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Feb. 4, 2012

Deadly attack: A marriage gone terribly wrong

Police accuse Bernard Finch, a wealthy physician, of murdering his wife just outside the couple's West Covina home in 1959. By James L. Jones


By James L. Jones


In this excerpt below, Dr. James L. Jones introduces the famous 1959 Finch-Tregoff murder case out of West Covina. Policed accused Bernard Finch, a wealthy physician, of murdering his wife Barbara Jean just outside the couple's home. In "A Murder in West Covina," Jones details the high-profile crime, investigation, hearings and trials that captivated the nation.

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