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I 1 I B6 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 VC LOS ANGELES TIMES VENTURA COUNTY NEWS CRIME: Woman Credited With Helping Catch Burglar Lowest Prices Largest Selection V-iit COMPUTER "1 1 TM Apparently not everyone. There's still plenty of mystery surrounding the death of former Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer. The Los Angeles County coroner's office has ruled that the Thousand Oaks rocker-turned-businessman died as a result of blunt-force trauma and other undetermined factors, but the exact manner of death is undetermined. Kramer's remains were found May 29 at the bottom of a steep canyon off Decker Canyon Road, near Malibu. The 42-year-old Kramer had been missing more than four years, before his remains were located.

The cause of death is consistent with Kramer's van careening off a cliff, authorities said. Police believe financial troubles and a final phone call Kramer made to 911 the day he died indicate suicide. But his family believes he met with foul play, possibly stemming from his work in the electronics industry. Just before his death, Kramer believed he was getting close to a discovery that would make it possible to transmit information in a new way. "We were unable to conclude that it was or wasn't an accident, and we weren't able to say it was a suicide," said Scott Carrier, a coroner's office spokesman.

Kathy Kramer, the victim's sister, still hopes to learn the truth and continues to plug her cause to television shows and music magazines. "The authorities have sort of said, because of the length of time and other things, we may never know unless someone confesses or a witness comes forward," she said. front door, a detective said. The woman dashed inside her home avoiding the burglar, who was in another room and grabbed a portable telephone, said Sheriffs Det. Jim Panza.

She then dashed outside and called the cops. The burglar sped off before deputies arrived, but the woman provided a detailed description of the getaway sedan and got a good enough look at the guy to help a police sketch artist draw him. The suspect, 35-year-old roofer Jorge Herrejon, was arrested a week later at his house in Nyland Acres, Panza said. Inside Herrejon's home, detectives found a portion of the more than $50,000 in property that had been stolen in neighborhood burglaries, including jewelry and computers, Panza said. The detective said burglaries in the neighborhood are rare, but when they happen, thieves often go unnoticed because they blend in with dozens of yard men, construction workers and pool boys working at houses each day.

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