A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Family Dispute

June 16, 1946: Samuel Alson tries to commit suicide after killing his son, Clayton, and the son's fiancee, Loma Quiroz.

Killer Samuel Aslon escaped from prison in 1950, but The Times never reported whether he was recaptured. Samuel Aslon died May 16, 1982, in San Bernardino County, according to California death records.

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[David Middlecamp]

Amazing how much access the photographer had to the crime scene. I have read in the early days of newspaper photography that some communities hired the local press photographers to record the crime scene for the investigators. Don't know if that happened in the LA area.