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Title
Johnny Stampanato's murder scene
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
The body of Johnny Stompanato lies in Lana Turner's all-pink bedroom after he was stabbed to death by the actress's daughter, Cheryl Crane. Turner says she couldn't believe what she was seeing. She thought Crane was just poking Stompanato with her finger, but a knife was buried in his abdomen. Crane then dropped the knife. Stompanato gasped, sighed and fell to the floor. Turner heard Stompanato choking and gurgling, but saw no wound until she pulled up his sweater. That is why Stompanato's sweater is pulled up in the photo.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00013023
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 6886; HE-000-891 4x5
CARL0000018009
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8878
Subject
Stompanato, Johnny--Death and burial
Turner, Lana,--1921-1995--Homes and haunts
Dead persons--California--Beverly Hills
Murder victims--California--Beverly Hills
Murder--California--Beverly Hills
Police--California--Beverly Hills
Crime scenes--California--Beverly Hills
Interiors--California--Beverly Hills
Bedrooms--California--Beverly Hills
Dwellings--California--Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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