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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated August 24, 1962 partially reads, "The bodies of a 32-year-old mother and her two small children - the victims of an apparent murder-suicide - were discovered early today in the garage of their Granada Hills home. West Valley police said Mrs. Barbara Cotton Tillotson and her children, Robert Lyn, 2 1/2, and Jeanne Marie, 41/2, probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning sometime Sunday." Coroner's deputies can be seen removing the bodies from the station wagon inside the Granada Hills garage.; See image #00124241 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Murder victims--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Coroners--California--Los Angeles Station wagons--California--Los Angeles Garages--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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