Walter Collins Gordon Northcott Christine Collins
An unidentified mexican national and brothers lewis and nelson winslow aged 12 and 10.
Walter collins gordon northcott christine collins. His mother christine collins gave him some money to go see a movie at a nearby theatre. 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. Los angeles public library the true number of boys gordon northcott sexually abused and murdered is still unknown and he never admitted to having any responsibility in the disappearance of walter collins.
While sarah northcott and her son gordon were being held in canada awaiting extradition to california sarah confessed to the murders including that of nine year old walter collins. His father was in folsom state prison for robbery. Gordon stewart northcott was ultimately convicted and executed for the killings of three other boys.
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. Although northcott had previously admitted to the killings being done by them he told christine that they did not kill walter. Christine ida collins 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 stewart northcott was born in bladworth saskatchewan canada and raised in british columbiahe moved to los angeles california with his parents in 1924. Collins met with northcott to discuss whether or not he and his mother had truly killed her son. Her search for the whereabouts of her son was chronicled in the 2008 clint e.
Unlike those cases there was no physical evidence of walter collins death found at the wineville ranch. His disappearance received nationwide attention and the los angeles police department followed up on hundreds of leads without success. They believed that walter collins was one of the victims of gordon stewart northcott a murderer who was responsible for killings in the infamous wineville chicken coop murders near los angeles.
But before being extradited to california she retracted her confession as did gordon northcott who had confessed to killing more than five boys. On march 10 1928 walter collins disappeared.