At 10-years-old, child actress Judith Barsi, and her mother, Maria Barsi, were murdered in an apparent murder-suicide. Their killer - Judith's father and Maria's husband, Jozsef Barsi.
On August 9th, 1988, Judith and Maria were buried side by side in white caskets, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
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In June 2004, a fund was set up to get headstones for their graves. Judith's marker was placed on August 23, 2004 while one for her mother was placed on January 28, 2005. Judith's marker reads "Our Concrete Angel - Yep Yep Yep"
All of Judith's toys that were not destroyed by the fire were given to the local goodwill. The film, in which she voices the orphaned Anne-Marie, was released a year and a half after her death in 1989.
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Roughly two months after the Barsis death, the LA Times reported on September 7, 1988 that the CPS was scolded by a county advisory panel for dropping its investigation of threats of violence against Judith and Maria Barsi. The outcome of the investigation was that more funds be allocated so that social workers are not overburdened and that before a case is closed, the home should be visited and/or the child interviewed.
