Murder Victim. On April 3, 1895, twenty-one-year-old Blanche Lamont was murdered in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in San Francisco, California. Her body was found eleven days later in the church belfry, during a police search of the structure after the butchered body of Minnie Williams was discovered in the church library. Blanche and Minnie were the victims of a friend and fellow churchgoer, Theodore Durrant, who the press dubbed as the “Demon of the Belfry.” Durrant was tried and found guilty of Blanche's murder and was hanged at San Quentin prison on January 7, 1898.
Murder Victim. On April 3, 1895, twenty-one-year-old Blanche Lamont was murdered in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in San Francisco, California. Her body was found eleven days later in the church belfry, during a police search of the structure after the butchered body of Minnie Williams was discovered in the church library. Blanche and Minnie were the victims of a friend and fellow churchgoer, Theodore Durrant, who the press dubbed as the “Demon of the Belfry.” Durrant was tried and found guilty of Blanche's murder and was hanged at San Quentin prison on January 7, 1898.
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