Widow of controversial L.A. judge found stabbed to death in her bed in upscale neighborhood
The body of Antonia Maria Yager was discovered in her bed in upscale Windsor Square. A previous wife of Judge Thomas C. Yager, who died in 2008, passed away under suspicious circumstances almost 50 years ago.
BY DAVID BOROFF
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 2:42 PM
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The 86-year-old widow of a controversial Los Angeles judge was found stabbed to death on Monday.
The body of Antonia Maria Yager was discovered in her bed in upscale Windsor Square, authorities told the Los Angeles Times. She was found with multiple stab wounds "by a caretaker who comes over a couple times a day to take care of the animals,” Lt. John Radtke of the Los Angeles Police Department told CBS.
She was the wife of former Superior Court Judge Thomas C. Yager, who passed away at age 90 six years ago, KTLA reported.
It was just the third homicide in the historic neighborhood in the last 14 years,according to Los Angeles Times' crime statistics.
“This is a beautiful neighborhood, one of the best places to live in Los Angeles,” Radtke told KTLA.
A previous wife of Judge Yager passed away under suspicious circumstances almost 50 years ago. After just four days of marriage, his 61-year-old heiress bride disappeared from a cabin cruiser, according to Yager's obituary in the Metropolitan News-Enterprise.
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Judge Yager, 47 at the time of the 1965 incident, did not call the Coast Guard at the time because the boat's radio was not working, the obit said.
Anyone with information on Antonia Maria Yager's death should call the LAPD at 213-382-9470.
“People in this neighborhood care about this community," Radtke told KTLA. "They pay attention to people coming and going, so of course we are interested in anyone who might have seen anything out of the ordinary yesterday, or perhaps even the day before. We’re interested in anything that might have occurred in this area.”
