Kern County Obituaries

Harold Lewis Whitford

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 11 Apr 1946

INYOKERN MURDER AND SUICIDE
Determined by the Coroner's Office to be a case of murder and suicide at the recent 
inquest, the body of Harold Lewis Whitford, 46, of Hartford, Conn., who committed 
suicide after first giving cyanide to his 9-year-old daughter, Barbara Jeane 
Whitford, was slated for burial in Mojave on Sunday, April 13th  after services 
which will be held at 2 p. m. at the O'Donnell Funeral Home Chapel here.
The body of the little girl will be shipped to Baltimore, Md. for burial. 
Whitford, who was employed at the Naval Testing Station at Inyokern as a clerk 
was estranged from his wife who had demanded the return of baby Barbara who 
had been taken away by her father when he left the east. The bodies were 
discovered by officers who went to Inyokern to arrest Whitford for his illegal act, 
on April 4th.