Henry hank leyvas biography

          Sleepy lagoon!

          Enrique Reyes (abt. 1923 - 1971)

          Enrique(Hank Leyvas)Reyes

          Born about in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

          Son of Seferino Leyvas and Guadalupe Reyes

          [sibling(s) unknown]

          [spouse(s) unknown]

          [children unknown]

          Died at about age 48in East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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          Biography

          Henry Leyvas was born in Tucson, Arizona, on April 24, 1923.

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        4. Henry Leyvas was the first witness in grand jury probe into ranch killing.
        5. The Sleepy Lagoon murder was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying.

          6. He was the third of ten children born to Guadalupe Reyes and Seferino Gamino Leyvas. His parents had escaped the tumultuous revolution in Mexico and married in Arizona in December 1919. They settled in the 38th Street neighborhood of Los Angeles before moving down to the Long Beach area.

          Henry was 19 years old when he was arrested for the murder of José Díaz.

          One of the couples from the 38th Street neighborhood at the lagoon was a young man named Henry “Hank” Leyvas (see Leyvas biography, p.

          Henry Leyvas had a long and troubled history with the Los Angeles police. His first arrest came when he and Sef were pulled over by the police for car theft. The car belonged to t