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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 ...
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.
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.
Wineville Chicken Coop murders: Gordon Stewart Northcott: Los Angeles, California, US Murdered At least three children – Lewis and Nelson Winslow and an unnamed Mexican boy (possibly Alvin Gothea) – were abducted by Gordon Northcott and accomplices, who sexually abused and killed them on Northcott's chicken farm in Wineville.
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 ...
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.
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 .
Sarah Northcott Los Angeles, California: March 10, 1928 December 21, 1928 A presumed victim of the Wineville Chicken Coop murders led by Gordon Stewart Northcott. Northcott's mother and accomplice pleaded guilty to killing Collins, but later recanted. Collins' remains were never located and his mother always refused to believe he was dead ...