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Photograph article dated July 16, 1963 partially reads, "Police stepped up the search today for the last of five young suspects in the bumper jack slaying of a 19-year-old Pacoima youth Sunday night. The missing suspect is Steve B. Hernandez, 18, officers reported. Four young men were arrested Monday and booked on a charge of suspicion of murder. The victim, Benito Mandivil [sic] Jr., 10506 El Dorado Ave., was bludgeoned to death after his car was stopped by a vehicle carrying a gang of youths." Officer John Sherwood takes Robert Aguinaga's fingerprints.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Homicide investigation--California--Los Angeles Homicide--California--Los Angeles Arrest--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Fingerprints--Identification Fingerprints Police stations--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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