Somehuman bones and a blood-soaked mattress did turn up, and it proved that Nelson and Lewis Winslow, Walter, and a ranch hand, Alvin Gothea, had all been tragically murdered.11, It was December 3 when Gordon Stewart Northcott confessed to the murders of the Winslow brothers and Alvin Gothea. 's identity was exposed, Christine Collins demanded justice for her false imprisonment. It turns out that Gordon Norcott's mother killed Walter Collins after he was found and by the orders of her son. The Los Angeles Police Department was already under investigation for several corruption scandals and their inability to locate Walter Collins was rather embarrassing. When U.S. authorities got the information of Gordon Northcotts actions, they made an immediate visit to his residence in Wineville, to a ranch out in the middle of nowhere. Christine believed Northcott. Who controlled the House of Representatives in 1982? A must watch. A man named Gordon Stewart Northcott and his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, were being investigated for abducting, abusing and killing young boys at their poultry ranch, in what became known asthe "Wineville Chicken Coop Murders". The 2008 film, Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, dramatized the events of the case. He knew that if he pretended to be Walter, he would have a one way ticket to Los Angeles and an increased chance of making it in the movies, and even meet some of his favorite stars. Christine used Waltersdental records to prove the difference in Walter and the boy who now lived with her. I really wish this story were more important to people than it is. The state chose not to prosecute Gordon Northcott for Walter's murder and instead brought him to trial for the murders of three other young boys for which there was also forensic evidence. Days after shewas released, 'Walter' finally told the truth. He threw her into a psychiatric ward in Los Angeles County General Hospital on a Code 12 which allowed police to get rid of troublemakers by throwing them into psychiatric hospitals. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. [11] She died in 1964[12] and was buried in Los Angeles. Eventually he told them his real name was Walter Collins from Los Angeles and that he had been avoiding their questions to protect his father. Sanford Clark told everything to the police about what took place. I want to believe that police take every accusation or reference seriously but this breaks my spirt in the fact that they did not take her seriously. Three weeks after their reunion, Christine Collins brought the boy back to the police station. While stopped at an Illinois roadside cafe, Arthur said, he listened to a diner tell him how much he resembled the kidnapped boy from Los Angeles, whose picture had appeared in newspapers nationwide. Gordon Stewart Northcott was ultimatelyconvicted and executed for the killings of three other boys: an unidentified Mexican national, and brothers Lewis and Nelson Winslow, aged 12 and 10. Prior nephew Sanford Wesley Clark stated that Gordon, Sarah and he killed Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. He worked at the prisons cafeteria and was responsible for reporting other inmates infractions. He admitted to abusing young boys because he loved them. Letters and photographs were exchanged before Christine Collins paid for the boy to be brought to Los Angeles. He never returned from the show. There was police corruption, a cover up to make them look good, mistreatment of someone who was in the right, and not even a spec of doubt on compensation for the women they have done wrong.