Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. The camera looks from above towards several investigators searching for evidence in the area outside a chicken coop in Mint Valley. Chicken wire-lined pens occupy the foreground and stretch back on an upward angle towards the right. Beyond the pens, investigators scour the nearby brush. A house stands in the far distance at center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him. Similar photographs of the Northcott investigation appear in a photo spread titled: "Paradoxical Situations Complicate Task of Investigators in Butcher Farm Quest: Principals and Scenes in Butcher Farm Investigation," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1928: A3 Handwritten text from negative sleeve: norcutt [sic] case, wineville chicken ranch NO. 129 Bx 1
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6691 ark:/21198/zz002cwzb0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Serial murders--California--Riverside County Crime scene searches--California--Santa Clarita Poultry houses--California--Santa Clarita Serial murders--California--Los Angeles County Police--California--Santa Clarita Ranches--California--Santa Clarita Northcott, Sarah Louisa Cawthorpe, 1870-1944 Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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