Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo showing 21-year-old Navy veteran Vincent Dellechiaie after being charged with the slaying of seven-year-old Louise Ann Kurpiel in Lawrence, Massachusetts. According to the caption, District Attorney Hugh A. Cregg said Dellechiaie signed a confession stating that he lured the child to a riverbank and beat her to death when she resisted him. Police Lieutenant Everett B. Dow and Captain Arthur J. Riley are also shown. The caption is printed directly on the photo. Measures approximately 6 by 8¾ inches. Please note the vintage tape on the corners, along with creasing, edge wear, and surface wear. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper.
