Johnny Stompanato homicide
Johnny Stompanato, 32, was stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter on April 4, 1958. Cheryl Crane was cleared of any wrongdoing by a coroner’s inquest, but her mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her, her father Stephen, and Turner. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 1962 for a sum of USD 20,000. In 2007, Time...
