Patricia Johnson buried

July 11, 1955

Burial prayers are being recited at the grave of 4-year-old Patricia Johnson while less than two-miles away, her accused slayer, 17-year-old Walter Bourque, Jr., was ordered held without bail for Grand Jury. Funeral services for the little girl, who was sexually attacked and hacked to death with an ax, were held at St. Raphael's Church in Manchester, N.H., near her home. Shortly after the slaying, Mrs. Johnson entered a hospital and gave birth to a baby boy.