Winnie
Ruth JUDD |
A crowd has gathered around the cottage that was
the scene
of the Winnie Ruth Judd "trunk"
murders.
Portrait of W. Robert LaDue, friend of Burton J.
McKinnell, Winnie Ruth Judd's brother. Under
threat
of solitary confinement, Mrs. Judd was declard to have
told the warden that her brother brought her
the saws she used in the
murders. Authorities believe that if they can find W. Robert LaDue,
said to a close companion to McKinnell, they may be able to shed light
on what happened.
The hallway of LeRoi-Samuelson apartment. The
scratch marks on the hardwood floor, shown
by arrows at each side,
were made when the trunks carrying the bodies of Judd's two
victims
were dragged through the corridor.
A letter from Winnie Ruth Judd
to her husband, Dr. William J. Judd, dated October 17, 1931, a
day
after the murders of LeRoi and Samuelson. This is the first page
of a two page letter, where she
professes how lonely she is, and how
much she loves her husband.
A Los Angeles Police Department identification
card for Winnie Ruth Judd, here identified
as
Winnie Ruth
McKinnell. The paperwork is
dated October 27, 1931.
Hedvig Samuelson poses with a friend in Alaska,
where she taught school.
Agnes LeRoi, Winnie Ruth Judd
murder victim, sits under a tree. She appears to be wearing
a white
volunteer nurse smock. Photograph taken June 12, 1922. She is 18 years
old.
A smiling Agnes LeRoi poses with a child. She and
Hedvig Samuelson were
Winnie Ruth Judd's murder
victims.
Dr. William C., 47, and Winnie Ruth,
25, in the early days of their marriage.
Burton J. McKinnell, and his close friend W.
Robert La Due, who were hunted in the attempted
prison break of
Winnie Ruth Judd in Arizona. McKinnell was accused
of smuggling hack
saws into the cells of his sister.
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