Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. John Frank Reavis (seated center), 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R Det Lt Miles Ledbetter, Capt Edgar Edwards Det Lt Lloyd Hurst [seated] center John [F Reavis] Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - Ledbetter, Miles - Det.Lt.; Edwards, Edgar - Capt.; Reavis, John (center-seated); Hurst, Lloyd - Det.Lt.
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Detectives--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Disaster Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Hurst, Lloyd Edwards, Edgar Reavis, John Frank
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