"producer Walter Wanger–accused of shooting an agent who was paying too much attention to actress Joan Bennett, Wanger's wife, and Buron Fitts, a district attorney accused of improper conduct. In the ""White Flame Murder"" case, Giesler won his client freedom with a temporary insanity defense. In December 1949, Giesler won an acquittal of incest and child molestation charges against Dr. George Hodel, who later became a suspect in the still-unsolved Black Dahlia murder investigation. In 1958, Giesler defended 14-year-old Cheryl Crane, actress Lana Turner's daughter, who was accused of fatally stabbing her mother's abusive lover, gangster Johnny Stompanato. The killing"
"(1901–1967). His brother Carmine (1912–1961) is buried nearby. Johnny Stompanato John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner. In 1958, he was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, who said she did it to defend her mother from a vicious beating by Stompanato. His death was ruled as justifiable homicide because he had been killed in self-defense. John Stompanato Jr., was born into an"
"Johnny Stompanato John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner. In 1958, he was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, who said she did it to defend her mother from a vicious beating by Stompanato. His death was ruled as justifiable homicide because he had been killed in self-defense. John Stompanato Jr., was born into an Italian American family in Woodstock, Illinois. His father,"
"injection and an artificial respirator. Unable to obtain a pulse, the doctor called for emergency services, and Stompanato was pronounced dead at the scene. Later that night, Cheryl was surrendered at the Beverly Hills Police Department, where she was booked on a holding charge. An autopsy revealed Stompanato's death was caused by a single knife wound that penetrated his liver, portal vein, and aorta. Due to Turner's high profile and the fact that the killing involved her teenage daughter, the case quickly became a media sensation. Over one hundred reporters and journalists attended the April 12, 1958 inquest, described by"
"Cheryl Crane Cheryl Christina Crane (born July 25, 1943) is an American retired real estate broker and author. She is the only child of actress Lana Turner, from her marriage to actor-turned-restaurateur Steve Crane, her second husband. She was the subject of significant media attention when, at fourteen years old, she killed her mother's lover, Johnny Stompanato, during a domestic struggle; she escaped charges, and his death was deemed a justifiable homicide. In the years following Stompanato's death, Crane's rebellious behavior was well-documented in the press. Upon graduating from high school, she briefly worked as a model before entering the"
"be applied to numerous actresses throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Her subsequent rise to fame at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and establishment as a sex symbol enhanced Turner's profile, and she became a popular pin-up model throughout World War II. While she enjoyed significant popularity as one of MGM's biggest stars, she was also subject to vociferous media attention over her numerous romantic affairs, eight total marriages, and her daughter's 1958 killing of Turner's lover, Johnny Stompanato, during a domestic struggle. The media focus on her storied personal life (particularly the Stompanato homicide) contributed to her cultural prevalence at the time, even sometimes"
"Die Twice"". In November 2014, Crane married LeRoy, her longtime partner, after having been together for over four decades. Cheryl Crane Cheryl Christina Crane (born July 25, 1943) is an American retired real estate broker and author. She is the only child of actress Lana Turner, from her marriage to actor-turned-restaurateur Steve Crane, her second husband. She was the subject of significant media attention when, at fourteen years old, she killed her mother's lover, Johnny Stompanato, during a domestic struggle; she escaped charges, and his death was deemed a justifiable homicide. In the years following Stompanato's death, Crane's rebellious behavior"
"such as ""Newsweek"" noted the similarities between the movie and the real-life case of Cheryl Crane, the daughter of actress Lana Turner, who in 1958 stabbed and killed her mother's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, claiming that she was defending Turner from attack. ""Newsweek"" wrote that the case seemed to have influenced the ""foolish story"" and described it as ""a typical Harold Robbins pastiche of newspaper clippings liberally shellacked with sentiment and glued with sex"". The ""Saturday Review"" criticized the script saying that it ""somehow manages to make every dramatic line (particularly when uttered by Susan Hayward) sound like a caption to"
