Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Samuel Karnes stands next to the body of his granddaughter Geraldine Hardaker. Geraldine Hardaker was murdered by her mother Betty Hardaker. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind. Text from original nitrate sleeve:Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Hardaker, Charles; Hardaker, Geraldine; Karnes, S.W.; Maxwell, L.B.; Olson, William; Caneer, Oma Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: S.W. Karnes, Geraldine Hardaker.
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027zwnx
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Subject
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Disaster Hardaker, Geraldine Karnes, Samuel, Sr
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