GordonNorthcott was implicated in the murder of Collins, but because his mother had already confessed and been sentenced for it, the state did not prosecute Northcott for that murder.
A man named Gordon Stewart Northcott kidnapped, sexually abused, and murdered at least three, and possibly as many as twenty, young boys. It is believed that he had the help of his mother and his Canadian nephew to commit these crimes. On , WalterCollins disappeared.
· In March 1928, nine-year-old WalterCollins left his LosAngeles home to see a movie and never returned. His disappearance quickly drew national attention and exposed cracks in theLosAngelesPoliceDepartment, already under fire for corruption scandals.
With theLosAngelesPoliceDepartment then under fire for several corruption scandals and a grisly, still-unsolved child murder still baffling its investigators, its inability to trace a lost child was particularly embarrassing.
On , Walter, the son of single telephone operator Christine Collins, left their Mount Washington neighborhood with a dime to see a movie at a local theater and never returned, prompting Christine to report him missing after four days and initiating a widespread but fruitless LAPD manhunt involving thousands of tips across California.
· On , 9-year-old WalterCollins disappeared from LosAngeles, a likely victim of Gordon Stewart Northcott and the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.
· Gordon Stewart Northcott remains the prime suspect in WalterCollins’ disappearance. His horrible track record and the evidence found at the ranch make a compelling case against him.
