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Description
12 images. Woman murders husband while he was sleeping, 24 November 1955. Mrs. Nina Sorenson -- 29 years (suspect) Officer D.E. Little Officer O.L. Green William Carlton Sorenson (copy) -- 39 years (victim) Billie Muno -- 30 years (other girl in case). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1955-11-24. Reporter: Coart. Assignment: Woman murders sleeping husband at 6122 Tenth Avenue. 3/11: Mrs. Nina Sorenson, 39, crying in her home at 6122 Tenth Avenue, shortly after she had killed her sleeping husband. 13: Detective D.E. Little questions Mrs. Nina Sorenson who shot hubby. 4: Policeman O.L. Green holds gun with which Nina Sorenson killed husband. 15: Copy photo of William Carlton Sorenson, 39, who was killed by his wife, Nina, as he slept". Other caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mack. Date: 1955-11-24. Reporter: Devlin. Assignment: Husband killing story. 40/41: Billie Muno, 30, other gal in shooting. (Grab Shot). 80/81: Mrs. Nina Sorenson, 39, in Lincoln Heights Jail, tells how and why she murdered her husband while he slept. 55: Being escorted by woman police officer".
Type
image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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