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Title: Crime scene of J. Belton Kennedy murder (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1921]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The railing of the wooden staircase leading to Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen ca be seen through brush. This is the murderer's suspected hiding spot.
Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch were tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy in 1921. Obenchain served a prison sentence but was released shortly after her conviction.
Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6821
ark:/21198/zz002cx3tm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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