At theĭiscovery of the bodies, he asked men in the crowd not to smoke "out of Policeman at the scene of the discovery of the bodies was slim, 32-year-oldĪlbert Dyer who had known the three little girls from his year's work asĪ traffic guard in front of the Centinela grammar school. Wearing a WPA badge and serving as a volunteer Horrible news of California's crime-of-the-year spread through the LosĪngeles area, police began a round-up of suspected sex criminals, pieced Similiarly strangled and raped, were the bodies of the others. Weeds as high as a man's head, her face pushed into the dirt, aĬlothesline tight around her cold little neck was the lifeless body of Gully about two miles back from the road in the Baldwin Hills. Volunteer army which was scouring the countryside, stumbled into a deep By SundayĮarly Monday afternoon four Boy Scouts, part of a
Girls was broadcast on the Los Angeles police network. Shortly after midnightĪ community search was on and the disappearance of the three little Stephens sent her little boy Garth, 7, to the park to look for them.Īn hour later the parents called the police. As afternoon wore on and they did not return, Park as countless children in countless cities have done onĬountless Saturdays.
Madeline Everett, 7, started off with sandwiches for a picnic in the Little Jeanette Stephens, 8, Melba Everett, 9, and It was Saturday in suburban Inglewood, a few milesįrom Los Angeles. After each killing, Dyer ritually cleaned the bodies, tidied up his victim's clothing, and lingered at the scene to pray over the corpse.Ĭaptured during an attempt to carry off his fourth victim, Dyer confessed the series of crimes and was ultimately put to death. The slayer of three Los Angeles children during 1938, Dyer lured his victims to a secluded ravine, there molesting and murdering each in turn. Hills by Albert Dyer, a WPA crossing guard, who raped and strangled the Madeline Everett, 7, her sister Melba, 9,Īnd their playmate, Jeanette Stephens, 8, were lured to the Baldwin Murders of three little Inglewood girls was one of Los Angeles' most Status: Executed by hanging at San Quentin Victims profile: Madeline Everett, 7, her sister Melba, 9,
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