PART TWO
Following the murder-suicide of Dr. Perelson and his wife on that night in 1959, the surviving children were taken east to live with Lillian’s family. Names were changed in an effort to put the terror of that night behind them and although such memories can last a lifetime, the lives which they had lived that have lead up to the present appear to be good ones, at least on the outside. There’s no telling what nightmares invade their sleep...
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The Los Feliz murder house as it became known as, sat dark and silent and empty for a year before it was sold at a probate auction, by a couple named Julian and Emily Enriquez. What is the beginning of another mystery surrounding the house is why they never moved into the house after purchasing it or why they never bothered to rent it out. According to an interview with Rudy Enriquiz, their son who inherited the property when his mother Emily died in 1994, he told a Los Angeles Times reporter that the house was used “for storage” without further explanation. But one look through grimy windows says more. Those who have mustered up the courage to peek into the house through those windows showed a house frozen in time. The furniture which had filled the house dated back to the 1950‘s and there were sheets covering many of the pieces of retro-furniture, giving it the appearance of a B-grade horror movie. Wrapped Christmas gifts covered with years upon years of dust sit upon a table.Rudy Enriquez also chose not to live in the house at 2475 Glendower Place over the years although the opportunity existed. Instead, it continued to sit there dark and silent most nights, a monument to the grizzly events of that December night when “The Doctor” killed his wife and then himself. I say most nights because when a home with such notoriety such as this is brought to public attention, it is bound to bring out those who are curious and intrigued by the events, hoping to catch a splattering of blood on the wall, or to see the Christmas presents that sat waiting for a family that would never open them. It is also sad to think that others began to come to the address as the times changed - drug addicts and the homeless in need of a place to get off of the streets, hookers and vandals and yes, even those who came to search and loot the property in hopes of making a quick buck selling items from the “Murder House.” Eventually, alarms were installed on the property along with motion sensitive lights and a chain was placed at the bottom of the driveway to keep out cars and other vehicles from driving up to the house.
Recently, Rudy Enriquez, who was the last owner of the property, passed away and the house has come on the market once more. Which kind of brings us full circle to the beginning of the story. But I’m still a bit puzzled about a few things. Before the house was “cleaned up” for the market placement this past March, there were a few items about the house that I would like to mention. First, what’s with the Christmas Presents that were on the table, and the Christmas tree which sat in one corner of the room. The Perelson’s were Jewish and didn’t celebrate Christmas. Also, the events of the murder-suicide occurred in December of 1959, yet there was a Life Magazine that was from May 9, 1960 - only a few months after the dark deed. Next is the can of spaghetti-O’s that was found in the kitchen. According to reliable sources, Spaghetti-O’s didn’t hit the market until the mid-sixties, long after the murder-suicide took place. If the Enriquez family didn’t live in the house as they claim, then why is there signs of habitation within? And I seriously doubt that squatters would set up a tree and place presents under it! But, I shall leave it there, at that - No more questions.
The house has been cleaned up and the decades old belongings of those past times cleared away, the Los Feliz house made ready for anyone who might be interested in owning it. Of course, if they plan on keeping the house, it’ll need some fixing up. Most likely it will be torn down and a new abode built in it’s place. But I doubt that a new house will be enough to cleanse the history of the property and the memories of those who knew what occurred there on that night in 1959.
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