Red Sheet

The endeavor was followed by the Cuban Missile Crisis of October ’62 and a precipitously conceived investigation into American Communist Party activities in Los Angeles. Down the row: Mayor Sam Yorty and his sketchy bodyguard—an ex-Sheriff ’s detective named “Motel Mike” Bayless. Hat Squadder Eddie Benson says, “She may have tidied up the crime scene in the wake of Vivid Vixen’s death. They doffed their duds and revealed their rape-and-murder tattoos.