How Stupid Do You Think We Are?

 San Diego County, Cal. (1934)

03/26/1934: The murderer initially admitted only an “accident” in which his girlfriend and their two children had died.  The car was found “at the base of a 200-foot cliff.”  The license plates were missing ;the “engine serial numbers filed off,”; and the ignition was still on.  Police still traced the car ownership back to the murderer.  (His claim of an accident seemed implausible.)

Category: family

Suicide: no

Cause: unknown

Weapon: other[1]

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[1] "Richey Admits Murder Of Three," [Colton, Cal.] Colton Daily Courier, Jun. 17, 1935, 1.