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Title
Valley woman fires at friends, kills self
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
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."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124245
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f31_i6
CARL0005425990
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56678
Subject
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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