Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. He carried a telegram in his pocket with a letter to his father. This photograph is possibly related to the article, the article, “Youth Admits Ax Killing of Mother and Brother,” Los Angeles Times, 04 Jun 1934: 1. According to reports, Payne had take an electric car to Huntington Beach and, after wandering for a few days, approached Desk Sargent Grant and confessed his crime. He was dressed in a brown suit, tan trench coat, and "spotlessly white shoes." Payne (center) sits with his hands clasped on his stomach, looking over at a telegram in the unidentified officer's hands. On his other side sits another unidentified officer. Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7191 ark:/21198/zz002cxjk8
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Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles County Payne, Louis Rude
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