Police search for?
suspects indeath
of county woman

FEB 2 1935

By Bernie Weddell -.
News Tribune Wri-ter?B 3 

Investigators still have no
suspects and haven?t determined
a motive for the stabbing death
- resident

  
 

   

 

Lennard St., just south of the
Fort Pierce city limits, was found
by her 17-year-old son, Robert
Trimble, about 8:30 Monday mor-
ning. Trimble had gone into his
mother?s room to see why she
wasn?t ready for work, said Chief
Deputy Bob Crowder of the St.
Lucie County Sheriff?s Depart-
ment.

Mrs. Cantaline was found lying
on the floor next to her bed par-
tially clothed. A butcher knife
lawmen believe Was the murder
weapon was laying nearby. The
knife came from within the house
on Lennard Street, Crowder said.
1 ??We?re trying to get a
motive,? Crowder said after
holding a conference with Lt.
Robert Provost, the sheriff?s
chief of detectives.

Crowder said detectives don?t
know whether Mrs: Cantaline
was being sexually assaulted at
the time of the murder.

?She may have been surprised
in the process of 
Crowder said. ?We don?t know at
this time if she was being
assaulted.?

An autopsy performed Tues-
day by the chief medical ex-
aminer, Dr. Leonard Walker,
showed that Mrs. Cantaline was
stabbed several times. The fatal
wound was to her chest, piercing
her heart, Crowder said.

Mrs. Cantaline, a native of
Anderson, Ind., came to St. Lucie
County 18 years ago after divorc-
ing her first husband, Michael
McMahon, a career U.S. Air
Force serviceman who now lives
in Brevard County. Her most re-
cent husband, William Cantaline,
died three years ago from cancer.
He was a firefighter for the St.
Lucie County-Fort Pierce Fire
District.

Crowder said' police haven?t
pinpointed the time of death, but

estimate the stabbing to have oc- 

curred before midnight Sunday.
Crowder .said Trimble told
lawmen he came home Sunday
night about 9:30 and the door to
his mother?s bedroom was closed.
It was still closed at 8:30 am.
Monday.

Autopsy yields
nosurprises,
no added clue-s
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TAD investigation into the incident is continuing