Betty Van Patter

Betty Van Patter

Betty Van Patter (c.1932 – December 13, 1974) was a bookkeeper for the Black Panther Party who was beaten and murdered.

Van Patter became an aide to Panther leader Elaine Brown in 1974, after being introduced to the Party by David Horowitz.

Later that year, after a dispute with Brown allegedly over financial irregularities, Van Patter went missing on December 13, 1974. Some weeks later, her severely beaten corpse was found on a San Francisco Bay beach.

Though the case remains officially unsolved, former Panther supporter David Horowitz has maintained for years that Elaine Brown was directly responsible for the murder. He has said Brown believed Van Patter was about to "blow the whistle" on the misappropriation of funds by certain party members.

* [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3477 Black Murder Inc.] , an account by David Horowitz of the Black Panther Party.


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