Grounds. He claimed. that they stopped in the desert to do some
target shooting and that he had then killed Nowlen when he had
the pistol that both were using in his possessian, He shot and
killed Mrs, Hurley when she started screaming and accused him of
being a murderer. CHris and Sondra Garner were both tried for
the murder of their friends and he received the death sentence
while she was sentenced to life imprisonment. Before his execu-
tion in San Quentin's gas chamber on Sept. 1, 1962, they were
allowed to talk with each other over she telephone for 15 minutes,
Before he was lockéd in the execution chamber, the warden. asked
Garner if he had anything to Say and he spoke his last words:
"I think everything has been said that could be said,"
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Grounds. He claimed that they stopped in the desert to do some
target shooting and that he had then killed Nowlen when he had
the pistol that both were using in his possessian. He shot and
killed Mrs, Hurley when she started screaming and accused him of
being a murderer, CHris and Sondra Garner were both tried for
the murder of their friends and he received the death Sentence
while she was sentenced to life imprisonment. Before his execu-
tion in San Quentin's gas chamber on Sept. li, 1962, they were
allowed to talk with each other over she telephone for 15 minutes.
Before he was lockéd in the execution chamber, the warden. asked
Garner if he had anything to say and he spoke his last words:
"lL think everything has been said that could be said,"
Page 52, TRUE DETECTIVE, March, 1963.
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March, 1963.
GARNER, Lawrence Christopher (Chris)
Garner, a 27-year-old ex-convict, met with a number of other former
prison inmates in a suburb of Los Angeles shortly before IKK Labor
Day, 1959, to plan an elaborate forgery and robbery gang. After the
meeting was over, Garner and Hig girl-friend, Sondra Grounds, agreed
to accompany 28-year-old Richard Lee Nowlen and Nowlen's fiancee,
27-year-old Patricia. Hurley Skene to Los Vegas where they two planned
to be married. On the morning of Sept.8, 1959, the bodies of Nowlen
and Mrs. Hurley were found in the desert outside of Adelanto, Calif.
Both had been shot in the head and Wowlen had also been pistol-
whipped, After the bodies were identified and it was learned that
the murdered couple had left Los Angeles, an alert was issued for
the arrest of “Varner and Miss Yrounds for questioning. They were
taken into custody in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, where they had been
married. Returned to the United States, they at first claimed that
Nowlen and Mrs. Skene had been murdered by a third ex-convict who
had accompanied them on their trip. Later Garner admitted—that he
had killed the couple, claiming that he had "chickened" out on his
agreement to join Nowlen in a series of armed robberies to finance
the honeymonn and that Nowlen had threatened to harm him and Miss
GARNER, Lawrence Christopher (Chris)
Garner, a 27-year-old ex-convict, met with a number of other former
prison immates in a suburb of Los Angeles shortly before IK8K Labor
Day, 1959, to plan an elaborate forgery and robbery gang. After the
meeting was over, Garner and Hig girl-friend, Sondra Grounds, agreed
to accompany 28-year-old Richard Lee Nowlen and Nowlen's fiancee,
2/-year-old Patricia. Hurley Skene to Los Vegas where they two planned
to be married. On the morning of Sept.8, 1959, the bodies of Nowlen
and Mrs, Hurley were found in the desert outside of Adelanto 6 Cadat.
Both had been shot in the head and Mowlen had also been pistol-
whipped, After the bodies were identified and it was learned that
the murdered couple had left Los Angeles, an alert was issued for
the arrest of “arner and Miss Yrounds for questioning. They were
taken into custody in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, where they had been
married. Returned to the United States, they at first claimed that
Nowlen and Mrs. Skene had been murdered by a third ex-convict who
had accompanied them on their trip. Later Garner admitted-that he
had killed the couple, claiming that he had "chickened" ont on his
agreement to join Nowlen in a series of armed robberies to finance
the honeymonn and that Nowlen had threatened to harm him and Miss
GARN: awrence Christopher (Chris)
wher, a 27-year-old ex-convict, mot with a mmber of other former
ison inmates in a suburb of Los Angeles shortly before TBs La
bay, 1959, to plan an elaborate forgery and robbe: mg. After the
jeting was over, Garner and Hig girl-friend, See Grounds, agreed
fo accompany 28-year-old Richard Lee Nowlen and Nowlen's fiancee,
2] -year-old Patricia Hurley Skene to Los Vegas where they two plana
to be married, On the morning oj 1» 1959, the bodies of Nowlen
and Mes, Hurley were found in the desert outelde of Adelanto, Calir
Both had been shot in the head and Wovlen had «1so been pistol-
hipped. After the bodies were identified and it was
the murdered couple had left Los Angeles, an alert wa:
the arrest of “: s “rounds for questioni:
free aka custody in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, where they had been
married. Returned to the United States, they at first claimed that
Nowlen and "rs, Skene had been murdered by a ict who
had ac ine d then 0 on their trip. Later Garner admitted that he
a the a vie he had "chickenod” ont on his
robberies to finance
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