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Marion Parker and her twin sister Marjorie in matching outfits, Los Angeles, ca. 1924

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Title: Marion Parker and her twin sister Marjorie in matching outfits, Los Angeles, ca. 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1924]
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.
12-year-old Marion was released from school to Perry M. Parker, who told the school that her father had been injured. Hickman kept her hostage in his apartment, demanded ransom and killed Parker because she could identify him. He then mutilated her body. Hickman was tracked down in Washington after spending some of the marked bills he had taken from Perry Parker as ransom money.
Marjorie (left) and Marion Parker, twins, wearing matching outfits with her sister circa 1924.
Handwritten on negative: Parker [...]
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9480
ark:/21198/zz002dhjrw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Children--California--Los Angeles County
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County
Holmes, Marjorie H. Parker, 1915-1987
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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