gators who prove ed that some dirt and grass seed found in the cuffs
of the trousers could only have come from the section of Central
__ Park and he was indicted forty eight davs after his ABASLAL initial
arrest as a material witness. The rewly discovered scientific
evidence was not presented until after Almodovar had testified
tha t+ he had not been in Central Park in over two vears and then
it was introduced as rebuttal evidence. This was sufficient to
convict him and he was sentenced to death, He attempted to break
——Loose_and _free the courtroom, bt he was overpowered by the guardse
On Sept. 16, 1913, he was elactrognted at Sing Sing Prison.
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evidence was not presented ati after Almodovar-ha id-testitied———
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it was introduced as rebuttal evidence. This was sufficient to
convict him and he was sentenced to death, He attempted to break—
_—_Loose_and_free the courtroom, but. _he_was_overpowerad by_ the guards.
|. On Sept. 165 19113, he was Siete at Sing Sing Prison.
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Almodovar, a 21-year-old native eh ees Rico, was a New York City
hotel porter and an avid dancer < various Rhumba dance halls
in the Spanish sections of the stirs ” at one of the dances, he met
and pee in love with 23-year-old Lats sa Petecca, After a three
months! courtship, the couple was married. live months later, she
returned to her kanes parents’ home in the Bronx with the axplana-
tion that Terry had lost his job at the hotel and that she was going
to stay with them until he obtained other employment, In reality,
the reason that she had left her hasband was because of his infideli-
ties with various other women who he would meet at the dances.
Louisia Almodovar was able to identify several of these women and had
created scenes with them. Early on the evening of Nov. 1, 1911, she
had made a date to meet someone whose name she did not give her
parents. The next morning her body was found in Sentral Park where
she had been strangled to death, Terry Almodovar claimed that he
had been dancing on the night of the murder and a number of persons
claimed to have seen him on the floor repeatedly at one of the dance
halls. However, he was held as a material witness while the Lnvesti=
gation proceeded. Investigators turned the clothes that .he,had been
wea ring on the night of She crime over to some scientific investi-
AIMODOVAR, Anibal (Terry)
Almodovar, a 21-year-old native of Puerto Rico, was a Ne
hote rter and an avid dancer at the various Rhumba ice halls
in the Spanish sections of the city. At one of the dances, he met
and fell in love with 23-year-old +ouisa Petecca, After a three
months! courtship, the couple was married, Five months later, she
turned to her kummxia parents! home in the Bronx with the sxplana-
.S job at the hotel and that she was going
retu
: li g
to stay with them until he obtained other employment. tn reality,
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tion that Terry had lost h
pt
the reason that she had left her hasband was because of his infideli-
ties with various other women who he would meet at the dances.
Louisia Almodovar was able to identify several of these women and had
creatéd scenes with them. Early on the evening of Nov. 1, 19), she
had made a date to meet someone whose name she did not give her
parents. The next morning her body was found in Central Park where
she had been strangled to death, Terry Almodovar claimed that he
had been dancing on the night of the murder and a number of persons
claimed to have seen him on the floor repeatedly at one of the dance
halls, However, he was held as a material witness while the investi-
ion proceeded. Investigators turned the clothes that.he.had been
ring on the night of the crime over to some scientific investi-
of Pue:
the dances, h
After a three
ity. At one of
le -old Louisa Petecca.
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