"LA mobster held Connery responsible, leading the actor to go into hiding for a short time afterwards. On April 4, 1958, Stompanato was stabbed to death by Turner's teenage daughter Cheryl Crane at her mother's home in Beverly Hills, California. She claimed that Stompanato had been violently attacking her mother, so she stabbed him. A coroner's inquest returned a decision of justifiable homicide. After the ruling, Stompanato's family sued Turner for $750,000 (later settled for $20,000). Stompanato is interred at Oakland Cemetery, in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois beside his mother Carmela (1890–1925), his father John (1890–1952), and his stepmother Verena"
"Her popularity continued through the 1950s in dramas such as ""The Bad and the Beautiful"" (1952) and ""Peyton Place"" (1957), the latter of which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Media controversy surrounded Turner in 1958 when her daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Turner's lover Johnny Stompanato to death in their Westwood apartment in the DelCapri, subsequently a well known hotel, during a domestic struggle. Turner's next film, ""Imitation of Life"" (1959), proved to be one of the greatest financial successes of her career, and her final starring role in ""Madame X"" (1966) earned her a David"
"him outside in 10 minutes. However, no one appeared, and Cohen was forced to flee when the police arrived. Cohen's violent methods came to the attention of state and federal authorities investigating Jack Dragna's operations. During this time, Cohen faced many attempts on his life, including the bombing of his home on posh Moreno Avenue in Brentwood. Cohen soon converted his house into a fortress, installing floodlights, alarm systems, and a well-equipped arsenal kept, as he often joked, next to his 200 tailor-made suits. Cohen briefly hired bodyguard Johnny Stompanato before Stompanato was killed by Cheryl Crane, the daughter of"
"Detour: A Hollywood Story Detour: A Hollywood Story is a 1988 memoir by Cheryl Crane, the only daughter of actress Lana Turner, with additional writing from Cliff Jahr. In the book, she recounts her early life, including her alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather Lex Barker, and the 1958 killing of Johnny Stompanato during a domestic struggle. She also details her coming out as a lesbian to her parents as a teenager, a fact that had not been publicly disclosed prior. The book went on to become a ""New York Times"" Best Seller. The book follows Crane from her early"
"version of the song ""My Baby Just Cares for Me,"" which appeared on her album ""Little Girl Blue"". In 1962, writer Harold Robbins published the novel ""Where Love Has Gone"", which was inspired by the scandal surrounding Turner after her daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed her lover, Johnny Stompanato, to death during a domestic struggle in their Beverly Hills home. A film adaptation of the novel was made in 1964. In response to the release of the novel and film, Turner told a journalist: ""I suppose I'll be getting bugged by that question."" The same year, poet Frank O'Hara wrote the"
"after watching him lure an eight-year-old girl named Tali Shapiro into his Hollywood apartment. The girl was found alive, raped and beaten with a steel bar, but Alcala had fled. To evade the resulting arrest warrant, Alcala left the state and enrolled in the NYU film school, using the name ""John Berger"". In 1971, he obtained a counseling job at a New Hampshire arts camp for children using a slightly different alias, ""John Burger"". In June 1971, Cornelia Michel Crilley, a 23-year-old TWA flight attendant, was found raped and strangled in her Manhattan apartment. Her murder went unsolved until it"
"Jr. releasing the look, ""El Niño"", successfully hurl the explosive back at Mugatu, killing him in process. Derek Jr. forgives his father for his mother's death and Derek and Valentina confess their love for each other. Matilda's ghost gives them her blessing and says that Mugatu live-streamed the event. Six weeks later, Derek and Hansel have returned to modeling. Hansel returns to living with his orgy and is now the father of 10 children. Derek and Valentina have a daughter named Darlene, while Derek Jr. becomes the next model and now in a relationship with Malala Yousafzai. In December 2008,"
"In 1979, Snider partnered with Somen Banerjee and attorney Bruce Nahin to form what would become the male strip club format of Chippendales. In 1980, Stratten was named ""Playboy""s Playmate of the Year and was cast in a motion picture, ""They All Laughed"" (1981) directed by Peter Bogdanovich, with whom she began an affair. Stratten and Snider separated and he hired a private investigator to follow her. On August 14, 1980, Stratten, aged twenty nine, was shot and killed in the West Los Angeles house they had shared. Snider's body was found next to hers. Police believed he raped and"
"Franklin Delano Floyd Franklin Delano Floyd (born June 17, 1943) is an American death row inmate. He was convicted of the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, a mother of three from Florida, as well as the kidnapping of his 6-year-old stepson from his elementary school in Choctaw, Oklahoma. Floyd is also considered a person of interest in the 1990 hit-and-run death of his wife Sharon Marshall. It was later discovered that before becoming his wife, Sharon had been raised by Floyd from an early age as his daughter and was herself kidnapped by Floyd as a child. Sharon's true"
