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Shocking toll: Philip White, increasingly depressed over his inability to find work, killed his wife and children and then burned himself in his car, above.
Shocking toll: Philip White, increasingly depressed over his inability to find work, killed his wife and children and then burned himself in his car, above.

Shocking toll: Philip White, increasingly depressed over his inability to find work, killed his wife and children and then burned himself in his car, above.

Date6/21/1984
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0126586F
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