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[[File:Jozsef Istvan Barsi.png|thumb|300px|right|József Istvan Barsi]]

'''József Istvan "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor who was best known as the father of child actress [[w:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by social rejection in his native Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life.

'''József Istvan "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor and banjo/fiddle musician<ref name = "lundberg">[http://judithbarsi.dc-lundberg.net/ Judith Barsi in Memoriam]</ref> who was best known as the father of child actress [[w:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by social rejection in his native Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life.

==Early life and marriages==

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==Murder-suicide==

Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25, 1988, while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name = "Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name = "Documentary"/> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name=latimes /> He then poured gasoline on the bodies and set them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> He later went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name = "fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>

While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9th, 1988, the location of József's grave is a mystery.<ref name = "lundberg"/>

==References==

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 [[File:Jozsef Istvan Barsi.png|thumb|300px|right|József Istvan Barsi]]
-'''József Istvan "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi'''  (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor who was best known as the father of child actress [[w:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by social rejection in his native Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life.
+'''József Istvan "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi'''  (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor and banjo/fiddle musician<ref name = "lundberg">[http://judithbarsi.dc-lundberg.net/ Judith Barsi in Memoriam]</ref> who was best known as the father of child actress [[w:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by social rejection in his native Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life.
 ==Early life and marriages==
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 ==Murder-suicide==
 Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25, 1988, while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name = "Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name = "Documentary"/> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name=latimes /> He then poured gasoline on the bodies and set them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> He later went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name = "fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>
+While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9th, 1988, the location of József's grave is a mystery.<ref name = "lundberg"/>
 ==References==
 <references/>