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Leo Patrick Kelley's fingerprints as forensic evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Two photographs of fingerprints pinned on a wall with a thumbtack. The photo on the right is labeled with "L.P.K." on the bottom left. The fingerprints were used as forensic evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelly murder case. Leo Patrick Kelly was tried for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Reported in "Fingerprint Brings Order for New Search of Mellus Home as Grand Jury Indicts Kelly: HUNT EXPECTED TO TRIP SLAYER Officers Think Evidence of Identity to be Found Inquisitors Hear Husband Tell of Discovering Body Quest for Mystery Woman Still Proves Vain," Los Angeles Times, 09 Aug. 1928: A2.
Date:
August 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Leo Patrick Kelley's fingerprints as forensic evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928

George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929

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Photograph of George Contreras (left), Los Angeles County investigator, holding what appear to be bone fragments, and district attorney Asa Keyes, seated behind a trench in a basement. A shovel with torn fabric draped over it is on the left and a man behind them holds a candle.
Date:
[between 1924-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929

Gordon Stewart Northcott's handwritten confession, Riverside, 1928

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Gordon Stewart Northcott was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to. She received a life sentence in jail. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23.
Date:
[circa December 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Gordon Stewart Northcott's handwritten confession, Riverside, 1928