Young Mother Sobs Following Inquest Desicion--Mrs. Joyce McMahon is comforted by her husband, William, left, and brother-in-law, William Dennis, as she weeps hysterically in Los Angeles today after a coroner's jury returned a split decision in the death of her foster son, Richard Mojica, 3. Mrs. McMahon, 24, admitted at the inquest that she whipped the tot shortly before he died. Six jurors ruled it accidental death. One juror called it "homicidal death by criminal means." Now it's up to the district attorney's office to decide what to do with Mrs. McMahon.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1963]

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