A mile from Mr. Dumas's house, Mary McIvor sits in a ramshackle bungalow mere steps from the charred foundation of a house she lost to flames 10 years ago.

He received his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University in 1996. Since 1996, Ian has been a prosecutor for the Contra Costa County District Attorney.His mother, Mary McIvor, preceded Ian in death.

She was born April 13, 1919 in Los Angeles, the daughter of silent film actors William Desmond and Mary McIvor. She appeared in several films herself, with a particularly charming turn as Abbie ...