"Johnny Stompanato by her daughter, Cheryl Crane, during a domestic struggle, followed by her later career in film and television. Wayne Lawson of ""The New York Times"" wrote of the book: ""The New York Times""s Janet Maslin noted: ""Lana Turner, though she isn't reflective or articulate even by movie star standards, has led a life that's a soap opera daydream. And she's got a one-of-a-kind Hollywood story to tell."" ""Kirkus Reviews"" praised the book, writing: ""Lana tells it all unpretentiously, unweepily; and the result--with nice little attacks along the way on Richard Burton, Ezio Pinza, Otto Preminger, Harold Robbins et"
"travel to New York City. NYPD cold-case investigators now believe that a week after arriving in Manhattan, Alcala killed Ellen Jane Hover, 23, daughter of the owner of the popular Hollywood nightclub Ciro's and goddaughter of Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Her remains were found buried on the grounds of the Rockefeller Estate in Westchester County. In 1978, Alcala worked for a short time at the ""Los Angeles Times"" as a typesetter, and was interviewed by members of the Hillside Strangler task force as part of their investigation of known sex offenders. Although Alcala was ruled out as the"
"that she felt it was not ""one of my better roles."" In January 1958, Paramount Pictures released ""The Lady Takes a Flyer"", a romantic comedy in which Turner portrayed a female pilot. While shooting the film the previous spring, she had begun receiving phone calls and flowers on the set from mobster Johnny Stompanato, using the name ""John Steele."" Stompanato had close ties to the Los Angeles underworld and gangster Mickey Cohen, which he feared would dissuade her from dating him. Turner claimed she was unsure of how he obtained her phone number, but that she learned in later press"
"was a performance; ""Life"" magazine published a photo of Turner testifying in court with stills of her in court room scenes from three films she had starred in. The scandal also coincided with the release of ""Another Time, Another Place"", and the film was met with poor box-office receipts and a lackluster critical response. Stompanato's family in Illinois sought a wrongful death suit of $750,000 () in damages against both Turner and her ex-husband, Steve Crane. In the suit, Stompanato's son alleged that Turner had in fact been responsible for his death, and that her daughter had taken the blame."
"India Longford (Beth Kingston), Rae Wilson, Rebeccah Massey, are true and that Silas has been charged with the killings. Silas' evil side is discovered when he accidentally murdered his daughter Heidi Costello (Kim Tiddy), intending to kill Lynsey instead, who was wearing the same costume as them on Halloween. Cheryl resents herself as she threw the party at Chez Chez that Heidi attended, before leaving and being mistaken for Lynsey by Silas, and strangled. Lynsey rejects Cheryl's constant apologises, saying that she was her best friend, and she wasn't there when she needed her. Cheryl is glad that, now Silas"
"Somen Banerjee Somen ""Steve"" Banerjee (; October 8, 1946 – October 23, 1994) was an Indian American entrepreneur and co-founder of Chippendales. After operating a Mobil gas station and a failed backgammon club, Banerjee bought a failed Los Angeles club named ""Destiny II"" and turned it into a nightclub that featured female mud wrestling and a ""Female Exotic Dancing Night."" It was the first of its kind in the United States. He partnered with Paul Snider (husband and eventual killer of Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten) and attorney Bruce Nahin. Banerjee was later charged with having enlisted the aid of Ray"
"later married their father, Chuck Peters, while still in prison. Prison officials did not allow her any visitation with her newborn children because she continued to proclaim her innocence. DeJac caught a break when Detective Dennis Delano moved to the Buffalo homicide division and began investigating cold cases. He reviewed the unsolved case of Joan Giambra, who in September 1993 was murdered and her 11-year-old daughter nearly killed, strangled and left for dead on top of her mother's body. Another cold case, the 1975 murder of Carol Reed, was also similar. Like Crystallynn, Reed and Giambra were found naked on"
"were both supportive of her. Cheryl's rebelliousness, however, was documented in the press, and she ran away from home on multiple occasions. Worried she was still suffering from the trauma of Stompanato's death, Turner sent Cheryl to the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut. Shortly before the release of ""Imitation of Life"" in the spring of 1959, Turner was cast in a lead role in Otto Preminger's ""Anatomy of a Murder"", but walked off the set over a wardrobe disagreement, effectively dropping out of the production; she was replaced by Lee Remick. Instead, she took a lead role as a"
