HIV positive Joseph Markowski wearing mask flanked by sheriff wearing latex gloves in court in Los Angeles, Calif., 1987

Item Overview

Title

HIV positive Joseph Markowski wearing mask flanked by sheriff wearing latex gloves in court in Los Angeles, Calif., 1987

Photographer

Bessel, Larry

Date Created

July 11, 1987

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Notes

Description

Joseph Markowski was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted poisoning for knowingly selling his HIV positive blood. The attempted murder charges were later dropped and he was acquitted of attempted poisoning in 1988.

Caption

Covered--Joseph Markowski, 29, who has tested positive for AIDS antibodies, wears mask, and sheriff's deputy wears gloves at Los Angeles Municipal Court hearing where Markowski was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination. He has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly selling his blood and having sex despite the positive AIDS test.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

35 mm.

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs

Subjects

Trials (Attempted murder)--California--Los Angeles
People
Legal
Blood donors--California--Los Angeles County
AIDS (Disease)--California--Los Angeles County
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS phobia--California
HIV-positive men--California--Los Angeles County
Science

Names

Markowski, Joseph, 1958-1990

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image