German girl to stand trial for fraternization slaying

June 18, 1946

Erika Krebs, 20-year-old German girl, shown here in this exclusive International News Photos radiophotograph, Nuremberg, will go on trial Thursday June 20th, at Nuremberg, accused of killing Master Sergeant Robert E. Flanagan of 103 Catherine street, Peoria, Illinois. Erika is accused of slaying the Sergeant, a member of the 793rd Military Police Battalion, with the same Army issue .45 automatic she had taken from him earlier with the avowed intention of killing herself.