Hollywood — Police Tuesday identified the body of an attractive young woman found in a ravine near Mulholland Drive as that of Rose Tashman, 19, Hollywood. The girl, whose body was found half a mile from where the body of Marina E. Habe, 17, was discovered last Jan. 1, had been beaten and raped before being strangled with a piece of wire, according to detectives.
Miss Tashman’s body was identified by a member of her family. Her parents told police the Valley State College coed left home Sunday night to study with a friend. Her body was found Monday.
Police said Miss Tashman’s car was found with a flat tire on a freeway off-ramp and they speculated her murderer stopped and offered her a ride to a nearby gas station.
The stabbing death of Miss Habe, daughter of author-screenwriter Hans Habe, has not been solved.