Anna Corbin was born Anna Laura Lawton (also known as Anna Laura McColm) on January 16, 1898. She was the daughter of Etta Edna Little (1865-1945) and Wilber Austin Lawton (1857-1936)of Kansas. Anna grew up in Kansas and was raised by her aunt and uncle in Emporia, Kansas. They adopted Anna, from what family genealogical records state. In 1918 she married Robert Travis Corbin, and had their first child Harold in 1919. Later they moved westward. In Colorado they had their second child Avis, and later moved to Southern California stopping in Whittier for a few years and then onto Ione CA. That is where Anna became the Head Housekeeper for the first California Youth Authority reform school, Preston School of Industry.
Anna's name became infamously attached to the "Preston School of Industry" when she was found brutally murdered in the supply room/storage area (located in the basement of the Administration Building at the Preston School of Industry) on February 23, 1950. Eugene Monroe, who was the main suspect of the murder, was tried 3 times and acquitted at the last trial. Officially, the murder was never solved.
During my research of Anna's story, I have come to the conclusion based on various evidence and the fact Monroe was the main suspect in three very similar murders: Vesta Sapenter, 1947; Anna Corbin, 1950; Dorothy Waldrop, 1951, that Eugene Monroe was in all probability Anna's murderer, despite the fact he was exonerated from the crime. In the murder of Dorothy Waldrop, Monroe was found guilty and served 29 years in prison in Oklahoma.
Anna's son Harold Jay Corbin, only 24 years old, was killed in action during the war in 1943. He was stationed out of Presidio of Monterey, Army Air Force (2LT # 0-666635). Buried March 14, 1950 at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Anna's husband, Robert T. Corbin died on May 29,1947 in Napa, California. He is buried at East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento.
She was survived by her daughter, Avis Corbin Barone of Sacramento. Besides being a motherly example to the boys at Preston, Mrs. Corbin was also very much loved in the Ione Community. She was active in several groups including the Ione Women's Club and a member of the choir in the Ione Methodist Church.
(--information on Anna's life and death was researched, obtained and written by investigative writer/author J'aime Rubio)
Anna's name became infamously attached to the "Preston School of Industry" when she was found brutally murdered in the supply room/storage area (located in the basement of the Administration Building at the Preston School of Industry) on February 23, 1950. Eugene Monroe, who was the main suspect of the murder, was tried 3 times and acquitted at the last trial. Officially, the murder was never solved.
During my research of Anna's story, I have come to the conclusion based on various evidence and the fact Monroe was the main suspect in three very similar murders: Vesta Sapenter, 1947; Anna Corbin, 1950; Dorothy Waldrop, 1951, that Eugene Monroe was in all probability Anna's murderer, despite the fact he was exonerated from the crime. In the murder of Dorothy Waldrop, Monroe was found guilty and served 29 years in prison in Oklahoma.
Anna's son Harold Jay Corbin, only 24 years old, was killed in action during the war in 1943. He was stationed out of Presidio of Monterey, Army Air Force (2LT # 0-666635). Buried March 14, 1950 at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Anna's husband, Robert T. Corbin died on May 29,1947 in Napa, California. He is buried at East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento.
She was survived by her daughter, Avis Corbin Barone of Sacramento. Besides being a motherly example to the boys at Preston, Mrs. Corbin was also very much loved in the Ione Community. She was active in several groups including the Ione Women's Club and a member of the choir in the Ione Methodist Church.
(--information on Anna's life and death was researched, obtained and written by investigative writer/author J'aime Rubio)
Anna Corbin was born Anna Laura Lawton (also known as Anna Laura McColm) on January 16, 1898. She was the daughter of Etta Edna Little (1865-1945) and Wilber Austin Lawton (1857-1936)of Kansas. Anna grew up in Kansas and was raised by her aunt and uncle in Emporia, Kansas. They adopted Anna, from what family genealogical records state. In 1918 she married Robert Travis Corbin, and had their first child Harold in 1919. Later they moved westward. In Colorado they had their second child Avis, and later moved to Southern California stopping in Whittier for a few years and then onto Ione CA. That is where Anna became the Head Housekeeper for the first California Youth Authority reform school, Preston School of Industry.
Anna's name became infamously attached to the "Preston School of Industry" when she was found brutally murdered in the supply room/storage area (located in the basement of the Administration Building at the Preston School of Industry) on February 23, 1950. Eugene Monroe, who was the main suspect of the murder, was tried 3 times and acquitted at the last trial. Officially, the murder was never solved.
During my research of Anna's story, I have come to the conclusion based on various evidence and the fact Monroe was the main suspect in three very similar murders: Vesta Sapenter, 1947; Anna Corbin, 1950; Dorothy Waldrop, 1951, that Eugene Monroe was in all probability Anna's murderer, despite the fact he was exonerated from the crime. In the murder of Dorothy Waldrop, Monroe was found guilty and served 29 years in prison in Oklahoma.
Anna's son Harold Jay Corbin, only 24 years old, was killed in action during the war in 1943. He was stationed out of Presidio of Monterey, Army Air Force (2LT # 0-666635). Buried March 14, 1950 at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Anna's husband, Robert T. Corbin died on May 29,1947 in Napa, California. He is buried at East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento.
She was survived by her daughter, Avis Corbin Barone of Sacramento. Besides being a motherly example to the boys at Preston, Mrs. Corbin was also very much loved in the Ione Community. She was active in several groups including the Ione Women's Club and a member of the choir in the Ione Methodist Church.
(--information on Anna's life and death was researched, obtained and written by investigative writer/author J'aime Rubio)
Anna's name became infamously attached to the "Preston School of Industry" when she was found brutally murdered in the supply room/storage area (located in the basement of the Administration Building at the Preston School of Industry) on February 23, 1950. Eugene Monroe, who was the main suspect of the murder, was tried 3 times and acquitted at the last trial. Officially, the murder was never solved.
During my research of Anna's story, I have come to the conclusion based on various evidence and the fact Monroe was the main suspect in three very similar murders: Vesta Sapenter, 1947; Anna Corbin, 1950; Dorothy Waldrop, 1951, that Eugene Monroe was in all probability Anna's murderer, despite the fact he was exonerated from the crime. In the murder of Dorothy Waldrop, Monroe was found guilty and served 29 years in prison in Oklahoma.
Anna's son Harold Jay Corbin, only 24 years old, was killed in action during the war in 1943. He was stationed out of Presidio of Monterey, Army Air Force (2LT # 0-666635). Buried March 14, 1950 at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Anna's husband, Robert T. Corbin died on May 29,1947 in Napa, California. He is buried at East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento.
She was survived by her daughter, Avis Corbin Barone of Sacramento. Besides being a motherly example to the boys at Preston, Mrs. Corbin was also very much loved in the Ione Community. She was active in several groups including the Ione Women's Club and a member of the choir in the Ione Methodist Church.
(--information on Anna's life and death was researched, obtained and written by investigative writer/author J'aime Rubio)
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