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Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

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Title: Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28
Date Created and/or Issued: [1927 or 1928]
1927/1928
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 Arcadia funds.
Two photographs placed side-by-side, each displaying an enlarged right fingerprint. Thirteen-points of comparison are drawn on each image. The prints were believed to belong to William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year old Marion Parker in December of 1927.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Accused Slayer's Abode Gives Evidence of Hurried Departure: Hickman's Finger-Prints Found in Apartment," 21 Dec. 1927: 3.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10435
ark:/21198/zz002hbdbr
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Fingerprints
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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