Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
3 images. Murder--suicide (720 West 95th Street), 20 May 1954. R.W. Maxwell (Police photographer) Ray G. Murphy (body) -- 60 years (suicide victim and murder) Officer G.W. Vann (holds bottle Murphy killed wife with) Mrs. Eva Murphy -- 58 years (body) victim Officer J.E. Graham. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Brunk. Date: 1954-05-20. Reporter: T.T. Assignment: Murder-suicide. 23: Police photographer R.W. Maxwell & body of Ray G. Murphy, 60, in garage of his home at 720 W. 95th St. 25: Det. Sgt. G.W. Vann holds bottle used by Murphy to beat wife to death -- dead woman is Mrs. Eva Murphy, 58. 27: L to R: Det. Sgt. G.W. Vann Officer J.E. Graham & Det. O.C. Northup near body of Ray G. Murphy in garage of his home at 720 W. 95th St."
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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