Body of Nina Lee Deloney; caked in dirt, laying in swallow grave amongst rocks; James P. Watson's murder victim, Calif., 1920

Title: Body of Nina Lee Deloney; caked in dirt, laying in swallow grave amongst rocks; James P. Watson's murder victim, Calif., 1920
Date Created: May 9, 1920
Date: 1920-05-09
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: James P. Watson had married between 16-22 women, 7 of which he confessed to killing. He was caught when his last wife, Kathryn Wombacher became suspicious of his activities and hired a private investigator. The investigator uncovered Watson’s scheme of placing personal ads in newspapers under different alias in attempts to marry women and gain their property. Once under arrest Watson confessed to multiple murders of previous wives and led police to the grave of his last victim, Nina Lee DeLaney. He was sentenced to life for the murder of DeLaney. In 1939 he died of pneumonia in San Quentin prison

Genre: news photographs
Names: Watson, James P., d.1939--Trials, litigation, etc.
Location: San Diego County (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Crime
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County
Murder--Investigation--California, Southern
People
Dead persons
Crime scene searches--California--San Diego County

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3736_G5392
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002pqh1
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