A chilling tale of family tragedy and alleged brutality unfolded in the nation’s capital on December 3, 1930, as police investigated the shocking deaths of two innocent children. Albert Pumphrey, a 37-year-old employee of a local baking concern, was formally indicted by a grand jury for the first-degree murder of his own children, Doris, 5, and James, 4. The gruesome double homicide shook the quiet streets of Southeast Washington D.C., where Pumphrey had taken the lives of his own offspring at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Watts, at 1207 B Street Southeast.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington D.C.
- Category: Violent Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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