Subject: Murder--Investigation--California, Southern - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station.
Date:: [circa June, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Obenchain, photographed from the shoulders up, wears a black dress with a white collar and a pearl necklace.
Date:: [between 1921 and 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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