Karl Hettinger
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Karl Hettinger was a Los Angeles police officer whose traumatic experience as a kidnapped cop and witness to his partner’s murder in the 1963 “Onion Field” case became the basis for Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book and its film adaptation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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police officer ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Joseph Wambaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1963 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
film adaptation The Onion Field
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true-crime book The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law enforcement ⓘ |
| genreOfNotableEvent | true crime ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOfAccount | Joseph Wambaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalGenre | true crime biography ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfNotability | surviving a police kidnapping and partner’s murder ⓘ |
| hasMediaAdaptation |
book The Onion Field
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film The Onion Field ⓘ |
| hasPsychologicalImpact | traumatic experience as kidnapped cop and witness to murder ⓘ |
| hasRole |
kidnapped police officer in Onion Field case
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witness to partner’s murder in Onion Field case ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Onion Field (book)
NERFINISHED
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The Onion Field (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfDocumentingWork | English ⓘ |
| notableEventType |
line-of-duty murder of police officer
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police kidnapping ⓘ |
| notableFor | Onion Field case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkSubjectType |
crime film
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true-crime literature GENERATED ⓘ |
| occupation | police officer ⓘ |
| partner | Ian Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfIncident |
Los Angeles
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The Onion Field near Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeDepartment | Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1963 Onion Field incident
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kidnapping of Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell ⓘ murder of his partner Ian Campbell ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Onion Field (book)
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The Onion Field (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimOf | kidnapping ⓘ |
| witnessed | murder of Ian Campbell ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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