Virginia Gerstad judged insane--convicted in valley shooting
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Valley Times article dated October 21, 1960 partially reads, "An Encino housewife was convicted today of attempting to murder a Sherman Oaks doctor and shooting his nurse and was committed to the Patton State Mental Hospital as insane." She told police she left her husband for Dr. Gregory only to be 'treated like a dog.'
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Female offenders--California--Los Angeles Attempted murder--California--Los Angeles Assault and battery--California--Los Angeles Trials (Attempted murder)--California--Los Angeles Trials (Assault and battery)--California--Los Angeles Insanity (Law)--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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