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A court clerk examines the cabin where Raymond Ellison, 37, and his 12-year-old wife, Imogene Sims, lived. Ellison, who married the girl to avoid statutory rape charges, had just been arrested for murdering her. The photo was publicized by the Louisville Courier Journal, Kentucky, 1948 .

A court clerk examines the cabin where Raymond Ellison, 37, and his 12-year-old wife, Imogene Sims, lived. Ellison, who married the girl to avoid statutory rape charges, had just been arrested for murdering her. The photo was publicized by the Louisville Courier Journal, Kentucky, 1948 .

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