Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Written on verso is, "L-R, Dora Barrios, Frances Silva, and Lorena Eucinas. Mexican gangsterettes held in slaying." The women were being held in connect with the August 1942 death of Jose Diaz, also known as the Sleepy Lagoon murder.
Barrios, Dora Silva, Frances Eucinas, Lorena Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943 Young women--California--Los Angeles Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Female offenders--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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