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| Gregory Powell, ‘The Onion Field’ Killer, Dies at 79 |
| By nytimes.com - WILLIAM YARDLEY |
| Published: 08/14/2012 |
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Gregory Powell, who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a Los Angeles police officer in 1963, a brutal crime that inspired the popular book and film “The Onion Field,” died on Sunday in a prison hospital in Vacaville, Calif. He was 79. He died of natural causes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Mr. Powell was a career thief who had robbed a series of liquor stores before March 9, 1963, when he and a regular accomplice, Jimmy Lee Smith, were stopped by two plainclothes policemen for making an illegal U-turn. Mr. Powell and Mr. Smith were armed. Mr. Powell pointed his weapon at Officer Ian J. Campbell and ordered the second officer, Karl Hettinger, to give his gun to Mr. Smith. The robbers then forced the officers to get in the car and drove outside the city. They eventually stopped in an onion field near Bakersfield, Calif. There, Mr. Powell fatally shot Officer Campbell in the face. Just after the killing, Officer Hettinger began running away and escaped. Read More. |
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