Charles Naywert House

530 WEST TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY
PALM SPRINGS

This towering abode is the site of one of Palm Springs’ most notorious crimes, the still unsolved July 4, 1984 double murder of art dealer (and suspected diamond smuggler) Charles Naywert and his housepainter, Carl Ernest Hinsenkamp, in a scene “The Desert Sun” described as being more brutal than the Manson killings. Per reports, police had a prime suspect in mind from the start, but no arrest was ever made due to a lack of evidence. The residence, which bears a strong resemblance to the infamous Los Feliz Murder House, was sold by Naywert’s estate following the murders and was later owned for a time by actor Gary Oldman.

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