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Gordon Stewart Northcott (November 9, 1906 – October 2, 1930) was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist, and child abductor who was convicted of the murders of three young boys in California, U.S., and confessed to the murders of nine in total. Sentenced to death, he was executed on October 2, 1930.
Gordon Stewart Northcott was born in Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada and raised in British Columbia.He moved to Los Angeles, California with his parents in 1924. Two years later, at the age of 19, Northcott asked his father to purchase a plot of land in the community of Wineville, located in Riverside County, where he built a chicken ranch and a house with the help of his father and his nephew ...
In 1929, Gordon Stewart Northcott was found guilty of abducting, molesting, and killing three young boys in what became known as the Wineville Chicken Coop murders. Northcott's mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, confessed in late 1928 to her participation in the murder of Walter Collins as being amongst her son's victims.
Detective Lester Ybarra travels to a Wineville ranch to deport 15-year-old Sanford Clark to Canada. Clark's uncle, Gordon Stewart Northcott, has fled. Clark tells Ybarra that Northcott forced him to help kidnap and murder 20 children. He identifies Walter as one of them, and digs up body parts.
Murder of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a swimming hole [10] [159] 6: Barbara Graham: Burbank: 1943-03-09: Murdered widow Mabel Monohan in home burglary; Graham later depicted in I Want to Live! [10] [7] [160] 7: Black Dahlia: Los Angeles: 1947-01-14: Unsolved murder and mutilation of 22-year-old woman [10 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial murder as "a series of two or more murders ...
He was later determined to have been murdered by Gordon Stewart Northcott in what was known as the Wineville Chicken Coop murders. His disappearance and the attempt by the Los Angeles police department to convince his mother that a different boy was her son formed the basis of the 2008 film Changeling .
Pages in category "1928 murders in the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Gordon Stewart Northcott; R. Arnold Rothstein; S.