Doris McGown Beck Angleton (April 11, 1951 – April 16, 1997) was a Texas socialite who was brutally murdered. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 660 miles (1,065 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... A socialite is a person (male or female, but more often used for a woman) of social prominence who is considered to be an influential social figure. ...

Doris and younger brother Steve grew up in Port Lavaca, Texas, the daughter of Randy McGown, a Dow Chemical engineer, and his wife, Ann McGown Borochov. Port Lavaca is a city located in Calhoun County, Texas. ... The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. In terms of market capitalization, it is the second-largest chemical company in the world, smaller than only DuPont. ...

McGown graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in pathology. After graduation she began a career as a schoolteacher, and later became a sales representative for a pharmaceutical firm. Seal of the University of Texas System The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities, and six are health institutions. ... Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ...

Two marriages

In 1976, Doris met William ("Bill") Beck, a representative for an office products company. They married and moved to Clear Lake, Texas. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Clear Lake, Texas can refer to. ...

Doris met Robert Angleton at a bar in the Houston West Loop when she was 28 years old^{[citation needed]}. According to Angleton, Bill Beck was a client of his bookmaking business, and that is how they met. Robert Nicholas Angleton (born 1948) is an infamous bookmaker in Houston, Texas. ... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ...

The two were already married, yet both of them were attracted to each other. He was also wealthy; Doris would find out he was a bookmaker before they married. Doris also helped Bob with his bookmaking business in the early days. The two married in 1982^{[citation needed]}. A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Robert ran a sports-betting scheme and became rich while doing so. Robert took all of the market by becoming a police informant and reporting his smaller rivals to the Houston Police Department. He grew so rich on the bookmaking that he moved his family to the River Oaks area of Houston, Texas. The Houston Police Department (often referred to simpy as HPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston. ... River Oaks is heavily wooded and has Houstons most expensive homes[citation needed]. River Oaks is an affluent community located in the geographic center of Houston, Texas. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Space City Location Location in the state of Texas Coordinates , Government Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,558 km²  (601. ...

Doris knew how the bookmaker made his money. Doris seemed to have the perfect life to her friends^{[citation needed]}. Doris wanted out of her marriage when she grew tired of the bookmaking, and despite the fact that her husband sent her love letters and gifts^{[citation needed]}, she went ahead with the divorce process, and she wanted to take fifty percent of the couple's assets. The divorce proceedings were expected to reveal that her husband was a bookie.

Murder

She filed for divorce two months before she was murdered on April 16, 1997 in the couple's River Oaks home. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the head, chest, and abdomen. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Doris' failure to return to a softball game sparked suspiscion in her twin daughters, who were twelve years old at the time. Their father came to their house, called 911, and found Doris dead.

Arrests

Doris' brother in-law, Roger Angleton, was arrested for unrelated charges. Police found a suitcase that revealed him to be the perpetrator of the crime. Roger committed suicide in a Houston Prison cell by cutting himself with razor blades ^{[citation needed]}(or by hanging, as claimed here). He admitted to killing Doris in his suicide note.

Robert Angleton became a suspect and was also arrested. Doris was in the process of divorcing him. She wanted to take some of his money with her, and the divorce would have exposed Bob's sports betting scheme. Robert Angleton was tried and found not guilty for the murder of his wife. However, the state found all of his money collected from the sports betting scheme and punished Angleton. The U.S. Department of Justice indicted and jailed Angleton. Justice Department redirects here. ...

Robert tried to flee the country, but was arrested by the Dutch. A Dutch court ruled that he could not be extradited on the murder charge because he had already been found not guilty of the murder for which the extradition was being sought, but he could be extradited on tax charges^{[citation needed]}.

Trivia

Writer Vanessa Leggett was found in contempt by a federal district court judge on July 20, 2001 for refusing to give up some of her interviews for a book that she wrote about the Doris Angleton case^{[citation needed]}. She was sent to prison for some time. The case grew controversial over whether or not she should have been found in contempt. She was released in January 2002. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

References

• Death in Texas by Carlton Smith

External links

• U.S. Department of Justice announcement on the arrest of Robert Angleton
• Article on the Angleton murder from Texas Monthly
• Article on the Angleton murder from the CBS News website
• "Accepting the Dual Sovereignty Exception to Double Jeopardy: A Hard Case Study," 81 Wash. U. L.Q. 765 (2003)