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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 ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Gordon Stewart Northcott; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Crímenes de Wineville; Gordon Stewart Northcott
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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.
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