Dentist admits co-ed killing

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · March 4, 1937

Pictured as he was taken to police headquarters here for questioning is dr. Richard g. miller, Charlottesville dentist. The doctor confessed that Cleo Sprouse, 18-year-old schoolgirl, died under an anesthetic while he was attempting to perform an illegal operation. The girl's body was found in university cemetery here with an ether-soaked pad bound around her mouth and nose. Miller is at left above.