Found at Newspaper archives Lebanon Daily News and the Lebanon Daily Times Lebanon Pa Saturaday Evening June 8 1957 Front page Mother Kills Her Three Children; Tries Suicide DETROIT (UP)-A D e t r o i t mother killed her three young children today, drowning two of them in a bathtub and suffocating, the third. Police said the woman, Constance Wheeldon, 29, tried to take her own life by turning on the jets of a gas stove and a furnace after she called headquarters to report "I just killed my three children." The bodies of James, 4, and Deborah, 18 months, were found floating face down in the bathtub and the body of Diane, 6 months, was found on the floor of a bedroom when police broke into the Wheeldon's fashionable home in Detroit's northwest section. Mrs. Wheeldon collapsed when police arrived. Police said the woman's husband, George, a truck driver, was on the road at the time of the slayings. Mrs. Wheeldon gave no motive for murdering her children, according to police. Police said she apparently turned on the gas jets after making the call to headquarters. The front screen door was locked when police arrived. Mrs. Wheeldon tried to answer their knock at the door but collapsed before she reached the door. Police had to break into the house. They carried Mrs. Wheeldon out to the front lawn and then went back inside where they found the bodies of the children Hope this helps. Sharon