Dawn A. Driscoll Obituary

Dawn A. Driscoll attended Valhalla High School in El Cajon, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Dawn A. Driscoll.

Graduation Year	Class of 1978
Date of Passing	Sep 28, 1976
About	Dawn A. Driscoll Birth Date: Oct 6, 1960 Death Date: Sep 28, 1976 Age 15 Location: San Diego, CA Susan Marie Driscoll, the mother of Dawn Driscoll, was charged with murdering her husband and two children. On September 25, 1976 Susan Marie Driscoll, later found innocent by reason of insanity, for the deaths of her estranged husband John Walsh, and two children Philip (13) and Dawn (15). All three died as a result of gunshot wounds. Mrs. Driscoll said she shot John Walsh, 33, and her children, Dawn Driscoll, 15, and Slade Driscoll, 13, so they could 'all go to heaven. On September 27, 1976 Driscoll spent the night at her parents' home. The next morning she showed her parents a letter which she had written; both parents read the letter. Driscoll stated to her parents, “All of my family is dead.” She told her father that she wished to have the letter shown to Richard Avery, her social worker. That afternoon, Driscoll's father handed the letter to Avery. Avery looked at the letter and advised the father he ought to give the letter to his attorney. Driscoll's father gave the letter to Milton Silverman, her attorney in this matter, later that day. The same day, Avery called the sheriff's department to report a possible crime at 4670 Mayapan Drive, La Mesa, California, Driscoll's residence. There, deputies found the bodies of her husband and two children. in 1982, saying she has regained her sanity, a judge has freed a woman who admitted killing her estranged husband and two teenage children five years ago so they could 'all go to heaven. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1829492.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/06/04/Saying-she-has-regained-her-sanity-a-judge-has/6345392011200/