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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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