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ALMOST ELEVEN: The Murder of Brenda Sue Sayers

Below you will find a wide array of photographs relating to the book. Some of these photos appear in the book while many do not. The author updates the site periodically with new photographs.

*Please click on each individual photograph for their description, caption, and source.

EVIDENCE:

1957 Ford that belonged to Dorothy Hindman's parents. The car was stolen by Pennington and used in the abduction of Brenda in Brawley on January 7, 1965. (Photo courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff's Office)

The skates and key given to Brenda for her birthday. Brenda was skating at Oakley School when she was abducted. Skates were later found next to stand pipes at 65th and Grant Avenue in Mecca. (Photo courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff's Office)

Crime Scene at Avenue 65 and Grant in Mecca, CA 2013 (Crowson)

NEW: Officials using a crane to remove tractor from top of body of Dorothy Minor Hindman, who was allegedly murdered by Pennington on New Years Day, 1965. Photo courtesy of Modesto County Sheriffs Office.

VICTIMS:

Dorothy Minor Hindman's high school photo. Dorothy was an alleged victim of Pennington in Los Banos, California on New Year's Day, 1965. (Photo courtesy of Fresno High School Yearbook, 1954)

Mary Sullivan was an alleged victim of Pennington in Boston on January 4, 1964. Her death was attributed to the Boston Strangler even though Pennington confessed her murder to Captain Fountain in 1965. (Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe)

Brenda with bangs (Photo courtesy of Sayers family)

Brenda with Easter basket (Photo courtesy of Sayers family)

Brenda's school photo in 1965 (Photo courtesy of Sayers family)

Brenda's mother Virginia, in 2013 (Crowson)

Sign on Highway 86 between Brawley and El Centro designating The Franke Story Highway. California Highway Patrol Officer Story was gunned down by Luis Juarez in 1967. (Crowson)

CHP Officer Franke A. Story, 25, was killed instantly by Juarez on July 19, 1967. (Photo courtesy of The California Highway Patrol)

NEW: Brenda with sisters Judy, Janice & Gloria. (Photo courtesy of Sayers Family)

NEW: Nancy, Brenda, Fred, Jr., and neighbor, Wally. (Photo courtesy of Sayers Family)

NEW: Mosser Family murdered and dumped in abandoned mine by Billy Cook

LAW ENFORCEMENT:

Captain Wenceslao "Johnny" Santos, Investigator for Brawley Police Department. (Photo courtesy of Brawley Police Department)

Charles "Ritzy" Ritzenthaler, Chief of Police, Brawley Police Department. (Photo courtesy of Brawley Police Department)

Sgt. Oren Fox, Investigator, Imperial County Sheriff's office - photo courtesy of Imperial County Pioneers Museum

Sheriff Herbert Hughes, Imperial County Sheriff's Office. (Photo courtesy of Imperial County Pioneers Museum)

Captain Del Fountain, Riverside County Sheriff's office - photo courtesy of Virginia Cooper-McMullin

Detective Cois Byrd, Riversdie County Sheriff's Office. (Photo courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff's Office)

Los Angeles Police Department Sketch Artist Ector Garcia. whose sketch led to the identification of Pennington - photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Department

Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Carillo. Carillo was the first officer to arrive at the crime scene at 65th Avenue and Grant in Mecca. (Photo courtesy of the Carillo Family)

NEW: Photo of Virginia Cooper, circa 1962. Virginia Cooper was the Administrative Assistant to Captain Delbert (Del)Fountain, Indio Station Commander and investigator on Sayers Case. Virginia was a dispatcher at the Blythe Police Department in Blythe, California when Captain Fountain was Station Commander in Blythe. Virginia was a valuable help providing insight to her boss Captain Fountain and the Sheriff's Office during this time. Virginia (Cooper) McMullian currently lives with her family in Cathedral City. Photo courtesy of Virginia McMullian.

LEGAL:

Judge George Kirk, presided at Pennington's trial. (Photo courtesy Imperial County Pioneers Museum)

Imperial County District Attorney James Hamilton. (Photo courtesy of Imperial County Pioneers Museum)

J. Perry Langford, attorney who represented Pennington before the Supreme Court. (Photo courtesy of J. Perry Langford )

PERPETRATORS:

Mass murderer Billy Cook, subject of manhunt during 1951 in Imperial Valley. (Photo courtesy of Brawley News)

Sketch of suspect seen at Oakley School that led to identification of Pennington. (Photo courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff's Office)

Robert Eugene Pennington's prison mugshot, 1959. (Photo courtesy of North Dakota Department of Corrections)

Luis Juarez, convicted killer of California Highway Patrol Officer Franke Story in El Centro in 1968. Juarez was adjoining cellmate of Pennington in El Centro. (Photo courtesy of Brawley News)

NEW: Billy Cook's tattoos: H.A.R.D. L.U.C.K.

NEW: Billy Cook in custody of Mexican officials.

NEW: Mugshot of Robert Eugene Pennington in 1960 from Iowa State Prison. Pennington later escaped from this facility. Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Corrections.