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 .

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

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.

Bertram Lax of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on January 13, 1925, and died at age 65 years old on June 8, 1990.

Bernard Lax of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on February 15, 1907, and died at age 80 years old on September 19, 1987.

Harry Lax of Peekskill, Westchester County, NY was born on March 29, 1923 in Roumania, and died at age 88 years old on June 27, 2011.

Larry Lax of Wallingford, Delaware County, PA was born on August 1, 1921 in Czechoslovakia, and died at age 88 years old on March 18, 2010.

Rafe Welcome Lax of Shelby County, Tennessee United States was born on December 30, 1902, and died at age 59 years old on August 19, 1962. Rafe Lax was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section J Site 11175 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis.

David Lax of Rego Park, Queens County, NY was born on August 26, 1917 in Hungary, and died at age 73 years old on April 19, 1991.

David Lax of Red Hook, Dutchess County, NY was born on May 15, 1910, and died at age 80 years old on July 24, 1990.

Thomas E Lax of Westland, Wayne County, MI was born on September 2, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on February 3, 1998.

Raymond E Lax of Topeka, Shawnee County, KS was born on April 28, 1928, and died at age 49 years old on March 21, 1978. Raymond Lax was buried at Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery Section S Site 32 in Fort Leavenworth.

Milton A Lax of Flushing, Queens County, NY was born on February 20, 1917, and died at age 72 years old on April 26, 1989.

William E Lax of Canton, Madison County, MS was born on October 15, 1918, and died at age 81 years old on December 8, 1999.

William L Lax of Edison, Middlesex County, NJ was born on July 2, 1912, and died at age 60 years old in June 1973.

William Lax of Millburn, Essex County, NJ was born on November 30, 1917, and died at age 77 years old on August 13, 1995.

Robert W Lax of Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee was born on February 11, 1925, and died at age 43 years old in August 1968.

Robert S Jr Lax of Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania was born on August 15, 1914, and died at age 62 years old in July 1977.

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.