Image / Detective Eugene Bechtel searches the property of William Spinelli, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Detective Eugene Bechtel searches the property of William Spinelli, Los Angeles, 1938
Contributor: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Date Created and/or Issued: December 20, 1938
1938-12-20
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.
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Clues Point to Ax Murder," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec 1938: 6.
William Spinelli is held under suspicion of murdering his wife of almost 30 years with an axe due to copious amounts of blood found in their home as well as bone fragments found in their driveway.
Detective Bechtel is crouched down sifting through dirt.
Handwritten on negative: Det. Lt. Gene Bechtel 12/20/38
Text from negative sleeve: 15237 - Wm Spinelli Det Lt Gene Bechtel Spinelli. Murder TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-23-38 [stamped:] Jan 16 1939
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11966
ark:/21198/zz002h8tsc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Bechtel, Eugene, 1895-1975
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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