Kern County Obituaries

Carl Thomas Polk

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 14 May 1953

Lethal Dose of Rat Poison Fatal to Child
Carl Thomas Polk, age two years, of Pasadena, died at the Mojave Medical Center 
Tuesday, May 12th several hours after drinking a bottle of rat poison. The little boy, 
with his parents was visiting at the C. O. McLennan home, his grandparents, in 
Rosamond when the youngster found the poison. He was brought to Mojave Medical 
Center for emergency treatment and thr Fire Dept. was called when a resusitator was 
needed. He died in spite of all efforts to save him
The body was first taken to the O'Donnell Funeral Home but later removed to Kern 
General Hospital for post mortem examination by County pathologist Robert 
Huntington, Jr.