Father offers reward for arrest of daughter's killer
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 21, 1961 partially reads, "At 4:30 p.m., the children saw something lying in the wash one-quarter of a mile north of McClay street. It was Marianne Pedrotta, dead from nine brutal stab wounds. Today, almost exactly a year after his daughter was murdered, Charles Pedrotta, 42-year-old building contractor, offered a 'substantial reward for any information leading to the arrest of the killer.'"
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Fathers of murder victims--California--Los Angeles Teenage girls--Crimes against--California--Los Angeles Violent crimes--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Rewards programs (Criminal investigation)--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Valley Times Collection photographs
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