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Canadian serial killer (1906–1930)

Gordon Stewart Northcott (November 9, 1906 – October 2, 1930) was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist, and child abductor who was convicted of the murders of three young boys in California, U.S., and confessed to the murders of nine in total.

Sentenced to death, he was executed on October 2, 1930.

Biography

Gordon Stewart Northcott was born in Bladworth, Saskatchewan, and raised in British Columbia.

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He moved to Los Angeles with his parents in 1924.

Northcott asked his father to purchase a plot of land in Wineville, California. On this land, he built a chicken ranch and a house with the help of his father—who was in the construction business—and his nephew, Sanford Clark. It was under this pretext that Northcott brought Sanford from Bladworth to the United States.

Wineville Chicken Coop murders

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While residing at his chicken ranch, Northcott abducted an undete The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders - Crime Museum HOQOF