Louis R. Payne pleads insanity for murder of mother and brother, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Louis R. Payne pleads insanity for murder of mother and brother, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: January 23, 1935
Date: 1935-01-23
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Payne Youth Held Insane," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1935: A1.
In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. In January, 1935 he plead insanity and was sent to a sanitarium.
Payne sits next to his father, arms in his lap.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Louis Payne 1-23-35
Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_7203
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cxk0z
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