Kern County Obituaries

William Lowel Doyle

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 7 Apr 1955

Mail Man's Gruesome Discovery
Chuck Wilson, Star Route Mail Contractor, made a gruesome discovery 
Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1:20 p.m., as he drove up to the mail box of 
Truth Lane, near the Golden Queen mine dump. 
A young boy, who was later identified as William Lowel Doyle, 14, was lying  
near the mail box and blood was running from a wound later found to be in the 
center of the forehead.
Mr. Wilson took a quick look and immediately drove up to the Golden Queen 
Clinic to summon help. A nurse, Mrs. Morris, came down after calling the Sheriff's' 
office in Mojave.	
When Sgt. Ledwidge and deputy Shuell arrived at 1:38 p.m. the boy was found 
dead and O'Donnell ambulance removed the body to the mortuary. The house 
address of the boy was 2544 Honolulu, L. A. He had been visiting his aunt, Mrs. 
Lane.
In her statement to officers she said the boy had left the house 20 minutes 
before with a .22 rifle and said he had one shell left and was going hunting.
Coroner Stan Newman was notified and a coroner's investigation will be made to 
determine the cause of death.