The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer Quiz

Answer: September 10, 1977

Holly Maddux had left Fire Island on September 9, 1977. She was living with her new boyfriend, Saul Lapidus, in New York when Ira Einhorn called her. Einhorn demanded Holly to come back to Philadelphia or he'd throw all of her personal belongings out in the rain. Holly immediately left for Philadelphia. She was never seen alive again.

Answer: Powelton Village

Powelton Village is home to the University of Pennsylvania. During the 1970's, Powelton Village was not a high crime area, it was too collegiate for that. When the murder of Holly Maddux came out in 1979, and when everyone realized that Ira Einhorn committed the murder, the citizens of Powelton were shocked.

Answer: That she went to the store and never returned

When the Maddux family were finally able to talk to Einhorn, they asked him about Holly's disappearance. Einhorn explained that she had gone out a couple of weeks previously to the neighborhood co-op to buy some tofu and sprouts. He added that since that time he had not seen or spoke to her.

Answer: Detective Chitwood

Detective Michael Chitwood was the lead detective in charge of the case. The Madduxes' private investigator had told Chitwood everything he knew about the disappearance of Holly, but there was nothing Chitwood could do, his hands were tied. Finally, in 1979, evidence came to Chitwood, and he was able to get a search warrant for Einhorn's apartment. Once inside the apartment, he noticed a foul stench.

When he broke the padlock on the closet he found a trunk, and when he looked inside he saw the remains of Holly Maddux.

The evidence he collected that day have remained with the police in the hope that it could be used against Einhorn.

Answer: March 28, 1979

On March 28, 1979 at 9:00 A.M., the Philadelphia police went to Einhorn's apartment, armed with a search warrant. Upon entering the apartment they noticed a horrible stench. They immediately began searching and collecting evidence. While this was happening, Einhorn sat on his sofa, watching every move they made.

When the police came upon the padlocked closet, they asked Einhorn if he had a key and he said, 'No I don't, it was lost'. The police then brought out a camera, and photographed Chitwood breaking the lock.

Inside the walk-in closet, Chitwood found piece after piece of damaging evidence. He found Holly's suitcase fully packed and her purse, which contained her driver's license and social security card. Chitwood then came upon a padlocked trunk.

The police photographed that it was locked and photographed that Chitwood broke it. Donning rubber gloves, he opened the trunk. Inside was old newspapers dating back to 1977 and old, faded plastic Sears bags. Underneath all of this trash, Chitwood came upon a mummified human hand.

He then dug deeper and came upon the full, intact remains of Holly Maddux. Chitwood then said to Einhorn, 'It looks like we've found Holly's body', and Einhorn replied, 'You found what you found'.

Answer: Arlen Specter

In April 1979, Arlen Specter became Einhorn's lawyer. Specter talked the judge into granting Einhorn bail. Newspaper reporters couldn't believe what great character references Einhorn had. As one newspaper said, 'If one didn't know better, one would assume that they were trying St. Peter, for all the reputation-boosting testimony that was communicated from corporate executives, columnists, a minister, and other high-caliber profiles'.

The judge set the bail for {$40,000.00,} and Einhorn only had to pay {$4,000.00} to be released. Einhorn's bail was paid for by Barbara Bronfman, a Montreal socialite who had married into the Seagram distillery family and met Einhorn through a common interest in the paranormal.

Answer: January 1981

After he was released on bail, Einhorn complained to others that his image was hurt, and that people who once respected him didn't anymore. He once told a friend that he couldn't be Ira Einhorn anymore. Einhorn left the United States, two weeks before his trial was to begin, and it would be another twenty years before he stepped foot back in the States.

Answer: Ben Moore

When Einhorn skipped bail, no one knew where to look for him. He was eventually traced to Ireland using the name of Ben Moore. Einhorn and his new girlfriend rented an apartment from a Trinity College professor named Denis Weaire. When Weaire visited friends in Chicago in 1981, he told them about this mysterious character named Einhorn.

When Weaire went to the Chicago police, he got the full story of Einhorn. When Weaire notified the Irish police back home, they could not act. No extradition papers were in effect, so all Weaire could do was evict him.

By the time the Irish police arrived at Einhorn's address, he was long gone. For Einhorn to use a different name when he proclaimed that if he couldn't be himself, then he wouldn't be anyone else, he knew he was in major trouble.

Answer: Richard DiBenedetto

Richard DiBenedetto was 49 years old when he began the manhunt. His office was filled with what he called the 'Einhorn Files'. He could recite Einhorn's diaries word for word.

Answer: Annika Flodin

Annika owned the boarding house that Einhorn was living in. When DiBenedetto finally was able to get to Sweden, he discovered that Einhorn had fled yet again. DiBenedetto questioned Annika, but she claimed that she didn't know who he was talking about. DiBenedetto had surveillance put on Annika, and when she disappeared, DiBenedetto knew without a doubt that she was going to Einhorn.

Answer: Yes

In 1993, Einhorn was tried in absentia in Philadelphia. He was convicted of the murder of Holly Maddux, and sentenced to death upon his return to the United States. The trial was less than six weeks.

Answer: Eugene Mallon

On June 18, 1997, Einhorn was arrested in his home in Champagne-Mouton, just after sunrise. The French police, accompanied by DiBenedetto, grabbed Einhorn out of bed. When asked if he was Ira Einhorn, he said that his name was Eugene Mallon, but DiBenedetto knew better. Einhorn was arrested and taken to the Gradignan Prison in Bordeaux to await extradition to the United States.

Answer: Ted Simon

Ted Simon was a brilliant lawyer and an expert in international law. Simon found a loophole in the prosecution's extradition case. According to established rules of the European Convention on Human Rights, no alleged criminal was ever to be tried in absentia, that is, without his or her actual presence in court.

In 1993, the Philadelphian judicial system conducted such a trial, an acceptable American procedure after a suspect flees the country and refuses to return after an ordained period of time.

The trial was held as a normal murder trial, with a judge, a full jury, witnesses, evidence and a legal team, but without the suspect or a defense counsel. At its conclusion, Einhorn had been convicted and given the death sentence for the murder of Holly Maddux, the said verdict to be carried out upon his return to America.

This information is directly from www.CrimeLibrary.com

Answer: $907 million

The Maddux family knew that they would never see one cent of this money, but at least it was a another trial which placed blame on Einhorn.

Answer: Philadelphia Enquirer

The Philadelphia Enquirer reported everything about Einhorn's extradition trial and appeals from France.

Answer: Lynne Abraham

Philadelphia District Attorney, Lynne Abraham, made this statement after Einhorn won another appeal.

Answer: C.I.A.

From the time that Holly's body was discovered in his apartment, Einhorn told everyone that the C.I.A. had murdered Holly. He said they murdered her to frame him because of his work.

Answer: Neck

Einhorn slashed his own throat upon hearing the rejection. It was to be his last stand.

Answer: July 21 2001

On July 21, 2001, Einhorn was shackled and wearing a bulletproof vest, and returned to the U.S. Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport at around 4 a.m. under armed guard, just hours after being taken into custody at his home in France. This information was taken directly from www.CrimeLibrary.com.

Answer: Graterford Prison

Einhorn was taken to Graterford Prison, where he was kept in solitary confinement for the first week. He then went on a hunger strike. Eventually, he was transferred to the Freehold Prison in Freehold, N.J. to await his re-trial on the murder of Holly Maddux. All information can be found in 'The Philadelphia Daily News', 'The Philadelphia Enquire', www.CrimeLibrary.com'.