I have chosen a criminal case
file. I chose that because it’s a reason why somebody always do something.
Whether it’s a motive, push to the limit, or mentally ill. I’m hoping to find
out why the person committed the crime and, I want to find out about the person
family.
I started off confused. I didn’t
know where to start, where to look. I got frustrated. So, I went to the library
for some assistance. That where my research journey began. I had first gone to
newspaper.com. Then later went to ancestry.com. Also, I went to Prof. Soldani
office for more guidance, where I found out more information than I have
already had. Ancestry was a struggle because when I first start looking, I
couldn’t find much, but I learn how to create a tree and that when all the information
had come together. I’m still researching because I don’t feel as though, I had
found everything.
Vettelene Ormenta Klenzendorf was
born May 1896 in Etna, Siskiyou, CA. Her parents were Claude Jones
Williams(father) born April 21, 1857 in Missouri, USA and later died July 7,
1942 in Redding, Shasta County, California, USA and Minerva Williams(mother)
born March 11, 1871 in Adin, Modoc County, California, USA and later died
August 2, 1953 in Redding, Shasta County, California, USA who later married
Paul J Williams. Vettelene attended school and can read and write.
Vettelene married William Warren
Klenzendorf. Warren was born around 1895 in California. He died January 9, 1952
in Redding, Shasta County, California, USA. They have 2 children Everett Klenzendorf
and Cordelia Klenzendorf. Everett was born April 28,1915 in Alturas, Modoc
County, California, USA. Cordelia was born in 1916 in California. They both
went to school and can read and write.
Vettelene who later married Oscar J
Berghagen on July 11, 1939 in Jackson, Oregon. Oscar was born in 1911 in North
Dakota and later died June 1984, Fields Landing, Humboldt, California, USA. He
was 29 while she was 42.
Vettelene Klenzendorf was found
guilty for manslaughter on March 11, 1936 in San Quentin, Marin, California.
She was 38 with the occupation of a housewife and divorce. She was sentence 0
to 10 years. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours. She was sentence for the
slaying of her asserted secret lover El Roy Carr also known as Leroy Carr. She claims
the rifle fell to the floor and discharger accidently. He died the same day he
came home from an iron mountain mine in Medford, Oregon, where he married 21-year-old
Elizabeth Yager for 2 days before his death. He wrote a letter before he died. It
says, “Betty and I been together over 2 and half years. Decided can’t get along
without each other. All my fault. I’m sorry for everything.” was a shooting at
the cabin assertly occupied by Vettelene and Leroy past several years. Her 20-year-old
son Everett Klenzendorf was in custody. He is held as his mother is tried for
murder. Everett Klenzendorf was held by
police Saturday (1936) after purportedly confession that he committed the
alleged murder for which his mother is on trial. He confessed he and not his
mother had fired a bullet in Carr back. Attorney Glenn D. Newton found his
story highly improbable. He was at work at the time of the crime therefore he
couldn’t have. Her daughter, Cordelia, is the wife of the dead brother Robert
Carr.
