Ron Launius had been beaten to death on his bed while his wife was gravely beaten. She was found beside him on the floor.

Ron Launius’s wife, Susan, also lived in the Wonderland house. A drug user like her husband, she largely absented herself from gang activities. On 1 st July 1981, four unsolved murders occurred in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. The Wonderland murders which are also known as the Four on the Floor Murders or the Laurel Canyon Murders took place on that fateful day. It is believed that the assailants were targeted to murder five people in the known drug house of the Wonderland Gang. Three suspects, Eddie Nash, his henchman Gregory Diles and porn star John Holmes were arrested in connection to the Wonderland murders. However, they were all acquitted of their involvement in the murders. As the prowlers entered the house, they would first kill Barbara Richardson, Lind's 22 year-old girlfriend sleeping in the downstairs living room. Her body would be discovered in front of a sofa, half covered with a pink and white bedspread. She was just visiting the Wonderland house and unfortunately was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. So sad. In the rear downstairs bedroom the killers would happen upon Ronald Launius and his wife Susan, whose moans would later grab the attention of the mover. She was beaten and terribly mutilated but still alive and breathing. The killers then crept upstairs where they beat Miller to death on her bed, her boyfriend Deverell would be found lying in a corner of the same room, dead from a massive skull injury.The house at 8763 Wonderland Avenue. The entrance was via the steps near the lower-right corner of the photo. At the top of the stairs was an entry cage that required a buzzer to gain entrance. Pit Bulls were kept on the other side of the cage. Musician Josh Tillman has said that his output under the moniker Father John Misty was partly inspired by a relocation to and personal reinvention in Laurel Canyon. The song "I Went to the Store One Day", from his 2015 album I Love You, Honeybear, recounts the story of how Tillman met his wife, Emma, in the parking lot of the Laurel Canyon Country Store. [44] [45] Wonderland murders [ edit ]

However, he was ever the self-promoter. Although Sugerman portrayed himself as the manager of The Doors, he really wasn't. Keep in mind that Jim Morrison died while Sugerman's job was to answer fan mail and write fluff PR pieces. Danny was only 17 and had yet to graduate from high school when Morrison died. The film had its world premiere on September 8, 2003 at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. [5] The film was given a limited theatrical release by Lions Gate on October 3, 2003. [3] Home media [ edit ] He died on January 5, 2005, in Los Angeles, from lung cancer, [7] and is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.It's sort of sad. Danny makes peace with himself, yet he only died a few years ago. No, this is not a "spoiler" for the book is over ten years old. Lemons, Stephen (June 9, 2000). "Return to Wonderland (With his old pal Eddie Nash to be arraigned Monday in a 19-year-old murder case, the restless ghost of legendary porn star John Holmes once again stalks L.A.)". Salon. No calls to the police were made until 4:00 p.m. on July 1, more than twelve hours after the incident. This was when furniture movers working at the home next door to the crime scene heard Susan wailing and went to investigate. Neighbors would subsequently claim to have heard screams at about 3:00 a.m.