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Cheryl
Christina CRANE |
The victim
Los
Angeles Police Department booking photograph of Johnny Stompanato on
May 10, 1952. He later
became actress Lana Turner's lover and was stabbed to death by her
daughter, Cheryl Crane.
Mickey Cohen and Johnny Stompanato in Los Angeles.
Johnny Stompanato testifies Aug. 3, 1949, at a coroner's inquest in
the shotgun slaying of Mickey
Cohen associate Edward "Neddy" Herbert.
Note that the background has been painted out and
that the picture has
been cropped in red grease pencil. Most of The Times photos from the
1940s
look like this. Photograph by Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times
Johnny Stompanato in a photo published Aug. 6, 1949, when he was
charged with vagrancy.
Photograph by Gordon Wallace / Los Angeles Times
Attorney Joseph Scott, left, and Johnny Stompanato, Oct. 4, 1949,
after Stompanato
was charged with vagrancy. Note the crop marks and
the retouching to paint out the
background so that the photograph
could be used as a one-column mug shot.
(Photograph by the Los Angeles Times)
Johnny Stompanato in an undated copy shot of a picture obtained by
The Times after he was killed.
(Los Angeles Times file photo)
Johnny Stompanato posed with his hand on his hip, sports a suede
jacket, silk shirt open at the chest
and a large medallion on a chain. This is a close-up of a larger
photo, taken March 29, 1958,
where Johnny and Lana are at the airport being welcomed back by Cheryl.
A check for $3 from Lana Turner to "John Stompanato Smith".
Johnny Stompanato's T-Bird, parked outside Lana Turner's home on
the night of the killing.
Photograph by Gary Smith / Los Angeles Times
Johnny Stompanato's watch, ID bracelet, ring and good luck charms.
Note that the photo
was so big I had to scan in two sections and paste
it together.
(Photograph by the Los Angeles Times)
These
are some of slain Johnny Stompanato's belongings which police
uncovered in cardboard
cartons in a Beverly Hills storage company warehouse. Included are an
inscribed photo of Lana
Turner, and another photo of Johnny with a "mystery" woman and boy.
Other items included
other pictures, a passport, revolver and various other items.
Portrait of Lana Turner found among Johnny Stompanato's belongings in
a Beverly Hills storage
company warehouse. The Spanish inscription on the photo says, "For my
gypsy and sugar
lips with all my love and soul--Always--Zincarella."
Johnny Stompanato's funeral in Woodstock, Ill., April 9, 1958, as
an American Legion official presents
the flag from the casket to
Stompanato's brother Carmine. The woman seated second from the
right
is Stompanato's stepmother, Verena.
(Los Angeles Times file photo)
Mickey Cohen was a gangster that Johnny Stompanato had connections
with. Mickey Cohen
swore vengeance and urged Carmine to demand a complete investigation
into Johnny's
death. Carmine Stompanato had a long meeting with Police Chief
Anderson before
his brother's funeral.
Carmine Stompanato (right) shakes hands with District Attorney William
B. McKesson;
left, Assistant District Attorney Manley Bowler looks on.
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