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Slaying Shocks Cajon Pass Baby Clings to Dead Mother
San Bernardino California May 8 194? A 24 year old woman Jean Wells was shot dead in Cajon pass with her 13 month old daughter Hester Violet Wells clinging to her. Her 17 year old friend Rose Destree was wounded and alive. Alfred Wells the brother in law is accused of the killings and the search for Violet continues.
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San Bernardino
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Jean Wells
Cajon Pass
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Rose Destree
Miss Destree
James W. Stocker
Alfred Wells
Devore
Calif
Violet
Ray Wells
Ray
Alfred
Jean
Stocker
Sheriff's Office
St. Bernardine’s Hospital
C. O. Thompson
Santa Fe