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Doomed McCracken Faces Sanity Trial For Girl’s Slaying
Henry Ford MacCracken sits in an Orange County jail cell awaiting an insanity hearing after a jury found him guilty of murdering 10 year old Patricia Hull in Buena Park. The judge vacated an Oct. 1 date and set Oct. 8 for filing the sanity plea as a retrial will be ordered on the counts. McCracken, arraigned in Santa Ana, proclaimed innocence while defense and district attorney praised the jury for its verdict. The case drew a packed courtroom and intense attention as prosecutors hailed justice and the defense stood by its assertion of innocence.
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Santa Ana
Henry Ford McCracken
George Chula
James Monroe
McCracken
Patty Jean Hull
Press-Telegram
Henry Ford MacCracken
Orange County
Patricia Jvean Hull
Buena Park
Robert Gardner Ismani
McCrack
Chula
Monroe
Henry
James J. Davis
Robert P. Kneeland
Leonard Dale Hull
Hull
Little Patty Hall
Mel Cracken
Little Patty
Live Oak Canyon
Covington
Gardner