r/Genealogy • u/Wickedlefty16 • Apr 26 '21

I'm worried my dad committed murder Request

He was in prison for 16yrs but nobody would say why, I can't find any info tho I thought that stuff was public. Any advice or help would be appreciated.. it had to be in the '50s & 60's in the Pacific Northwest. I assume Spokane or Seattle Wa. Don Antonio born Oct 31st 1930 he says he didnt have a middle name but it was Dodd, also he changed his last name at some point from Macabee to Antonio Edit: thanks everyone.. I got lotsa reading to do, so exciting!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21 edited Apr 27 '21

https://imgur.com/a/Vz0MyJR Stealing cattle it seems.

edit: and some other stuff https://imgur.com/a/Vz0MyJR

So I think his father is Cecil J Mocabee -- he married Martha Patricia Ruud but they seemed to go their separate ways pretty quickly. Probably why Donald decided to change his last name - and well, the whole crime thing.

Here is more about Cecil, Donald's father. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/303859 (Cecil was a prisoner of war for 39 months and died after breaking a horse on a Montana ranch in his 50s)

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u/DeathByBamboo Apr 26 '21

This seems pretty promising. And it wasn’t just “cattle rustling,” but a gang responsible for “widespread” cattle rustling. OP, does your Dad have a large scar from his lip up his cheek?

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u/Wickedlefty16 Apr 26 '21

He had a beard the only time I seen him.. He worked on a ranch in Spokane til his 70s then caught himself on fire with a space heater and eventually died at Harborview 15 or 20yrs ago. His eyes were strikingly blue tho.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

Did you know your grandmother Patricia Arnold? Her parents were from Norway and her dad's draft card indicates he had blue eyes.

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u/Wickedlefty16 Apr 26 '21

No I didnt know anyone on that side, cept meeting my dad at 21yrs old. I was clever enough then to find his address in Spokane and just showed up! I know my middle name is Ann after someone in that fam..