Lana Turner’s Abusive Boyfriend Was Murdered by Her Teenage Daughter
Turner’s boyfriend, John Stompanato Jr., worked as an enforcer for a famous gangster. When he threatened to disfigure Turner, her 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed him in the abdomen with a butcher knife. “I ran back upstairs, the door burst open, and mother was there looking at me and John was coming toward me,” she said. “I stepped through the door, and he literally ran into the knife.” Crane was released without trial after the court determined his death “justifiable homicide.”