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Photograph caption dated October 4, 1957 reads, "Scene of murder-suicide - Empty 50-year-old house at 6337 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, was scene of tragedy where grandmother, Mrs. Allene Durston, 58, killed her grandson, Ronald White, 9, then took her own life. Grandmother picked up boy as he was walking to school."
Abandoned houses Dwellings Dead persons Death Murder Suicide Grandparent and child Grandmothers Grandsons Women Boys Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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