Gordon Northcott Christine Collins House
The son of christine collins walter collins went missing on march 10 1928after having been given money by his mother to go to the movies.
Gordon northcott christine collins house. It was this pretext building a chicken ranch at wineville that northcott used to bring sanford from bladworth to the united states. Christine ida collins december 14 1888 december 8 1964 was an american woman who made national headlines during the late 1920s and 1930s after her nine year old son walter collins went missing in 1928. Gordon northcott was found guilty of the murders of three of the boys sentenced to death and hanged in 1930.
Gordon stewart northcott was born in bladworth saskatchewan canada and raised in british columbiahe moved to los angeles california with his parents in 1924. Two years later at age 19 northcott asked his father to purchase a plot of land in the community of wineville located in riverside county california where he built a chicken ranch and a house with the help of both his. Tragically the answer came in the form of a brutal young man named gordon northcott.
The body parts that were found coupled with the testimony of sanford clark resulted in a death sentence for gordon northcott and a life sentence for his mother sarah louise northcott. On september 20 th they were captured in british columbia and confessed at last to their heinous crimes. During the trial testimony of gordon northcott the state of california concluded that christine collinss son walter collins had been murdered in the wineville chicken coop murders.
In december the police took northcott back to his ranch in an attempt to get more information. In august 1928 sanfords older sister 19 year old jessie clark. While gordon described killing five boys his mother described killing and burying walter collins.
His mother was found guilty of murdering walter collins and given a life sentence but the strange story of the chicken coop murders did not end there. Advertisement northcott a saskatchewan native had relocated to wineville california in 1926 just outside. They arrested his mother sarah louise northcott in alberta.
After arriving at his wineville california farm located in present day jurupa valley northcott beat and sexually abused him. On september 20 1928 gordon stewart northcott was arrested in british columbia. The winslow boys library book boy scout badges and letters were found in the northcott house though nothing remained of the collins boy.
Shortly after arthur hutchins went home christine collins was released from the institution.