Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fehrenschild, Donald Rogers (held for murder of Marilyn Bunker)l; Trosper, - - (officer) Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Donald R Fehrenschild
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz0027zskf
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Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Youth Teenagers Rogers, Donald
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