On August 29, 7 year old Alice Louise Lee was with her family in Swans bean field near Pleasant Hill, Oregon. The family was picking green beans, but like most little kids Alice wanted to play instead. Around 10 a.m. Alice told her mother she was going to put her dolls by their lunch boxes located next to a dirt road that was next to the field.
Alice was familiar with the bean field. her family had been going there since she was born and she knew the area well. The Lees only lived a mile and a half away and was well known to the pickers and neighbors.
Her dolls were later found where the pickers had their lunch boxes, but Alice was no where in sight. A land, air and water search ensued for the girl. For eighteen days there was no sight of the girl. The owner of Swans Bean Field reported a odor and buzzards were circling an area.
A hallow hand dug grave was found and inside was the body of Alice. She had was nude and faced down, her corduroy jacket was tied tightly around her neck and the rest of her clothes were folded next to her. It was undetermined if she was sexually assaulted, but it is assumed she was.
It was assumed she may have been ambushed at the men's out house. That he carried her to the Slough where she was found. It's assumed that the suspect may have been someone familiar with the area maybe even one of the young Pickers that was hired. Transients were not hired by the Swans to pick the fields and only families and teenagers were hired.
Reading the articles in listed the crime scene being near Trent, Dexter, Pleasant Hills, and Eugene. I was not sure which area the bean field was closer to or if it was in any of these towns. The newest article though lists that it was near Pleasant Hill.
SOURCES:
http://projects.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25150290-35/wolfe-alice-veteto-murder-child.csp
http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33470821-78/girls-murder-in-1960-still-being-investigated.html.csp
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12171101/alice_lee_0/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19762559/alice_lee_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19765260/alice_lee_murder/
Kind of behind where Trent Elementary school is or was. To the northwest of
ReplyDeleteThe mystery of the murder of Alice's Lee is finally solved. Learn the truth in the historical, biographical novel called The Handy Candy Man by Cheryl Justice and Delilah Michael. Coming to Amazon and other outlets in late March or early April of 2020. 60 year cold case solved.
ReplyDeleteLet me update novel to creative non-fiction.
DeleteAlice was a friend, our family also picked beans at Swans
ReplyDeletePlease let me know who her murderer was.
I have never forgotten her.
Claude L. Glaspey. I'd love to text or speak with you.
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ReplyDeleteI would be glad to discuss the murder with you if you email me at Cherelove714@gmail.com. I'm the author of The Handy Candy Man which solves the case. (Available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.) I would like to notify the family if you could help me find them. Look forward to hearing from you.
ReplyDeleteIf the case had actually been solved as the author of the biographical """"Novel""""" claims, we could read that is so in the Eugene Register-Guard. Her book is just that... a Novel (fictional prose narrative of considerable length). Why does anyone consider it factual. Sure there are a limited number of facts in the book but 90 percent of it is fictional and what fact there is or may be in the book is completely undocumented authoritatively. It is a good read, however. Just remind yourself that it is not fact.
ReplyDeleteThe main fact is that Claude L. Glaspey killed Alice Lee. The book is actually creative non-fiction. I shouldn't have called it a novel. It's loaded with facts. I plan to publish a documented version soon.
DeleteThe Eugene Register Guard is not the authoritative source of all truth. They have refused to offer the public the choice of deciding for themselves about the evidence presented in The Handy Candy Man.
ReplyDeleteYour comment here is not accurate. The book is a historical and biographical novel based on facts. The facts reveal who killed Alice and there are plenty of facts in the book. Being a good read doesn't negate the facts found in official newspaper accounts, police reports, hospital records and from witnesses. The book is documented throughout in the body of the text. I am working on a version with footnotes and some updates but the truth doesn't change.