Murder of Marvin Gaye - Los Angeles, CA - Infamous Crime Scenes on Waymarking.com

"At 12:38 p.m. (PST) on April 1, 1984, while Gaye was in his bedroom, his father Marvin Gay Sr. shot Gaye in the heart and then in his left shoulder, the latter shot taken at point-blank range.[98][99] Minutes earlier, the two men had been involved in a physical altercation when Gaye intervened in a fight between his parents. The first shot proved to be fatal. Gaye was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m. (PST) after his body arrived at California Hospital Medical Center, one day short of what would have been his 45th birthday.

After Gaye's funeral, his body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park at the Hollywood Hills; his ashes were later scattered into the Pacific Ocean.[101] Initially charged with first-degree murder, Gay Sr.'s charges dropped to voluntary manslaughter following a diagnosis of a brain tumor and Gaye's autopsy revealing the singer had drugs in his system.[102] Marvin Gay Sr. was later sentenced to a suspended six-year sentence and probation. He died at a nursing home in 1998." (visit link)

Date of crime: 04/01/1984 Public access allowed: no Fee required: no Web site: [Web Link]

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