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"She was a sad lady who never hurt anyone except herself."
―Cole Phelps

Evelyn Summers is a minor character in L.A. Noire. Evelyn Summers is the murder victim in "The Studio Secretary Murder" case.

Biography[]

Background[]

Evelyn Summers worked in the legal copyright department of Keystone Film Studios. She had a successful career despite being an alcoholic. When Keystone closed down in 1941, she lost her job and was unable to find work. As a result, she became depressed and her alcoholism worsened. Evelyn became isolated from her friends and family, although her mother tried to convince her to come home to Connecticut for treatment. At some point, her husband divorced her and she eventually ended up broke and homeless. Walter Robbins, a friend of her ex-husband, was sympathetic and offered her a place to sleep in the backroom of Levine's Liquor Store, where she also stored her meager belongings, though she often camped out at the Pacific Electric Railyard.

Evelyn spent much of her time at the public library where she met James Tiernan and Grosvenor McCaffrey. She became good friends and even lovers with Tiernan and came to greatly admire McCaffrey and his aspiring views on fixing society. However McCaffrey loathed and scorned Evelyn, his hatred for her and Tiernan only intensified and he even threatened to kill her when she stole his copy of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Her relationship with Tiernan and "friendship" with McCaffrey resulted in a love and hate triangle.

Events of L.A. Noire[]

Evelyn eventually had a falling out with Tiernan, arguing about McCaffrey, their fight ended with Tiernan throwing Evelyn out onto streets. A very drunken Evelyn brought a quart of whiskey for Tiernan hoping to reconcile but he refused to let her stay. Evelyn wandered and ended up staggering through the rail yard at Santa Fe where she was brutally beaten and strangled to death by the Black Dahlia killer. Her body was later found and defiled by John Ferdinand Jamison. Evelyn's death was investigated by Detectives Cole Phelps and Rusty Galloway during which Tiernan and McCaffrey became suspects. However, it was eventually discovered that her true killer was Garrett Mason.

Cases Appearances[]

Homicide[]

Trivia[]

  • Evelyn's character and murder is based on the real life case of Evelyn Winters, who was lovers with the real life James Tiernan who was later charged for her murder.
  • Evelyn is the only Homicide victim to not be married at the time of death. Though she is divorced.
  • Her alive character model is commonly seen as a pedestrian.
  • Although James Donnelly and Malcolm Carruthers both say that Evelyn is 40 years old, her notebook description says she is 45 years old.

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