He was shot by elisa s accomplice when he tried to escape. She brought him to a hotel and locked him in a room. Elisa boyer a prostitute took all of sam cooke s money and clothes.
Cooke headed towards the motel office and saw through the office window the prostitute and motel manager counting his money he demanded his stuff be returned and when they didn t open the door cooke. Sam soon awoke disoriented and without most of his clothes and belongings. Elisa boyer took sam s money and met bertha in the motel office.
Her father joseph breckenridge gantt joe. She is a member of the avn hall of fame and the xrco hall of fame. Erica boyer legal name amanda margaret jensen née gantt december 22 1956 andalusia alabama december 31 2009 panama city beach florida was an american pornographic actress.
Many historians state this was a quick and racist trial as today nobody would be able to wear a disguise glasses on the stand. 16 dec 1964 los angeles california usa witness and alleged protitute elisa boyer wearing a disguise testifies during the coroner s inquest of the murder of soul singer sam cooke. Sam cooke was beaten to death and shot posthumously.
I ve been listening to researching sam s life since i was a kid and at age 45 i m still no closer to the truth of what happened to sam other than that the official account is categorically false on every single account. The story of sam s death will never be told in its entirety. Get premium high resolution news photos at getty images.
The woman with sam cooke before his murder elisa boyer waits for questioning at police headquarters in los angeles. She was a prostitute. The brunette s name was elisa boyer.
Well dressed of asian and caucasian decent her conspicuous maturity gave her an air of sophistication even as it threatened her from a distance.
Death elisa boyer 2019. Sam cook had taken a young asian girl elisa boyer to a hotel room. This was supposedly done against the girl s will who had claimed that she d asked to go home. Cooke was told by the clerk bertha franklin to register as mr. Officially the case was ruled justifiable homicide when the 55 year old hotel manager bertha franklin claimed she had shot and beaten the singer to death in self defense and despite his.
A month later police arrested elisa boyer for prostitution. In 1979 she was found guilty of the second degree murder of her ex boyfriend. Based on this record some posit that boyer had attempted to rob cooke and it went horribly awry. Another theory suggested that cooke s death was planned and staged by his enemies.
The attractive brunette at the bar of martoni s was all of twenty two years old but she looked older.
The attractive brunette at the bar of martoni s was all of twenty two years old but she looked older. Another theory suggested that cooke s death was planned and staged by his enemies. Based on this record some posit that boyer had attempted to rob cooke and it went horribly awry.
In 1979 she was found guilty of the second degree murder of her ex boyfriend. A month later police arrested elisa boyer for prostitution. Officially the case was ruled justifiable homicide when the 55 year old hotel manager bertha franklin claimed she had shot and beaten the singer to death in self defense and despite his.
Cooke was told by the clerk bertha franklin to register as mr. This was supposedly done against the girl s will who had claimed that she d asked to go home. Sam cook had taken a young asian girl elisa boyer to a hotel room.
