Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter and Ray Pinker search under sofa cushions for evidence relating to the murder of Celia Holmes. Mrs. Holmes was found shot and bruised in a Mulholland Way ravine.
Ray H. Pinker, police department chemist, holds a woman's coat and stands beside another woman's coat on a hanger. The coats are probably related to the Winnie Ruth Judd murder investigation.
Det. Lloyd Hurst found a gold ring scattered among ashes that included Rose Spinelli's remains. She is believed to have been murdered by her husband, William Spinelli.
Related to the article, "NEW DRAMA IN SLAYING: Victim's Father Faces Suspect: Parent of Mrs. Holmes Cites Suspicion and Gets Reply From Son-in-Law," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan 1935: 3.
For nearly 40 years Ray Pinker worked for the Los Angeles Police Scientific Investigation Division, the first police forensic lab in the country. The Dragnet character "Raymond Pinker" was named after him. He worked on numerous famous cases, including the Black Dahlia case. Robert Seares would later become Pasadena's chief of police.
Police chemist Ray Pinker, left, is bent over a piece of wood and appears to be scraping a blood sample from it as Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst, right, aids him.
Frank R. Webb inspected the charred bones found in the driveway, possibly belonging to Rose Spinelli. She is believed to have been murdered by her husband, William Spinelli.