Beaumont was protesting the US involvement in the war in Vietnam. "She was a perfectly normal, dedicated person, and felt she had to do this just like the monks and nuns who burned themselves in Vietnam. This was no suicide. There were no indications of escapism or frustration. This was an immolation, a supreme sacrifice to humanity, to peace and freedom for all mankind." (15 October 1967)
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Tuesday 15th of April 1975 (-) — Possible victim of Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness Melanie Cooley is abducted and bludgeoned to death by Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness. A road maintenance worker found Cooley's body in Coal Creek Canyon on 2 May 1975. Bundy was never officially tied to this murder.