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Two policemen standing over body of man who jumped from First Street Bridge, as crowd watches from bridge Los Angeles, circa 1948

Date:: circa 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two policemen standing over body of man who jumped from First Street Bridge, as crowd watches from bridge Los Angeles, circa 1948

Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace [Young] Grogan at her Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Grace (Young) Grogon, a millionaire widow with one son, married Dr. Thomas Young, a dentist. Dr. Young confessed to killing Grace and burying her body in a cistern at her Beverly Glen cabin in an attempt to gain custody of his stepson and his inheritance. In the middle of his trial in August 1925 Young committed suicide while in jail.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace [Young] Grogan at her Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925

Police photographing body of Sam Rummel at scene of death in Los Angeles, Calif., 1950

Date:: December 12, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police photographing body of Sam Rummel at scene of death in Los Angeles, Calif., 1950

Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. C. 1958.

Description:: The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed by a bomb, killing 11.
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. C. 1958.

Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims. A. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies image in print is 114115d_GIB970.
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims. A. 1958.

Police and photographers outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. B. 1958.

Description:: Image that appears with caption in print is 114115d_GIB970
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Police and photographers outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. B. 1958.

Los Angeles police examining the remains of murder victim Jacob C. Denton, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:: Jacob C. Denton was murdered in 1920. Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob C. Denton.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Los Angeles police examining the remains of murder victim Jacob C. Denton, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Clara Phillips' murder victim Alberta Meadows on autopsy table shown from shoulders up, Los Angeles, Calif., 1922

Description:: Handwriting on negative states "Mrs. Meadows"
Date:: 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Clara Phillips' murder victim Alberta Meadows on autopsy table shown from shoulders up, Los Angeles, Calif., 1922

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

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
Date:: May 9, 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Body of drug suspect laying in street at crime scene in San Marino, Calif., 1988

Description:: Undercover heroin investigation by DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration).
Date:: February 6, 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Yaro, Boris
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Body of drug suspect laying in street at crime scene in San Marino, Calif., 1988