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A local shepherd spotted something unusual at the edge of his field. Crime Stories: The Kid with the Hollywood Haircut, CTV 2010
The murdered body of local Shelby businessman Clarence Pellet. ibid.
The waitress described a young hitchhiker wearing a light grey suit who was standing on the corner waiting for a ride. She saw Clarence stop his car and offer the stranger a lift. As part of her description she told the police that the young man was sporting a ‘Hollywood haircut’. ibid.
He was sent to a federal prison ... In 1969 Dryman was paroled to his brother who lived in California. He worked there for two years and even married a young widow. Then in October 1971 without warning Dryman vanished leaving no trace. ibid.
When Clem Pellet was a boy his father told him that his grandfather had been murdered by a hitchhiker. Forty-eight years later at the age of 56, Clem found some old newspaper clippings that outlined the details of his grandfather’s killing. ibid.
Clem, a dentist from Washington State, believed he had found Frank Dryman, now known as Victor Huston. ibid.
Helena Mont – The ageing Frank Dryman, a notorious killer from Montana's past, had hidden in plain sight for so long that he forgot he was a wanted man.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview with The Associated Press, Dryman detailed how he invented a whole new life, with a new family, an Arizona wedding chapel business – and even volunteer work for local civic clubs.
‘They just forgot about me,’ said Dryman, in his first interview since being caught and sent back to the prison he last left in the 1960s. ‘I was a prominent member of the community.’
That is, until the grandson of the man he shot six times in the back came looking. The Huffington Post article Matt Gouras, 15th June 2010, ‘Frank Dryan, Fugitive, Hid in Plain Sight for 40 Years’