Geraldine Lillian Mann,
BHS 1970
Burbank Daily Review,
November 6, 1971Burbank's 11th victim of the year
Death believed caused by drugs
A 20-year-old Burbank woman became the city's apparent 11th victim of drug abuse when she died sometime Thursday November 5, 1971. The woman Geraldine Mann, was found by Burbank police lying in the front seat of her car about 11 a.m. Friday at 9th Street and Angeleno Avenue.
Of 13 previous
drug-related deaths in the city so far this tear, police said it appears that
five were accidents.
The body was actually
discovered by a Burbank woman who was out to water her lawn near the curb where
the vehicle was parked. She looked inside and saw the body, then called police.
"It's looks like
she has been dead since 7 or 8 p.m. Thursday," said police Investigator
J.V. Rodriguez. He said the cause of death appeared to be an overdose.
"But a coroner's report should tell for sure," he added.
Miss Mann, a longtime
Burbank resident, was described as a wonderful person, who was saving her money
to go to Hawaii. She was the third child in a family of five children. Police
said Miss Mann had no prior record of drug abuse.
"She visited me two
weeks ago and seemed happy and excited about the possibility of going to
Hawaii," said Mrs. Dorothy Rowles, a former neighbor of the girl.
Burbank's vice squad has
arrested 253 persons this year so far in 199 drug cases. "And these are
only adults." said Don Brown , vice investigator.
Police found a note in
Miss Mann's car, apparently from her mother. The note told the girl to pick up
a radiator cap for the car, then to go 4210 W. Magnolia and speak to Laura
Tutich.
Mrs. Tutich is the
director of The Bridge- A Way Across, an informal center for drug and other
youth-related problems. And 4210 W. Magnolia is the address of Bridge. Mrs.
Tutich said the girl never came to the center.
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