TWENTYNINE PALMS : Hikers Discover Bones of Fugitive
Sun-bleached bones believed to be those of fugitive Robert Michael Allen, accused of gunning down a Hollywood producer and his son in a Culver City intersection in 1991, were discovered in the desert north of Twentynine Palms by hikers, Culver City police said Wednesday.
The remains were found Tuesday, scattered alongside the bones of Allen’s girlfriend, Susan Lynn Calkins, 28, who was reported missing three days before the shooting, Police Sgt. Hank Davies announced at a news conference.
Davies said that Allen, 31, apparently “snapped” when his boss, producer Roland Jon Emr, 45, cut him out of a deal to produce a biographical movie about actor James Dean. Davies theorized that Allen had committed suicide in the desert after having killed Emr; Emr’s son, Roger, 20; Emr’s father, Arthur, 71, and Calkins.
The discovery of the bones ends a nationwide manhunt for Allen, who had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.
However, the coroner has yet to officially identify the remains as Allen’s. No car was found at the site, leaving a question as to how Allen got there.
According to police, Allen left a suicide note at Calkins’ Manhattan Beach apartment that spoke of “doing a job and not coming back alive.”
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