Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, with his foster mother Mrs. Bertha Fehrenschild at an inquest into the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Rogers was charged with the crime. 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)
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People Mothers--California--Los Angeles Teenagers Homicides--California--Los Angeles Rogers, Donald Fehrenschild, Bertha
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