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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) od (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Numerous persons recognizable in art “the contact prints have beetques* lice. reen | ae aa All have been released as far as Photo in Tate Murder Case Negatives of Pictures Taken by Victim Give Possible New Leads BY JERRY COHEN Times Staff Writer Police are exploring the possibility that one victim of the Benedict Canyon mass murder may have photographed the killer or killers at some interval before the crime, it was learned Wednesday. Polish playboy Voityck Frokow- sky, 37, a gifted amateur photogra- pher, frequently took pictures of friends, acquaintances and even strangers during parties and infor- mal gatherings, Police have confiscated Frokow- sky's negatives. Contact prints made from them figure prominently in the present investigation. Some of Frokowsky's photos, it is known, were snapped in the hilltop home above Laurel Canyon where he lived with coffee heiress Abigail (Gibby) Folger, another of the five victims. Some Photos Taken at Estate Others were taken at the rented Tate-Polanski estate in Benedict Canyon, scene of the slaughter early Aug. 9, say witnesses who have viewed the pictures, Friends of the victims have identified faces in the photos and supolied police with n d ormation about the Py What “* questioning produced is not precisely known. However, an actor pictured in one group photo told The Times he had supplied investigators with informa- tion about others photographed which he thought had been "very helpful to the police." He declined to say what it was or what names he provided detectives. Another actor photographed by Frokowsky said the faces of movie * celebrities appear among the pic- tures. Viewed 20 Sheets of Prints He said. he had viewéd about 20 proof shetts of contact prints, each of which bore numerous pictures, The second actor said he was a friend of Frokowsky but that the, latter had photographed him at the suggestion of Roman Polanski, hus- band of slain actress Sharon Tate. "I knew Roman in Europe, and when he learned I was coming to this country, he suggested that Voityck take still photos of me," the actor said. He explained that, until recently, he had been living abroad, but is now seeking movie roles here and needed quality photographs of him- self for promotion purposes. The actor said he was questione great length and that officers ha pressed "great interest" in him. He left the implication that thought police once may have considered him a suspect because his face appeared among Frokow- sky's negatives. It is believed that a substantial number of the pictures appearing on the proof sheets being shown by police were taken by Frokowsky. The second actor said he got the impression, while being questioned, that detectives were cross-checking names obtained from a "phone bogie fgynd in the Tate-Polanski residence against photos. “~ 7 (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) tI-1 LA Times Los Angeles Date: 8/21/69 Edition: Home Author: Jerry Cohen Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: TA FBI ] Being Investigated \3 AUG2 1 1969 — LOS ANGELES