saw Karyn Wednesday night. She said she saw a shrink. The shrink said she was in bad shape.
Karyn was seeing an actor named Andy Prine. Andy costarred on the Wide Country show. The
romance was dead. Karyn was very depressed.
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