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Robert Payne and Carrie L. Payne with Louis R. Payne (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1934

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Title: Robert Payne and Carrie L. Payne with Louis R. Payne (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June, 1934]
1934-06
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
From left to right: Robert Payne, Carrie L. Payne, and Louis R. Payne. Louis Payne wears a military uniform.
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.
Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R.
Handwritten on negative: Robert Payne, Mrs. Carrie L. Payne, Louis Payne
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7200
ark:/21198/zz002cxjwx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County
Murals--California--Los Angeles
Payne, Carrie L., 1889-1934
Payne, Robert, (Willis Robert), 1919-1934
Payne, Louis Rude
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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