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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.
Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. [1] The story was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California.
Northcott may refer to: People. Bayan Northcott (1940–2022), English composer; Douglas Northcott (1916–2005), British mathematician; Gordon Stewart Northcott, Canadian serial killer; Gustavus A. Northcott, American politician serving 1905–1907; John Northcott (1890–1966), Australian general; Lawrence Northcott (1908–1986), Canadian ...
Tuplin was a murder victim from Margate, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her body was discovered weighted to a river bed six days after her disappearance. She had been shot twice in the head. Tuplin's alleged lover, 19-year-old William Millman, was arrested. He was convicted of her murder the following year and subsequently hanged.
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 ...
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons. [1] [2] There are gaps of time between the killings, which may range from a few days to months, or many years. [2]