Carol Ann PEDERSON

1934 - 1970  (35 years)

• Name	Carol Ann PEDERSON
  Birth	3 Aug 1934	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Waitress
  Death	11 Jul 1970	Los Angeles County, California
  Burial	Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, Los Angeles County, California
  Notes	Described in the newspaper article as “an atrractive divorcee,” she and her two daughters were bludgeoned to death by a 25 year-old former renter named Gerard Trent. A maintenance worker whose family once shared the home where an attractive divorcee and her two daughters were beaten to death was booked on suspicion of their murders Sunday. Mrs. Carolyn Stafford, 37, and her daughters, Julie, 8. and Carol Lynn, 17, were bludgeoned to death in their beds, sometime Saturday night in what police termed a “copycat” killing similar to the claw hammer attack which killed two members of a San Gabriel family and critically injured three others last week. The suspect was identified as Gerard Trent Jr., 25, who, together with his wife, Bonnie, 22, and her two children by a previous marriage, lived on the second floor of the Staffords’ two-story Wilshire District home. Police said Trent “looks like a prime suspect in the case.” He reportedly had argued with Mrs. Stafford about the time he and his family moved out last month. They had lived in the Stafford home about one month. Detective Sgt. Bob Calkins of the homicide division said several “blunt instruments” which could have been used in the slayings were impounded. However, he refused to identify the weapons. Police refused to speculate about a motive or release evidence which they said linked Trent to the slayings. However, they said there were “several inconsistencies” in statements he made to officers after he was arrested at his job Sunday afternoon. Trent was later charged with three counts of murder and one count of assault with intent to commit rape.
  Person ID	I15039	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Arne Parnell PEDERSON,   b. 4 Apr 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Apr 1937, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Ann DILLON,   b. Abt 1908, North Dakota d. 25 Aug 1969, Los Angeles County, California (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1929	Clay County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F10287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	STAFFORD
  Children	1. Carolyn STAFFORD,   b. 14 Jul 1953, New Mexico d. 11 Jul 1970, Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California (Age 16 years)   2. Julie STAFFORD,   b. 3 Oct 1962, California d. 11 Jul 1970, Los Angeles County, California (Age 7 years)
  Family ID	F11103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2024