"killed. The subsequent investigation, similar to those in the deaths of Elisa Izquierdo and Nadine Lockwood about the same time, disclosed shortcomings of the New York City child-welfare system. In 1997, the trial of Santiago revealed that he had abused the girl physically for several years and that he had beaten her to death when she had refused to take a bath for a party that night. Justina's mother, Denise Solero, who was Santiago's girlfriend, had likewise been abused by him. Several news reports and editorials portrayed Solero as a victim who was terrified to inform anyone that her daughter"
"well-known to have been abusive, extremely jealous of Turner and had previously pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery, her co-star in ""Another Time, Another Place"", only to have Connery ""take the gun from him, beat him and force him from the movie set"" and ""Scotland Yard had him deported."" Following Stompanato's death, Crane was made a ward of the State of California and was placed in the El Retiro School for Girls in Sylmar, Los Angeles for ""psychiatric therapy"" in March 1960. Six weeks later she and two other girls climbed a 10-foot wall and fled. They were eventually"
"another couple, Harriet and Ward, slaughtered in the car next to theirs. Soon after, psychiatrist Jack Grefe (Richard Sanders) arrives, along with Sheriff Tom Anderson (Matt Riedy), who is distraught to find his wife, Harriet, is one of the lovers who has been murdered. The killer, Ray Hennessey (Ed Bailey) is caught, and revealed to be one of Jack's patients who had an obsession with Harriet. Ray is incarcerated in a nearby state institution for the criminally insane and gains the nickname 'The Hook'. Present day, Jack's popular daughter Chloe (Sarah Lancaster) and Tom's socially awkward daughter Mandy (Erin J."
"sending him threatening notes for several months. Billy's granddaughter Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) was introduced as a new teenage troublemaker, and became pregnant by Ben, her distant relative, when they tested his sexuality. Ben's stalking actions were revealed when an old Mitchell adversary, D.C.I. Jill Marsden (Sophie Stanton) returns to arrest him, accusing him of murdering Stella Crawford after her abuse of Ben was exposed. Phil was sent to prison, but found not guilty. Ben panicked about his father's return, and while arguing with Shirley's best friend Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison), he lost control and killed her. Phil covers up"
"Scarlet Garcia Scarlet Mae Bouffard Garcia (1985 – March 13, 2008) was a Filipino glamour model. Popularly known as Scarlet Bouffard, she was one of the girls featured in ""FHM Philippines""' November 2007 issue and was a member of the Viva Hot Babes for two years. On March 13, 2008, Garcia and three other people were found dead in Garcia's home located in Olongapo City. Garcia and the other victims were found stabbed and shot in the home when authorities responded to a fire that was set in the home in an attempt to cover up the murders. The victims"
"Christopher Wilder Christopher Bernard Wilder (March 13, 1945 – April 13, 1984), also known as The Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer from Australia who abducted and raped at least twelve women, killing at least eight of them, during a six-week cross-country crime spree in the United States of America in early 1984. His series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, and California, and attempted abductions in Washington State and New York before he was killed during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April"
"abuse, and repeated reconciliations. Turner would also claim that on one occasion he drugged her and took nude photographs of her while unconscious, potentially to use as blackmail. In September 1957, Stompanato visited Turner in London, where she was filming ""Another Time, Another Place"", co-starring Sean Connery. Their meeting was initially happy, but they soon began fighting. Stompanato became suspicious when Turner would not allow him to visit the set and, during one fight, he violently choked her. To avoid further confrontation, Turner and her makeup artist, Del Armstrong, called Scotland Yard in order to have Stompanato deported. Stompanato got"
"and the sudden reappearance of his sister Maria (Christina Chambers), Ben Evans' presumed dead wife. The teen scene was revived in 1998, when Bette's daughter Emily (Cristi Harris) arrived in town and fell in love with Sean, prompting Amy (Krissy Carlson) and Brad (Michael Strickland) to intervene. The final teen cast was Leo Deschanel, Cole's brother (David Mathiessen), but he was quickly written out. A long-time legend, A.J. Deschanel, was also cast in the form of Gordon Thomson, and a villain named Francesca (Lisa Guerrero) was added to the cast in mid-1998. However, Guerrero was written out in early 1999."