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Ray Pinker and Lloyd Hurst inspect evidence from William Spinelli case, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Ray Pinker and Lloyd Hurst inspect evidence from William Spinelli case, Los Angeles, 1938
Contributor: Terrell, Maurice
Date Created and/or Issued: December, 1938
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.
Police chemist Ray Pinker (left) and Det. Lloyd Hurst (right) inspect two rings processed as evidence from the Spinelli murder case.
Det. Lloyd Hurst found a gold ring scattered among ashes that included Rose Spinelli's remains. She is believed to have been murdered by her husband, William Spinelli.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Clues Point to Ax Murder," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec 1938: 6.
Text from negative sleeve: 15242 -- Roy [sic] Pinker (police chemist) Floyd [sic] Hurst stamped:] DEC 29 1938; Maurice Terrell Photographer
Handwritten on negative: Roy [sic] Pinker, Floyd [sic] Hurst
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11975
ark:/21198/zz002h8v3h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Evidence, Criminal
Hurst, Lloyd
Pinker, Ray, 1904-1979
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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