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106 REVELATIONS sumably exciting world of intelligence. But is the CIA so badly orga- nized that it needs to write letters appealing to the citizenry and offer- ing bribes to witnesses when it wants to locate eccentric Danish doctors in a friendly country like Spain, where it should have casual access to the immense investigative resources of the police and Church authorities? It is a fact that in August 1953 Margot Shelly fell seriously ill. The friend with whom she lived called the marquise. One of the two "doc- tors" pronounced her illness benign; the other one said it was grave, probably fatal. On September 6, 1953, the marquise had her daughter moved to Madrid in the company of both doctors. She was treated by several of the best physicians in Madrid. Margot died on January 19, 1954, at the age of forty-two, in her mother's house. A number of people were at her deathbed, including Dr. Alonsa del Llano. The burial took place on January 21, 1954. Between the time of death and the funeral, an unknown vandal cut off a hand of the corpse and removed both eyes and the tongue. The triple operation was done in an expert manner using surgical techniques. On January 30 a son of the marquise filed a complaint against her. Police officers Fernandez Rivas, Alcocer, Gallego, Ruis, Barroso, Ojeda, and Ares were sent to search the house and found the missing organs. The body was exhumed and examined by forensic experts Benigno Velazquez Anezaga and Eduardo Blanco Garcia. A criminal suit was instigated, and the suit is documented in the archives of the third criminal section of the Territorial Audience of Madrid (Plaza de las Salesas). The suit was referred to the Supreme Court. The marquise had many pet animals on her properties. Many of her dogs died in mysterious ways. Some were found with the stomach open; others were mummified. In the yard of her property on Calle Mayor was a dog and cat cemetery, and a witness observed various animal heads that were kept in silver containers in one of the rooms. It is said that Dona Margarita bought many dogs in Albacete, and that dissections took place in her house. She denied participating, saying only that these operations were conducted by a veterinarian. The only veterinarian known to have treated her pets is Jaime Aguedo Trigueros, who said other people had conducted autopsies of the animals.