Thirty-nine years ago, billionairess Doris Duke killed gay war hero, designer and art curator Eduardo Tirella outside the gates of her estate and got away with murder. Now, with over-whelming evidence of her guilt, the Newport, RI Police still won’t acknowledge the truth. – Peter Lance

Thirty-nine years ago, billionairess Doris Duke killed gay war hero, designer and art curator Eduardo Tirella outside the gates of her estate and got away with murder. Now, with over-whelming evidence of her guilt, the Newport, RI Police still won’t acknowledge the truth.

By Peter Lance October 12th, 2026 In the fall of 2018, I returned to my hometown of Newport, RI, to investigate an historic true crime legend: whether or not Doris Duke, the richest woman in America in 1966, had escaped criminal charges in a cover up by local police after she crushed her longtime designer/companion … Continue reading Thirty-nine years ago, billionairess Doris Duke killed gay war hero, designer and art curator Eduardo Tirella outside the gates of her estate and got away with murder. Now, with over-whelming evidence of her guilt, the Newport, RI Police still won’t acknowledge the truth.