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The Sleepy Lagoon murder was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a reservoir (dubbed the Sleepy Lagoon) with two stab wounds and a broken finger in Commerce, California, United States, on the morning of August 2, 1942.
Alice Greenfield McGrath (April 5, 1917 – November 27, 2009), also known as Alice Greenfield, was an American activist who gained fame in connection with the 1942 case of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder. She was the executive secretary of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee from 1942 to 1944.
Ben Margolis (April 23, 1910 – January 27, 1999) was an American attorney, best known for defending the Hollywood Ten and the Sleepy Lagoon murder suspects and for helping to draft the United Nations Charter. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Zoot Suit tells the story of Henry Reyna and the 38th Street Gang, who were tried for the Sleepy Lagoon murder in Los Angeles, during World War II.After a run-in with a neighboring gang at the local lovers lane, Sleepy Lagoon, the 38th Street Gang gets into a fight at a party, where a young man is murdered.
A man was charged on Friday with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend in Sleepy Hollow. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said Ruben Santiago, 38, broke into ...
At the height of the Coates-Lawrence song's popularity in 1942, a minor reservoir near Los Angeles was christened the "Sleepy Lagoon" by local youths. [10] After the media's extensive use of the song title when reporting on the Sleepy Lagoon Murder in that same year, the name became permanent—although the reservoir itself has since ...
Then he was charged with her murder. Tim Stelloh. September 27, 2024 at 7:51 PM. Katelyn Markham had dated John Carter for five years, and they had been engaged for one, when she went missing in 2011.
Related: Man charged with attempted murder of ex-girlfriend in Sleepy Hollow shooting. He was arrested on Jan. 3 and charged with second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree attempted ...