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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 13, 1963 partially reads, "The quiet neighborhood near the intersection of Capistrano Ave. and Hatteras St. in Woodland Hills erupted in gunfire shortly before noon Tuesday and ended in the suicide of a housewife, mother of four. Mrs. Julie Cohoat, 35, 22420 Hatteras St., died in West Park Community Hospital, Canoga Park, where she had been taken the night before after swallowing an overdose of barbiturates, police said." Photograph caption reads, "Here is the scene on Hatteras St. where housewife terrorized neighborhood. From her house (arrow) Mrs. Cohoat fired at friends, then killed herself."
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Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Shooting (Execution)--California--Los Angeles Suicide victims--California--Los Angeles Suicide--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Hatteras Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Capistrano Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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