Prisoners digging for bones on Northcott Chicken Ranch, Riverside County, 1928-1929
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- Source:
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Collection:
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
- Date:
- [between 1928-1920]
- Description:
- Gordon Stewart Northcott was accused of kidnapping, abusing & murdering 3 boys on a chicken ranch in Riverside County. His mother, Louisa Northcott, confessed to killing one boy, Walter Collins, and was sentenced to life in prison. Gordon was tried and convicted on 3 counts for murdering Louis & Nelson Winslow & an unidentified Latino boy. He was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930.
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- CC BY 4.0
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