They’ve been around. I think most agree they are probably genuine. I wouldn’t vilify her on this account, though. She was what I would call “Bohemian”, based only on the general circumstances that are known to me. I have no idea what she was like personally, but she seems like a humdinger.
Another posted noted that these were done when she was a teenager. Who took the photographs? What was the purpose of the photographs (i.e. were they “art photos”, photos for which she was paid, photos taken by a boyfriend, etc.)?
Wow, read the comments after the LA Times article. One says how Stanley “loved her son”. Yeah, enough to dump him on her parents laps for 8 YEARS. She ABANDONED him.