Image / Virgilio (William) Spinelli confesses to murdering his wife, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Virgilio (William) Spinelli confesses to murdering his wife, Los Angeles, 1938
Contributor: Wallace, Gordon Charles, 1909-1992
Date Created and/or Issued: December 23, 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 appears with the article, "Wife Slayer Taken to Court," Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec 1938: 2.
Virgilio (William) Spinelli confessed to murdering his wife of almost 30 years with an axe. Evidence such as the copious amounts of blood found in their home as well as bone fragments found in their driveway pointed to foul play.
Text from negative sleeve: 15237-- Virgilo [sic] Spinelli Murder Suspect 12-32-38 [stamped] L. A. Times Photo by Gordon Wallace
Handwritten on negative: Virgilo [sic] Spinelli
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11970
ark:/21198/zz002h8txf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Spinelli, Virgilio (William Spinelli), 1880-1940
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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