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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated August 24, 1962 partially reads, "The former husband of a Granada Hills divorcee said today his wife may have killed herself and their two children because the couple's marriage had collapsed. The bodies of Mrs. Barbara Cotton Tillotson and her children, Robert Lyn, 2 1/2, and Jeanne Marie, 4 1/2, were discovered early Thursday in the garage of their home at 10022 Encino Ave. Police said the three probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning sometime Sunday." Photograph caption reads, "Rocking horse stands silent as death haunts Granada Hills home. The Tittotson children and their mother will be buried Saturday in Westwood."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Dwellings--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Interiors--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Rocking horses--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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