Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

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child abduction case criminal case series of murders

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders were a series of notorious child abductions and killings in late-1920s California that led to a major scandal over police corruption and inspired the film "Changeling."

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Surface form	Occurrences
Wineville Chicken Coop murders	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	child abduction case ⓘ criminal case ⓘ series of murders ⓘ
accomplice	Sanford Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Louise Northcott NERFINISHED ⓘ
afterEffect	lasting stigma on former town name Wineville ⓘ renaming of Wineville to Mira Loma ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wineville Chicken Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ
caused	criticism of Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ public scandal over police corruption ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfArrestOfPerpetrator	1928 ⓘ
dateOfExecutionOfPerpetrator	1930-10-02 ⓘ
endTime	1928 ⓘ
hasPart	abduction of Walter Collins ⓘ abduction of Winslow brothers ⓘ
inspiredWork	film "Changeling" NERFINISHED ⓘ various true crime books ⓘ
investigatedBy	Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Riverside County authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
legalOutcome	Gordon Stewart Northcott convicted of murder ⓘ Sarah Louise Northcott convicted of complicity ⓘ
location	Riverside County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Wineville, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainVenue	Northcott chicken ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive national press coverage in the United States ⓘ
methodOfKilling	blunt force trauma ⓘ strangulation ⓘ
motive	kidnapping for exploitation ⓘ sexual sadism ⓘ
notableFigure	Christine Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfVictims	at least 3 confirmed ⓘ possibly more than 20 ⓘ
perpetrator	Gordon Stewart Northcott NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	late 1920s ⓘ
relatedCase	Christine Collins vs. Los Angeles Police Department lawsuit ⓘ
significantEvent	arrest of Gordon Stewart Northcott ⓘ execution of Gordon Stewart Northcott ⓘ trial of Gordon Stewart Northcott ⓘ
startTime	1926 ⓘ
theme	child victimization ⓘ institutional corruption ⓘ police misconduct ⓘ
victim	Lewis Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ unidentified boys ⓘ

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Changeling → basedOn → Wineville Chicken Coop Murders ⓘ

Christine Collins → associatedWith → Wineville Chicken Coop Murders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wineville Chicken Coop murders