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Photograph caption dated January 15, 1960 reads, "Tells Story - Arms folded, Joseph Murphy, 37, tells Van Nuys police of events surrounding fatal shooting of stepson, Richard, in family home at 4166 Nagle Ave., Sherman Oaks. Murphy, bank employe [sic] and part-time college teacher, was quoted by detectives as saying he fired three rifle bullets into boy."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Firearms and crime--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Bank employees--California--Los Angeles Firearms--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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