Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. In December of 1927, 12-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped for ransom and murdered by William Edward Hickman, who had previously worked with her father, Perry M. Parker, at First National Bank. Hickman confessed to the crime and was sentenced to death in February of 1928 after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928. Photograph of the Parker family home, located at 1631 South Wilton Place. Handwritten on negative: Parker Case, Parker Home Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10415 ark:/21198/zz002hbcnx
Subject
Homicides--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Parker, Marion, 1915-1927 Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
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