Jimmy Lee Smith

Jimmy Lee Smith (January 30, 1931 – April 6, 2007),[1][2][3][4] also known as Youngblood,[2][3][5] was an American criminal who assisted Gregory Powell with the kidnapping of Los Angeles Police Department officers Ian Campbell and Karl Francis Hettinger on the night of March 9, 1963.[5][6] There, Smith and Powell took Campbell and Hettinger to an onion field near Bakersfield, California, where Campbell was fatally shot.[5] Infamously known as one of the "Onion Field" killers, Smith's story was depicted in Joseph Wambaugh's 1973 nonfiction book The Onion Field.[7] The book was adapted into a 1979 feature film of the same name in which Smith was portrayed by Franklyn Seales.[8]

  1. ^ Associated Press (10 April 2007). "Jimmy Lee Smith, 76, 'Onion Field' Killer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Quinones, Sam (8 April 2007). "Jimmy Lee Smith, 76; Onion Field' killer, chronic parole violator". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Quinones, Sam (15 April 2007). "Jimmy Lee Smith, was 'Onion Field' police killer; at 76". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ Los Angeles Times (10 April 2007). "Jimmy Lee Smith". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Newton, Michael (2002). The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129884.pages 48-50
  6. ^ Keyes, Gary; Lawler, Mike (2013). Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625840677.[page needed]
  7. ^ Quinones, Sam (8 April 2007). "INFAMOUS 1960S-ERA COP KILLER DIES AT 76". Daily Press (Virginia). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. ^ Yardley, William (August 13, 2012). "Gregory Powell, 'The Onion Field" Killer, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2015.