Folk entered the brailer and bound both of them hand and foot. He
then drove the trailer down the road a short way until he ran it
into a ditch, He left the truck and re-entered the trailer where
for several hoursm he repeatedly raped Betty Allen and tortured her
with lighted cigarettes and by inflicting deep bites all over her
body. Raymond Allen finally released himself and slipped out to
the cab of a pickup truck where he kept a pistol. When he returned
to the trailer Folk was in the process of pouring gasoline over
his wife and baby prepaboroy to setting the trailer on fire. Allen
shot him one time. Folk recovered RXGi#6UKMS from his wounds but
Betty Allen was dead, having been strangled after her ordeal of
torture and rape. Convicted, Folk died in Arizona's gas chamber on
March hy 1955 +.
POLICE DETECTIVE, June, 1963. Page 6.
Was also a baker (MEADOWS 7/1982)
Folk entered the trailer and bound both of them hand and foot. Ne
then drove the trailer down the road a short way until he ran it
into a ditch. He left the truck and re-entered the trailer where
for several hoursa he repeatedly raped Betty Allen and tortured her
with lighted cigarettes and by inflicting deep bites all over her
body. Raymond Allen finally released himself and slipped out to
the cab of a pickup truck where he kept a pistol. When he returned
to the trailer Folk was in the process of pouring gasoline over
his wife and baby prepatoroy to setting the trailer on fire. Allen
shot him one time. Folk recovered AAGX#OUHME from his wounds but
Betty Allen was dead, having been strangled after her ordeal of
torture and rape. Convicted, Folk died in Arizona's gas chamber on
March hy 19556 '
POLICE DETECTIVE, June, 1963. Page 6.
Was also a baker (MEADOWS 7/1982)
es entered the trailer and bound both of them hand and foot.
his wife and bi
shot him one time. Folk recovered
fron
Betty Allen was dead, having beon strangled after her ordeal of
torture and rape.
» Convicted, Folk died in Arizona's gas chamber on
March hy 1955
POLICE DETECTIVE, June, 1963. Page 6.
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FOIK, Carl J BLU s So
Folk, a 55-year-old white man owned a traveling carnival that was
based in Albuquerque, N. M. In October, 19,9, he answered a news-
paper advertisement inserted by a 17-year-old Albuquerque girl who
was seeking employment as a domestic worker. Instead off driving the
girl to his home, he took her inte the desert where he brutally raped
her three times and tortured her by beating and burning her with
lighted cigarettes. He then left her tied to a tree nude to perish
in the desert. Fortunately, some tourists discovered her the next
day and she recalled the license number on Folk's automobile. When
he was taken into custody, he admitted the crime but stated that he
was insane. He was committed to a State Hospital for four months
observation and then was released to stand trial where he was con=
victed and received a stiff prison sentence. However, the case was
appealed and a new trial ordered. By this time, the girl had became
hopelessly insane herself due to her ordeal and was unable to testi-
a him and Folk received a’ suspended eg scead: On Dec. 1,
19539 he met a Pennsylvania couple, Raymond and “ett: Ny wh
traveling to California with their’ 10-month-old gare ie patcuee Mei
truck and trailer. Folk followed them from Albuquerque to a traile:
camp at Holbrook, Ariz. After the Aliens had retired for the night,
FOIX, Carl J. ee LIS So
Folk, a 55-year-old white man owned a traveling carnival that was
based in Albuquerque, N. M. In October, 1949, he answered a news=
paper advertisement inserted by a 17-year-old Albuquerque girl who
was seeking employment as a domestic worker. Instead off driving the
girl to his home, he took her into the desert where he brutally raped
her three times and tortured her by beating and burning her with
lighted cigarettes. He then left her tied to a tree nude to perish
in the desert. Fortunately, some tourists discovered her the next
day and she recalled the license number on Folk's automobile. When
he was taken into custody, he admitted the crime but stated that he
was insane. He was committed to a State Hospital for four months
observation and then was released to stand trial where he was con-
victed and received a stiff prison sentence. However, the case was
appealed and a new trial ordered. By this time, the girl had become
hopelessly insane herself due to her ordeal and was unable to testi-
fy against him and Folk received a’ suspended sentence. On Dec. 1,
1953, he met a Pennsylvania couple, Raymond and Hetty Allen, who were
traveling to California with their 10-month-old baby in a pickup
truck and trailer. Folk followed them from Albuquerque to a trailey
camp at Holbrook, Ariz. After the Allens had retired for the night
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