Walter Collins in an undated prison photo.
August 28, 1932: Christine Collins replies to the warden, saying that she is not yet ready to visit the grave of her husband, Walter, in the prison cemetery. She also says she is changing her name to Kathleen, “so as people will not be continually bringing up the terrible tragedy which I have experienced,” referring to the incident that inspired Clint Eastwood’s film Changeling.
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