Car Where Body Of Gas Station Attendant Carl P. Nickell Was Found Lying Next To, April 15, 1960
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Ann Arbor News, April 15, 1960
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A blood-stained cloth blanket covers the spot alongside this car where a service station attendant was turned into a human torch late yesterday. Police said 42-year-old Carl P. Nickell of Willis, employed at a US-12 Expressway service station, was doused with gasoline and dumped alongside by the car. Flames from the burning body set fire to paint on the car, but the blaze was doused by state troopers. Police said Nickell evidently was robbed of about $70 before being murdered in an apparent attempt to make the death appear as an accident.
Ann Arbor News, April 15, 1960
Caption
A blood-stained cloth blanket covers the spot alongside this car where a service station attendant was turned into a human torch late yesterday. Police said 42-year-old Carl P. Nickell of Willis, employed at a US-12 Expressway service station, was doused with gasoline and dumped alongside by the car. Flames from the burning body set fire to paint on the car, but the blaze was doused by state troopers. Police said Nickell evidently was robbed of about $70 before being murdered in an apparent attempt to make the death appear as an accident.
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1960
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April
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