Photograph was edited for publication purposes. In May 12, 1944, then 17-year-old Barbara Adams killed her mother. She claimed to have done so because her mother did not allow her to have dates or association with other young people. Adams was diagnosed "medically and legally insane" by Camarillo State Hospital psychiatrists. Public defender, William G. Neeley, confers with Barbara Adams, charged with murdering her mother with a butcher knife. Photograph dated September 14, 1945.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Teenagers--California--Los Angeles Murderers--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--United States Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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