Chapter 40 Section 13

"Can you tell me roughly?" "It's like this... it's terrible, it's about Jonny Stepanato..." "Okay, I'll be right there," said the lawyer. "What's your address?" "730 North Bedford Road." In less than half an hour, the front of Turner's mansion was full of traffic again, and the flow of people continued. The grand occasion was no less than the afternoon of the Oscars ten days ago.Dr. Weber came, EMTs came, Jerry Gessler came... and finally, the Beverly Hills police, and Commissioner Clinton B. Anderson in person.

It is said that Lana's first words when being questioned were: "Please, can I say that I killed..." Director Anderson replied: "As a mother, we understand that you would rather suffer for your daughter. But if you really think about Xue Luoer, you should tell the truth..." Lana Turner has filmed gangster films and detective films. In her impression, even a major murder requires at most one person to investigate the scene. Raid at scale.Lana wondered how many of them were there just to watch. After the police arrived, were the reporters Lana feared most, apparently recruited by the police, because the next day, photos of Joni Stepanato lying on the floor of Lana's house were in the newspapers. In fact, apart from the police, no reporter was allowed to enter the scene that night.

Director Anderson believed that his subordinates' detection work was very thorough. They recorded the statements of all those present, and found Xue Luoer's metal wrist bell at the door of the master bedroom, proving that she had indeed been there.For this case where one plus one equals two, that's enough. It was less than 11 o'clock at night, Lana, Mithrida and Steven Karan sent the "suspect" Cheryl Karan to the police station to surrender.Along the way, Lana cried like a tearful person, but the little girl looked indifferent, and said to the reporters: "I am very strong, stronger than my mother...but I hope I can be like my mother, I hope I can cry.” Years later, Cheryl wrote in her autobiography, Detour—A True Hollywood Story: “I stretched out my arms and hugged my mother as if she were my little sister... ...I'm worried that she won't be able to survive all of this. However, I don't know what 'all this' means." Jerry Gessler has promised Cheryl that she will get the most lenient punishment for her Besides, she is just a "minor".

At least, for now, Xue Luoer's treatment in prison is very comparable.She has her own separate room, and her parents can visit the prison at any time without queuing up. Her first hearing was already ahead of others. On Tuesday, April 8, four days after the incident, she passed through again. Ray Gessler made various mediation efforts, and moved forward one day to Monday, April 7, which was almost the first weekend of Easter. The police were also rarely "reasonable" and returned the "crime scene" to the owner the next day, so that Lana's film and television friends could visit the house on Saturday.According to the United Press, Lana received hundreds of condolence calls from all over the world in just two days of the weekend.However, from that day on, there were always crowds of onlookers gathered around the Turner mansion, with children riding on the shoulders of adults, and adults holding binoculars in their hands... Until today, half a century later, the Los Angeles city tour bus The front line of Hollywood must detour on North Bedford Road, and the tour guide must explain loudly through a loudspeaker: "Everyone, please look to the right. The first and second windows from the left on the second floor of this mansion are..."

The only thing that is not "reasonable" is the media.In just ten days, Lana fell from the "Oscar movie star" praised by various newspapers to "the protagonist of a sex scandal suspected of gangsters".After digging by the reporters, all kinds of anecdotes about Lana Turner and Joni Stepanato became the most popular speculative hotspot for readers in those days. also published similar tidbits on the front page.