Ira Einhorn - The Unicorn Killer

He beat his girlfriend to death.

 

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Einhorn was a top "Counter-Culture" Radical

He ran with Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Day, He Killed His Girlfriend

The body sat in a trunk, in his bedroom, for 18 months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holly Maddux Was A Naive Girl Who Fell Under Einhorn's Spell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just An Innocent Wide-Eyed Child

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

The Murder

In the winter of 1977, after Holly told him she intended to leave him, Einhorn brutally beat her, giving her seven head fractures, then strangled young Holly to death. Holly's body remained in the trunk in the bedroom closet for 18 months.

As her body was in the trunk, Einhorn romped with other "Counter-Culture" radicals in the apartment.
 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Ira Einhorn

An anti-war activist and draft dodger, he laughed at Vietnam Vets. Einhorn was the 'Rave' as a corporate guru-consultant, and had a number of wealthy benefactors.

At his 1979 hearing, after Maddux's body was found, the courtroom was packed with professors, lawyers, civic leaders, and other prominent Philadelphians who wanted to testify about his good character.

Even when he was shown to be a drug dealer, and murderer, many of his supporters stayed with him.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Police Find Decomposed Body In Trunk
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

  
   

 

 

 

 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

   

The Trunk Sat In This Closet

As the body decomposed, the fluids leaked through the floor, on to the tenant's ceiling below.

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Arlen Specter Is His Lawyer

Specter convinced a Judge to set Einhorn's bail at $ 40,000, only $4,000 of it needed to walk free. Normally, alleged murders don't get bail.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Barbara Bronfman

Barbara Bronfman, a Montreal socialite who had married into the Seagram distillery family, was said to be 'fascinated' by Einhorn. With help from her Zionist Jewish contacts, he fled to Europe.

Bronfman supported Einhorn until 1988, when she discovered he was bedding another woman. She turned him in to a private detective named DiBenedetto.

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Einhorn Hides In Europe

He lived in England, Ireland, and Sweden before he was apprehended in 1997 in Champagne Mouton, France, where he lived with his Swedish-born wife.

But, the Bordeaux court refused to extradite him for years.

French Zionists Fought Extradition

French Zionists didn't want another Leo Frank, so they sought to delay, and possibly bury, the case. He was finally returned to the United States in July of 2001.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Einhorn Is Finally Extradited After 22 Years
 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Einhorn's Trial

The evidence against Einhorn was just too strong, and he knew it. So did the jury, who found him guilty of first-degree murder in December of 2002.

When testimony revealed that Einhorn tried to mummify the body as a trophy, that was the final straw.
   

 

 

 

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