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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 21, 1965 reads, "Mrs. Sandra McNeil of North Hollywood is escorted to Van Nuys Municipal court for arraignment on charges of murder. Escorting her are detectives from the North Hollywood Division. At left is Detective Sgt. R. T. Smith and at right is Detective Sgt. N. L. Allen." The article partially reads, "Free under $5,000 bond, Mrs. Sandra McNeil, 19, charged with the beating murder of her stepson, James Raymond McNeil, 4, was arraigned yesterday in Van Nuys Municipal Court Division 68."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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