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know whether he had even met Walter, she clung to the hope that Walter was still alive. Northcott sent
Christine a telegram shortly before his execution, saying he had lied when he denied that Walter was among his victims. He promised to tell the truth if she came in person to hear it. Just a few hours before the execution, Christine visited Northcott. But upon her arrival, he balked. When she confronted him, Northcott said "I don't want to see you. I don't know anything about it. I'm innocent."
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Christine became hopeful that her son might still be alive after her first interview with Gordon
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and killed three young boys with the help of his mother and Clark himself. Clark also testified about the murder of a fourth boy, a Mexican citizen (possibly Alvin Gothea). Northcott ordered Clark to burn the boy's severed head in a fire pit and crush the skull. Northcott stated that he "left the
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death sentence because she was a woman. During her sentencing hearing, she claimed that her son was innocent and offered numerous claims about his parentage, including that he was an illegitimate son of an English nobleman, that she was Gordon's grandmother and that he was the result of
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1135:"Error in Extradition Papers to Delay Northcott's Return: Officers Go On To See Suspect State Aides Discover Flaws in Legal Documents Burying Alive Charge Laid to Sanford Clark Examination Continues of "Death Farm" Clews"
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treeline with a rifle if he did not comply. For the next two hours, while Clark stalled, Northcott continued running. Finally, when Clark felt that the agents could protect him, he told them that Northcott had fled.
1877:"The written confession of the boy who finally revealed he was Arthur Hutchens, Jr., not Walter Collins, then later told juvenile authorities he was not Billy Fields. He was later identified as Arthur Hutchens."
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to the Riverside County Jail, where Northcott was temporarily being held, with the intent of hanging Northcott after the completion of his trial but before his sentencing. Police convinced the mob to disband.
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took different parts of the area of Mira Loma in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Wineville Avenue, Wineville Road, Wineville Park and other geographic references provide reminders of the community's former name.
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centers around the murders. In a flashback, the son of Ms. Evers, maid of the Hotel Cortez, is abducted by a man on Halloween. The surrounding events imply her son was one of Gordon Northcott's unidentified
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The evidence found in the graves consisted of "51 parts of human anatomy... those silent bits of evidence, of human bones and blood, have spoken and corroborated the testimony of living witnesses."
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was taken into protective custody. They had taken the bodies to a deserted area, where they were most likely burned in the night. The complete bodies were never recovered.
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to 23 months, as he "had impressed the Trustees with his temperament, job skills and his personal desire to live a productive life during his nearly two years there."
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good to my boy if they just won’t hang him!" After learning that her son would be hanged, Sarah begged the authorities to hang her as well. She served her sentence at
1823:"Hoax Discussed in Collins Suit: Hutchens Boy's Deception Subject of Argument Witnesses Tell of Seeming Truth of His Story Capt. Jones Lays Damage Action to Politics"
1166:"Youth's Nerves At High Tension: Northcott Embarrassed on Debarking from Train Request for Picture Brings Defiant Refusal Prisoner Lodged in Cell That Housed Hickman"
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1455:"Northcott put in Doomed Row: Slayer Becomes No. 46,597 at San Quentin Meeting With "Mother" May be Arranged Later Youth "Wisecracks" About Forthcoming Hanging"
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with his parents in 1924. Two years later, at the age of 19, Northcott asked his father to purchase a plot of land in the community of Wineville, located in
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2162:"The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders On 'AHS: Hotel' Are Real & Provide A Sad Backstory For Ms. Evers"
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episode "Haunted" features a character based on Gordon Stewart Northcott called the Hollow Creek Killer.
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Nothing is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott
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Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott
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1854:"Hutchens' confession"
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2324:Yale University Press
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1548:The Road Out of Hell
1535:The Road Out of Hell
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258:, also known as the
201:Guilty on all counts
2054:Represa, California
1858:photograph: b&w
1566:Whittier Daily News
1178:on February 1, 2013
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2542:1927 in California
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2495:2012-02-18 at the
2477:2017-02-02 at the
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2141:on October 6, 2014
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1790:Universal Pictures
1632:on October 9, 2008
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1234:. December 4, 1928
1231:The New York Times
1116:on January 4, 2013
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662:In popular culture
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2101:Los Angeles Times
2078:Flacco, Anthony,
2041:Los Angeles Times
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