Ira Einhorn, the prominent environmentalist activist who helped found “Earth Day” in 1970, died last Friday in a Pennsylvania prison where he was serving a life sentence for the 1977 murder of his girlfriend.
Einhorn, 79, died of natural causes.
Einhorn murdered Helen “Holly” Maddux when broke up with him and returned to their apartment to gather her things, hiding her body in a trunk where it was “composting.” Her family reported her missing and police interviewed Einhorn, who claimed she went to the store to buy tofu and never returned.
Police discovered her body 18 months later when his downstairs neighbor complained about a foul-smelling liquid leaking through his ceiling from Einhorn’s apartment.
When confronted with the body, Einhorn simply told police “You found what you found.”
Out on bail and awaiting trial, Einhorn fled to Europe in 1981 and went into hiding, while environmentalists and other leftists held parades and fundraising events in support of him. Supported by cash from liberal supporters, Einhorn hid from authorities throughout Europe, living under a variety of fake identities.
Einhorn had cultivated the support of the left as a leading figure in the left-wing “hippie” movements of the 1960s and 1970s, where he referred to himself as “Unicorn” and helped established the first “Earth Day” celebrations in Philadelphia.
He was eventually arrested in France in 1997, twenty years after the murder. Extradited to the United States to stand trial, numerous left-wing celebrities still defended him, including singer Peter Gabriel, actress Ellen Burstyn and Edward Bacon, father of actor Kevin Bacon.
Einhorn claimed he was framed by CIA agents, who murdered his girlfriend for exposing their paranormal research. Jurors didn’t buy it, and Einhorn was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Donald Trump is doing a great job as president, even though the media and others have so much jealousy they continually harass him—Democrats have been after him and have wasted millions of tax payer dollars in their faulty attempts to remove him from office—What they should do is thank him for the job he is doing—Maybe it’s because of ignorance or jealousy but so far they have wasted foolish efforts and lots od dollars in their attempts to discredit him—it is high time these ignorant persons give up their hatred.
And return the paychecks they never earned!
In the words of joyless behar of the view: ‘so what, who cares’. More important things worry about and deal with than stories like this about a guy serving a life sentence for murder.Again; so what, who cares’?
The many who justifiably despised him will be happy to know he no longer burdens the earth and our society with the demands of his useless physical sustenance.
he never should have been a burden to start with he should have been hanged. saving us 100’s of thousands of dollars over his life time in jail.
Totally agree
McRae Spot on And don’t forget DemocRATS and lefties have been throwing thorns in the path of Mr TRUMP from day one and have not stoped for a moment. They are evil. TRUMP 2020
skai,
do not forget their leader bho.he is the evil one.
Let’s check out his sealed records!!!
If the Democrats would just do their job in lieu of unjustified harassment we would all be better off—I wonder if they understand what their is?—Shame on you all.
Good, I pray all democrats die in prison!
Earth first! We can log the other planets later.
Pave the Planet! Then we can drive wherever we want and there will always be enough free parking.
Really who knows who started earthday and who really gives a rats ass? And in the words of joyless behar of the view: ‘so what, who cares, move on’. More important things worry about and deal with than stories like this about a guy serving a life sentence for murder.Again; so what, who cares’?
I feel terrible for our great President for all the mess in this country and now the horrible virus and the demorats continue to fight him every step of the way.
These sick jealous idiots never wanted him in because of exposing all the cover-ups and constant fraud. I hope Karma wipes them off of the earth since they will never be punished for their crimes.
So this is how this Unicorn crap they pushed on us girls growing up. Wow Trump 2020
I knew there was a reason I never ever bought into the “Earth Day” movement and celebrations.
Well a huge clue, is that it is on May 1, a huge communist holiday.
I remember this story well, I lived in philly at the time. He is one of the reason I am not a dim witted democrat today. Too much acid used in them days. They related our vets like dirt. Never forget!
Wait till all the pervert pedophile files come out. That will take all of them down!!
oodGay uckingFay iddanceRay!!!
Great way to put it, Chris! Very creative and appropriate! 🙂
Isn’t it interesting how Libs seem to focus all their positive attention on criminals? Einhorn, may, he rot for Eternity, was a criminal. He was supported by other criminals who had zero problems with Einhorn murdering his girl friend. Now we have vicious criminals being released from prison to prey upon the body politic and Pelosi and her fellow scumbags are perfectly happy with that. If you watch the Lib/Progressive agenda its easy to see what makes them tick: chaos, disorder, violence and a general deeply covert hostility toward their fellows. Ain’t we lucky?
The left have been coddling criminals forever, and hating law enforcement. Notice they used the excuse of the CCP Virus to empty the prisons. One of them just tried to rob a bank.
He was one excuse for a human being that I hated and still hate.
“…a time for love and time for hate…”–The Holy Bible.
Einhorn is not an exception. Those who claim to be environmentalists also claim to be liberal, and socialist and are just about always, selfish, immoral, unethical dishonesty liars.
It is like a package.
Kirsten Powers complained when she claimed to become a Christian that she did not want to become a conservative. Yes, that is also a package deal too. And those who do not eventually open their minds as did Horowitz or was it Dershowitz eventually go back to their sinful ways. You see, you can’t be a Christian and be as selfish as leftists are.
So they find his girlfriends body rotting in his car trunk, and let him out on bail???????????
Who wouldn’t run in that situation? If the FBI killed her, and put her there, how did he not smell the body in his trunk? And the response “you found what you found” isn’t the response of a guy who even likes his girlfriend, let alone misses her in any way. And they still let him out on bail? Someone in the “justice” system wanted him to get away.
Kevin Bacon’s father was Edmund Bacon, not Edward, in case anyone wants to look at the web of liberal loonies Bacon was buddies with. His wife was also a liberal activist. Now you know how Kevin, not an attractive fellow, won such favor and so many parts in hollyweird. A darling of the acting guilds, I’m sure.
What? He did not die of Cronovirus? They must have fouled up! This may be the first older person that has not died of it in the last few months.
This tells you everything you need to know about enviornmentalists/leftists:
“Out on bail and awaiting trial, Einhorn fled to Europe in 1981 and went into hiding, while environmentalists and other leftists held parades and fundraising events in support of him. Supported by cash from liberal supporters, Einhorn hid from authorities throughout Europe, living under a variety of fake identities.”
Michelle36
Earth day should actually be April 20th (Hitler’s birthday). Like Einhorn, he too was a murderous environmentalist.