On June 2, 1917, Marie Vogel, a 32-year-old white woman, was murdered in Whittier, California, along with her three adopted children, aged approximately 1, 2, and 8. The perpetrator was George Jefferson Hassell, her common-law husband. Hassell later confessed to the crime, stating that the murders were not premeditated but occurred during a moment of rage. He claimed that he and Marie Vogel were "joking" when he suddenly found himself choking her, and subsequently, he choked her three children t
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