Since the 2 bottles in the background seem to be of the same shape, size, color I was thinking they might be salt/pepper shakers. They REALLY look like salt/pepper shakers in the negative punklove posted.
I sure do wish we could know if this is really Debra Kidwell. Say it is a match, would The Charley project take her case down from their site, or post and update that the case is solved? I was just thinking that might be the only way we could find out.
this pic keeps haunting me. the girl's eyes are filled with fear and it looks like bruises around her mouth and down her jaw
pic #90
http://www.ocregister.com/news/alcala-238591-women-murphy.html#article-photos
this pic keeps haunting me. the girl's eyes are filled with fear and it looks like bruises around her mouth and down her jaw
pic #90
http://www.ocregister.com/news/alcala-238591-women-murphy.html#article-photos
I don't see any bruises and there are several other pictures of this girl at the same time, some with an unknown man, and it appears to be a party or gathering of some type.
this pic keeps haunting me. the girl's eyes are filled with fear and it looks like bruises around her mouth and down her jaw
pic #90
http://www.ocregister.com/news/alcala-238591-women-murphy.html#article-photos
You bring up a good point. Some of these women may well NEVER be identified because some of these pictures are over 40 years old and if, let's say they were not from a big family and had no siblings and only a few friends.....all those people who could identify the person might well be passed away themselves.
IMO, it is a crying shame that LE kept these pictures, and the jewelry under wraps all these years! Can you imagine how you'd feel, looking and hoping for word on a missing loved one only to find out that 40 years later, LE had pictures of them that they got from a rapist and murderer! Knowing that there are probably more pictures of other people that they cannot show us because of the nature of the picture, if I had a relative missing from that time period I would DEMAND to see those pictures to make sure she wasn't in one of them.
Just as sad is the thought that some of these people were never missed, never looked for, the kind of "throw away" person Alcala was probably always looking for. How horribly sad.
On this photo I hesitate to be certain about much. The lighting seems odd. I do see red streaks on her abdomen, but that's all I feel safe ascribing to something other than the lighting. I think that the original negative or print is of poor quality.
If you look at the lampshade, there's 4 or 5 red blotches on it that I can't figure out what they are. Other bulbs inside the shade? Some defect in the negative or printing? Artifact caused by internal reflections in the lens. Makes me reluctant to be sure about anything else in this one.
Definitely doesn't look like the expression of someone who is having a great time.