Comments on: Laughing Gas Kills Two in La Jolla

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:29:18 +0000

Hi Bill!
Hope life has been kind to you all these years.
You can email me at: janehtillotson@hotmail.com

By: Bill Ainsworth

Bill Ainsworth — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:35:06 +0000

Clare Herrick and Jane Tillotson were the first two girls that I met after I arrived in La Jolla in 1965. We would meet before Lorna Shades Latin class at Muirlands junior high. I had joined the USAF in May before Clair died. What a shock that was. Hi Jane!

By: Dan Talboy

Dan Talboy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:55:52 +0000

What a waste of a great young beautiful girl, Claire Herrick, I went with her for awhile, till her mom said I was a bad influence on her, yet did she know the worst influences in her life were yet to come, after we split up.

By: Jane Tillotson

Jane Tillotson — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:18:33 +0000

Cannot believe it has been more than forty years since this tragedy. I was a very good friend of Clare’s when I lived in laJolla 1964-1966. We spent most weekends down at the Shores. I returned for a few weeks in August ‘68 just before starting senior year in McLean Va. We wrote back and forth all year. I received her final letter in late May. I heard about her tragic death upon returning home the evening of June 3rd. Personnally, it has haunted me all these years. She was beautiful and also a very talented artist who might have gone far in life. I graduated from high school the following weekend, worked that summer and went on to attend college in Santa Barbara, Ca. Clare is buried in Carmel Valley next to her mother who died in March 2007. You are not forgotten, dear Clare.

By: Dennis Downie

Dennis Downie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:55:44 +0000

Clare Herick was in my algerbra class at LJ Hi school. She was one of the most beautiful girls in school. Everyone, tell your kids and/or
grand kids not to mess with laughing gas

By: Ruffcorn

Ruffcorn — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:22:10 +0000

As a footnote. Nora has one adult child and lives in Nevada with her husband. Her health has suffered drastically over the years, most likely due to the long lasting effects of the laughing gas.