I get inquiries about Starkweather photos; specifically, unknown or unpublished ones. In this his photo Caril is smiling from the backseat of a car that is pulling away from the Nebraska state prison. She and Charlie have been transported from Douglas, Wyoming, and Charlie has just been dropped off at the pen. The smiling photo is often cited as proof of Caril's calous attitude toward the murder spree she was supposedly involved in. Caril says that at this point she did not realize that she was seen as a guilty party and thought she was being taken home. Thus the smile. In fact, she was on her way to the state mental hospital, where she would spend the next eight months awaiting trial.
