Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, at his trial for the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Reavis confessed to the murder but said that he was in a blind rage when he did it and didn’t know what he was doing. Reavis 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: John F. ReavisPat Kelley (rear) 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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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz0028003z
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No linguistic content
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Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles Arts Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Crime Reavis, John Frank
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