Nicknamed the sweater girl, which famous actress's daughter, Cheryl, killed her mother's mob-linked boyfriend Johnny Stompanato?
Joseph Stephen Crane scandal. In 1948, Crane married French sex symbol and actress Martine Carol, famous for her role in "Lola Montès" (1955) but the couple were divorced in 1953. In the 1960s, Crane married and divorced Helen DeMaree and Leslie Deeb. On April 4, 1958, Crane's 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl, killed Lana Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Sensationalized in the press, the case brought attention to Crane. At the inquest, Crane testified on behalf of his daughter and in the end, the killing was deemed a justifiable homicide. After selling the Luau in 1978, Crane seemed to disappear from the public eye. By 1984,
Johnny Stompanato (1901–1967). His brother Carmine (1912–1961) is buried nearby. Johnny Stompanato John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner. In 1958, he was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, who said she did it to defend her mother from a vicious beating by Stompanato. His death was ruled as justifiable homicide because he had been killed in self-defense. John Stompanato Jr., was born into an