Walter Collins
E834084
Walter Collins was the young Los Angeles boy whose 1928 disappearance and the subsequent police mishandling of the case became the basis for the film "Changeling."
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| ageAtDisappearance | 9 ⓘ |
| allegedKiller |
Gordon Stewart Northcott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarah Louise Northcott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Los Angeles Police Department misconduct scandal of 1928 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseInvolved |
institutionalization of his mother for insisting the boy was not her son
ⓘ
wrongful identification of another boy as Walter Collins ⓘ |
| caseLedTo |
legal action by Christine Collins against LAPD Captain J. J. Jones
ⓘ
public criticism of LAPD in late 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1928 ⓘ |
| disappearedOn | 1928-03-10 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Unknown Collins ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | presumed homicide ⓘ |
| hasEyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasHairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasMotherPortrayedBy | Angelina Jolie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the missing boy whose case inspired the film Changeling ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfCase | never conclusively solved ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction | character in the film Changeling ⓘ |
| mother | Christine Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1928 disappearance in Los Angeles
ⓘ
being central figure in the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders investigation ⓘ |
| occupation | child ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| placeOfDisappearance |
Lincoln Heights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Lincoln Heights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeCaseHandledBy | Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeDepartmentInvolved | LAPD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gattlin Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | Changeling (2008 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residedWith | Christine Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
numerous newspaper reports in 1928–1930
ⓘ
true crime books about the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| victimOf |
Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.