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A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Item ID
1379AN
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A 58-year-old woman was raped and her house robbed by two males in their 20's.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1382AN
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Mrs. Irene Wiley was freed on the charge that she was wilfully cruel to her 13-year-old daughter Susan Wiley, aka "Genie." The article was written by Lucie Lowery. A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See VF "Wiley, Susan" for hard copy.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1970
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Suicides
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31750AN
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Obituary/death notice. Lillian Lehman, 90, was found dead in her home. She may have been a murder victim.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1988
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lehman, Lillian
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
28377AN
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A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31748AN
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Police have arrested a 16 year old Arcadia High School student on suspicion of firing a gun Monday afternoon at two teenagers involved in an on-campus brawl several hours earlier.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
16AN
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80 year old Ruth Lubin of Arcadia has been selected to read the first poem she ever wrote at the World of Poetry convention in New York in September.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Lubin, Ruth
Item ID
573AN
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John Allsbury, 39, the Arcadia auto broker accused of felony grand theft, was found guilty of nine felony counts of grand theft and nine misdemeanor counts of operating his auto brokerage without a state license. Sentencing was scheduled for March 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 14, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 14, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Auto Marketing Concepts
Item ID
754AN
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A woman pedestrian was critically injured in a hit and run and an Arcadia police officer suffered injuries in a second mishap, both in heavy traffic outside Santa Anita Park. The female victim also suffered the theft of her purse just minutes before the auto mishap.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
3401AN
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Arcadia resident Linda Baum will serve as the Grand Marshall for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses equestrian unit. Baum will ride her 17-year-old pinto, Royal Warrior.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Baum, Linda
Item ID
3381AN
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On February 27, 1979, James Hooper, an Arcadia mailman, entered an Arcadia residence through a window when he heard moaning inside. An elderly woman, living alone, had fallen and broken her hip. On February 26, 1981, Hooper again heard moaning sounds at the same residence and entered to find the same woman had again fallen. She was taken to the hospital.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
Subjects
Postal Service - Hooper, James
Item ID
2242AN
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"Captive Girl" Susan (aka 'Genie') Wiley's father Clark Wiley committed suicide. Clark Wiley shot himself minutes before he was to have appeared in Alhambra Municipal Court on charges of child abuse. The article was written by Dick Lloyd. With related stories "Note tells instructions for funeral (p. 1)," "A story he wanted to tell sealed by death of father (p. 6)," "Changed laws could have averted tragedy (p. 6)," and "Mrs. Wiley shelters at welfare agency: custody hearing Monday (p. 6)." A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie".

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Suicides
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31749AN
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Collectors of old horse drawn buggies. She is the daughter of Carl Kophaner, who had a corn stand at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Barton, Arly and Bill.
Item ID
597AN
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Theresa Eskola, 63, head housekeeper at the 87-room Motel 6 across from the Santa Anita Park race track, is the first employee to work 25 years for the hotel chain. Her gifts included $2500 in $100 bills, a limousine ride and the day off. Photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Eskola, Theresa
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
1526AN
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Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1392AN
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Janet S. Maynard was arrested for trying to raffle off her $250,000 home for $25 a ticket. She organized the raffle because she has been unable to sell the house and was facing foreclosure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2331
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Real Estate
Item ID
2290AN
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Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - Lehman, Lillian
Item ID
1380AN
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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1367AN
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Bernice "Bee" Siemens, prominent in Arcadia civic affairs died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. She and her family have been residents of Arcadia since 1952. Article has biographical sketch and her activities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Siemens, Bernice "Bee"
Item ID
3212AN
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Two security guards foiled an auto theft in Methodist Hospital's parking lot. Eight arrests were made and two stolen cars were recovered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1391
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1390AN
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Newspaper Index
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