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Jun 2, 2023 · Sam Cooke's companion the night that Bertha Franklin shot and killed him was Elisa Boyer. Even though there were a lot of confusing rumors and explanations about how he died, the jury found Bertha not guilty of justified homicide.
As of 2014, the woman who accused Sam Cooke of trying to rape her is still in prison for murdering her boyfriend. And by all accounts, she is still alive. Before her arrest, Elisa Boyer continued to rack up a long rap sheet using multiple aliases (Lisa Boyer, Lisa Lee, Crystal Chan Young, Elsie Nakama, etc.).
Jan 21, 2021 · She was 22-year-old Elisa Boyer. Cooke and Schmitt made plans to meet up at a nightclub called PJ's later that night. "But Sam never showed up," Schmitt, 90, tells PEOPLE.
Apr 23, 2022 · According to Elisa Boyer, Sam Cooke forced her into their room at the Hacienda Motel. She reportedly asked the singer to take her home, instead, he rented the room and pinned her to the bed. “I knew he was going to rape me,” Boyer told police.
Police say a man has been arrested after the dismembered remains of a missing 14-year-old trans girl were allegedly found at a Pennsylvania park. On June 25, the partial remains of...
Jun 11, 2022 · He was referencing Elisa Boyer, a friend of Cooke’s. Boyer had apparently called the police that night from a telephone booth near the motel some few minutes before Carr had. Franklin...
Sep 22, 2021 · Mr. Cooke was 33 when he was shot by the manager of a $3-a-night motel in Los Angeles in December 1964 while chasing a prostitute who had stolen his clothes and...
Jun 23, 2024 · On the night of December 11, 1964, Sam picked up a young woman named Elisa Boyer at a club and they spent the evening together. She asked Sam to take her home, but instead he took her to a seedy motel. Boyer said that he stripped her down to her underwear and tried to force her into sex.
Apr 18, 2019 · 16 Dec 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA — Witness Elisa Boyer, wearing a disguise, testifies during the Coroner’s Inquest of the murder of soul singer Sam Cooke. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Another witness, Elisa Boyer, 22, testified she feared Mr. Cooke intended to criminally assault her at the motel. She said he drove her there instead of taking her home after meeting her at a...
