 Dracula 's Daughter begins a few moments after Dracula ends . Count Dracula has just been destroyed by Professor Von Helsing ( Edward Van Sloan ) . Von Helsing is taken by police to Scotland Yard , where he explains that he indeed did destroy Count Dracula , but because he had already been dead for over 500 years , it cannot be considered murder . Instead of hiring a lawyer , he enlists the aid of a psychiatrist , Dr. Jeffrey Garth ( Otto Kruger ) , who was once one of his star students . 
