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On the evening of April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Cheryl Crane fatally stabbed 32-year-old Johnny Stompanato, the boyfriend of her mother, actress Lana Turner, at Turner's rented home in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Jul 13, 2018 · A closer look into the harrowing Hollywood tragedy of Lana Turner's daughter stabbing her mother's boyfriend in 1958.
Crane with mother Lana Turner at her juvenile court hearing, April 1958. On April 4, 1958, at age 14, Crane stabbed her mother's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, to death. The killing was ruled a justifiable homicide: she was deemed to have been protecting her mother during a domestic altercation.
Feb 22, 2022 · The Tumultuous Life Of Cheryl Crane, The Daughter Of A Sex Symbol Who Went On Trial For Murder At 14. By Morgan Dunn | Edited By Leah Silverman. Published February 22, 2022. Updated November 7, 2023.
Jun 25, 2022 · History 101 writes that Stompanato's murder caused an uproar and Crane was subsequently locked up at a juvenile detention center. Famed columnist Louella Parsons referred to the murder as the "greatest Hollywood tragedy of all" (per the Los Angeles Times).
May 10, 2024 · The bodyguard of Mickey Cohen, Johnny Stompanato was a notorious L.A. mobster before he was stabbed to death in Lana Turner's home on April 4, 1958. Turner's daughter has always maintained that she killed Stompanato in her mother's defense, but rumors have swirled that Turned killed him herself.
Jan 28, 2024 · In his new book A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime, out Feb. 13 from Sourcebooks, the author examines the infamous 1958 murder of gangster Johnny...
