Frank C. Girardot
Encyclopedia
Frank C. Girardot, Jr. is metro editor of the Pasadena Star-News
and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune
, two newspapers owned by Colorado-based newspaper chain MediaNews Group
. He also writes a conservative-leaning column for those papers and maintains their Crime Scene blog.
Girardot worked during the 1980s and 1990s as a copyboy and later as a news and sports reporter for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Star-News, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the Los Angeles Daily News
. His work has also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News
, the Oklahoma City Journal Record and syndicated throughout the country via the New York Times News Service.
Girardot's 1993 article on unsolved mysteries of the San Gabriel Valley prompted author James Ellroy
to investigate the 1958 strangulation murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy, the writer's mother, as Ellroy described in his book, My Dark Places. The article has also been the subject of an E!
True Hollywood Story and an episode of CourtTV's Murder by the Book.
Girardot and Star-News writer Nathan McIntire wrote a 2008 story linking a 23-year-old missing persons case and the 1994 discovery of bones in a San Marino
backyard to Clark Rockefeller
. The two later broke the news that most of the bones had been cremated by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.
Pasadena Star-News
The Pasadena Star-News is the local daily newspaper for Pasadena, California. The Star-News is a member of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, since 1996. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News.Ridder Newspapers...
and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune is the daily newspaper located in West Covina, California that serves the San Gabriel Valley. The Tribune is a member of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a division of MediaNews Group...
, two newspapers owned by Colorado-based newspaper chain MediaNews Group
MediaNews Group
MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. It is privately owned and operates 56 daily newspapers in 12 states, with combined daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.4 million and 2.7 million, respectively...
. He also writes a conservative-leaning column for those papers and maintains their Crime Scene blog.
Girardot worked during the 1980s and 1990s as a copyboy and later as a news and sports reporter for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Star-News, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a branch of Colorado-based MediaNews Group....
. His work has also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
, the Oklahoma City Journal Record and syndicated throughout the country via the New York Times News Service.
Girardot's 1993 article on unsolved mysteries of the San Gabriel Valley prompted author James Ellroy
James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black...
to investigate the 1958 strangulation murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy, the writer's mother, as Ellroy described in his book, My Dark Places. The article has also been the subject of an E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...
True Hollywood Story and an episode of CourtTV's Murder by the Book.
Girardot and Star-News writer Nathan McIntire wrote a 2008 story linking a 23-year-old missing persons case and the 1994 discovery of bones in a San Marino
San Marino, California
San Marino is a small, affluent city in Los Angeles County, California. Incorporated in 1913, the City founders designed the community to be uniquely residential, with expansive properties surrounded by beautiful gardens, wide streets, and well maintained parkways...
backyard to Clark Rockefeller
Clark Rockefeller
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter is a German man who moved to the United States as a teenager to study, and thereafter assumed many aliases. Using the false name Clark Rockefeller, he married a Harvard Business School graduate student named Sandra Boss...
. The two later broke the news that most of the bones had been cremated by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.
External links
- San Marino Mystery at Pasadena Star-News
- Frank C. Girardot Crime Scene Blog
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