Gordon Northcott House
The case received national attention and events.
Gordon northcott house. This is the actual house where the serial killerpedifile gordon stewart northcott lived at in 1928. Sarah louise northcott was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of walter collins. In september 1928 sanford clarks mother winnefred reported her nephew as kidnapped to american authorities.
With the onset of autumn the pieces of the puzzle finally came together. Much of the evidence was found at his isolated ranch in wineville. Gordon stewart northcott was born in bladworth saskatchewan canada and raised in british columbiahe moved to los angeles california with his parents in 1924.
Northcott asked his father to purchase a plot of land in wineville california. Two years later nineteen year old northcott asked his father to buy a piece of land for him in wineville so that he could build a house and chicken ranch. These murders became known as the wineville chicken coop murders.
In 1924 at the age of 17 gordon stewart northcott moved with his parents to los angeles california from british columbia canada. Gordon stewart northcotts trial began in january 1929. They changed the name in 1930 because of all the negative publicity.
Image via murderpedia gordon northcott points with a pencil to a chicken house at his ranch where the state contends one of his alleged boy victims was slain. In 1926 gordon stewart northcott a 19 year old canadian chicken ranch owner took his 13 year old nephew sanford clark with the permission of the boys parents from the boys home in canada. A man named gordon stewart northcott would kidnap young boys from los angeles and riverside county molest them then murder them with an axe in chicken coops.
Northcott fired several defense attorneys and proceeded to defend himself. On this land gordon built a chicken ranch and a house with the help of his father who was in the construction business and his nephew sanford. Dubbed the the wineville chicken coop murderer by the press in 1928 he was convicted of kidnapping molesting and killing three boys in californias los angeles and riverside counties.
He admitted to abusing young boys because he loved them. Brought to light by the true movie the changeling starring angelina jolie. After arriving at his wineville california farm located in present day jurupa valley northcott beat and sexually abused him.
The house im talking about was the scene of brutal horrific crimes in 1928.