Lax Family History & Genealogy

After surfing the web regarding murderers and the victims looking for subjects that had gone unsolved or other circumstances leaving the victim and family without closure. I came upon this child's untimely death, without a doubt this is the same young girl with the association of the time and date and the location. Lorna Lax was found hanging from a tree after brutally beaten by her attacker. I have copied and paste the description of her death as well as the confession of the suspected murder "November 14, 1959 - A 12-year-old girl named Lorna Lax vanishes in San Francisco. Her beaten, stabbed and strangled body was found in woods the next day. It was later discovered that she'd been prostituting herself to local boys. Clifford Fortner, a 15-year-old, eventually confessed to the killing and was incarcerated." But further information stated on the Murderpedia.com sit a blog written by panderingtomyself.blogspot.com ends with this comment "After the initial shock of the crime wore off, the juveniles involved disappeared into obscurity: a person by the name of Clifford Fortner still resides in Oakland, California, but the Lax family and Norman Fortner are nowhere to be found" I am curious as to why Clifford took this young girls life and if he was convicted of this crime there is no record of how much time he spent behind bars for her murder. What happened to his brother and where did the Lax Family disappear to? Here is another excerpt from the blog referring to the investigation. "In an allegedly post-coital rage, Clifford beat Miss Lax with a flashlight, then stabbed her with a steak knife (that he must have brought with him). He then tied a noose around Miss Lax neck and hung her from the fig tree under which they had had sexual intercourse. Miss Lax body was found the next day by the murderer's brother, Norman Fortner, age 13, who accepted an "invitation" from Miss Lax to "come see her fort." Further investigation and information to assure that this young man did serve time for his actions isn't listed or the disappearance of the Lax family were they ever located, was there more to the disappearance of the youths involved in this case go to Murderpedia.com look up the name Clifford Fortner and maybe there is someone who can make sure this young girl's murderer was properly sentence and served the time he should have for such a dhanias crime.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ellen Elizabeth Kerr .

George William Lax came to America in September 1856, with his children by his 1st wife, Elizabeth Sudron, (Thomas and Sarah) and 2nd wife Ann White.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Lax.

Mara J Lax of South Orange, Essex County, NJ was born on April 2, 1962, and died at age 43 years old on December 20, 2005.

Susanne Remaklus/lax was born on November 15, 1893. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Susanne Remaklus/lax.

Leona B Lax was born in Austria on Feb 4, 1898 to parents Ida Baumwurzel (1867-1943) and Max Lax (1865-1946). She had 4 siblings, Morris (1888-1966), Anna (1891-1969), Benjamin (1896-?), and Hannah Blossom Lax (1901-1992). She arrived in New York City, New York, USA in the year 1900 and moved to Queens. She married Melvin Pine (1900-1977) on Sep 14, 1924 in Queens, New York and they had one child together. They later divorced on July 1, 1952 in Garland Arkansas. Leona then remarried in Jan 1962. Leona B Lax passed away on Christmas Day, Dec 25, 1988, in Los Angeles, CA.

John C Lax of Arlington, Middlesex County, MA was born on July 23, 1911, and died at age 89 years old on July 14, 2001.

John Alexander Lax of Footscray Australia was born in 1905, and died at age 69 years old in 1974 in Footscray.

Eric Lax was born to Mara J Lax and Robert Lax, and has a sibling Samantha Lax. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eric Lax.

Zhuzhi Lax of Fiľakovo, Lučenec District County, Banská Bystrica Region Slovakia was born in 1937 in Fiľakovo, and died at age 6 years old in May 1944 at Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camp and Museum 20 Więźniów Oświęcimia, in Oświęcim, Powiat oświęcimski County, Małopolskie Poland.

Samantha Lax was born to Mara J Lax and Robert Lax, and has a sibling Eric Lax. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Samantha Lax.

Pfc Charles R. Lax was born on July 7, 1925. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Pfc Charles R. Lax.

Frank Lax was born on August 17, 1929. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Lax.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maryann Lax/Brown.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Amy Anna Lax.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John S Lax.

Otto R Lax of Denville, Morris County, NJ was born on May 9, 1927, and died at age 76 years old on June 5, 2003.

Naomi Lax of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ was born on October 14, 1928, and died at age 73 years old on January 26, 2002.

Raymond Lax of Bayville, Ocean County, NJ was born on June 15, 1927, and died at age 67 years old on June 30, 1994.