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Photograph caption dated March 2, 1959 reads, "Held in hilltop murder - Walter E. Briley Jr., seated right, has allegdly [sic] confessed murder of Mrs. Edith Lucille O'Brien last Feb. 18. Her battered body was found in Tujunga's Enfolding Hills. He is questioned by Det. Sgt. Douglas Bentley, seated, and Det. Sgt. T. H. Gerber, standing, at North Hollywood police station."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Strangling--California--Los Angeles Murderers--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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