Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 22-year-old ex-marine Nelson D. Boyer (center, hatless) with policemen at the site where he buried the body of his 42-year-old wife, Dorothy Doane Boyer. Boyer confessed to hitting his wife over the head with a dumbell on August 1, almost two months ago. Boyer said he was tired of his wife's nagging and that she would not allow him to divorce her. Boyer confessed to having premeditated the murder. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Boyer, Nelson D.; Scene at Grave of Dorothy Doane Boyer: Capt. Bill P. Penprase, Willard Killian and Willard D. Bretz. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Nelson D. Boyer, Dorothy Doane Nelson [???]
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b&w nitrate negative
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Investigation--California--South Gate Spouses--California--South Gate Night--California--South Gate Police--California--South Gate Digging--California--South Gate Crime Disaster Homicides--California--South Gate War Graves--California--South Gate Boyer, Nelson D
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