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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.
On February 8, 1929, a 27-day trial before Judge George R. Freeman in Riverside County, California, ended. Gordon Northcott was convicted of the murders of an unidentified Mexican boy and brothers Lewis and Nelson Winslow (aged 12 and 10, respectively).
The murders were carried out by Gordon Stewart Northcott, a 19-year-old farmer who had moved to the U.S. from Canada two years prior, as well as his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, and his nephew, Sanford Clark. Northcott was arrested while visiting his sister in Canada in November 1928.
Gordon Stewart Northcott when he lived on the "murder farm" and waged a career of terrorism and murder of boys. Sanford Clark, who lived with him, identified him from photos.
Photograph of three images of Gordon Stewart Northcott during his trial. He was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to. She received a life sentence in jail.
Sarah Louise Northcott, left, as she arrived at San Quentin Prison in the custody of Mrs. Clem Sweeters, wife of the Riverside County Sheriff, to serve a life sentence following her murder confession. Louisa Northcott, the mother of Gordon Northcott, is booked in jail.
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Gordon Stewart Northcott's written confession of killing Alvin Gothea on the ranch. He wrote the confession dramatically at the bedside of Sanford Clark, his 15-year-old nephew and accuser.
