Blood-Stained Evidence Shocks Jurors in Landis Trial

In a gruesome display of the devastating injuries inflicted upon Blanche Gertrude Landis, a jury in U.S. District Court was left shaken by the introduction of photographs taken after her death. The case against James L. Landis, a young ex-fireman accused of murdering his wife, took a dark turn as Deputy Coroner Richard M. Rosenberg presented the blood-stained images to the panel. The wounds, which Landis allegedly inflicted with a jagged rock, were deemed ‘terrible’ by the medical expert.