In the summer of 1942, the Sleepy Lagoon murder case made national news; nine teenage members of the 38th Street Gang were accused of murdering a civilian man named José Díaz in an abandoned quarry pit.
The Sleepy Lagoon murder case made national news. This was in the summer of 1942. Nine teenage members of the 38th Street Gang were accused of murdering a civilian man. This civilian man was named José Díaz in an abandoned quarry pit.