A Disputed Claim 1

A letter Monsue wrote to the parole board, saying that new owners of the house on Huston Street had discovered the cash from Dorka Lisker’s purse in an attic above Bruce’s old bedroom.

A Disputed Claim 2

Morton P. Borenstein’s sworn statement takes issue with Monsue's letter to the parole board, saying that new owners of the house on Huston Street had discovered the cash from Dorka Lisker’s purse in an attic above Bruce’s old bedroom.

Money in the Bag

Three weeks after Bruce Lisker was convicted in 1985, a court clerk named B.J. Wilson conducted a thorough search of Dorka Lisker’s purse. She placed an asterisk beside the last entry: $120 in one-, five-, 10- and 20-dollar bills."

A Dismissive Response

Last July, Bruce Lisker found in his prison mail a letter from the LAPD. It said that an investigation had found no merit to his allegation that Monsue lied to the parole board.

False Start

The LAPD case file — the “murder book,” in which detectives document every step in an investigation — indicates that Monsue ran a records search for John Michael Ryan using the wrong birth date. A search using Ryan’s correct birth date — April 24, 1966 — would have revealed that he had been...

Autopsy of Dorka Lisker

Letter From Det. Andrew R. Monsue to Parole Board, and Response From Morton P. Borenstein

Lisker's Letter of Complaint Sent to LAPD Regarding Conduct of Det. Monsue

Note Showing Wrong Date of Birth Used in Failed Records Search on John Michael Ryan

Record of Oral Statement Taken From Ryan in Harrison County, Miss.

Exhibit Information Record, Noting Money Still in Purse (last entry)

Evidence Report on Shoe Prints Found at Scene of the Crime

Rap Sheet of Robert Donald Hughes