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Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace [Young] Grogan at her Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925

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Title: Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace [Young] Grogan at her Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Grace (Young) Grogon, a millionaire widow with one son, married Dr. Thomas Young, a dentist. Dr. Young confessed to killing Grace and burying her body in a cistern at her Beverly Glen cabin in an attempt to gain custody of his stepson and his inheritance. In the middle of his trial in August 1925 Young committed suicide while in jail.
Text from negative sleeve: Young, Thomas Dr. Murder Case.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3739_G5727
ark:/21198/zz0002pr8w
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles
Crime scene searches--California--Los Angeles
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Dead persons
Young, Thomas W., 1877-1925
Grogan, Grace, 1883-1925
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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