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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson

Policewoman lures rape suspect, 1952 (2)


30 July 1952. Detective F.A. Marz shot and killed suspect Joe L. Parra; Detective S.W. Griffin;


USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

There's a lot of good stuff here:

Eyes closed, Florence Coberly lay still,
praying and waiting. Seconds later the
sounds of running feet and her attack-
er's curse told her help had arrived.

For a moment everything seemed to
happen at once. The husky young man
forgot the girl and fled. Policewoman
Coberly climbed to her feet just in time
to see Officer Frank A. Marz dash by
shouting "Police officer. Halt or I'll
shoot."

The fugitive ran past the Oldsmobile,
shouted something to the driver, then
ran around the corner. Marz followed,
close on his heels. Meanwhile the Olds-
mobile leaped forward and plunged at
top speed down the street. Mrs. Coberly
had time to draw her revolver and fire
one shot at the fleeing car. Then it was
gone.

In the distance she could hear the
sound of other shots. Two in quick suc-
cession, an interval, then two more. Mrs.
Coberly jammed the police whistle into
her mouth and blew it frantically, trying
to attract the attention of other officers.
Marie Little, her partner, came run-
ning toward her. Together they dashed
around the corner where they saw Marz
and Officer W. \1. Clago standing over
the man who had recently attacked Mrs.
Coberly. The molester was alive, but
breathing heavily and obviously badly
hurt.


One of the men from the ambulance
knelt over the prostrate form of the
molester. He felt his pulse, then looked
up at Lieutenant Phelps.

"You need the coroner," he an-
nounced. "It's too late for us. The man
is dead."

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