Ethel and Harlan Bunker, parents of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Ethel and Harlan Bunker, parents of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: February 15, 1940
Date: 1940-02-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Ethel and Harlan Bunker, parents of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers. Marilyn was shot by 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, while she was playing on a hill with her little brother and other children. Rogers shot at the children from the upstairs window of his home. However, Rogers insisted that he was trying to shoot doves he had seen on the hillside.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve:Bunker, Marilyn (murder victim); Bunker, Harlan - father; Bunker, Bradley; Bunker, Donald; Bunker, Harlan Mrs.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Bunker.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Bunker, Ethel
Bunker, Harlan
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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