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Men investigate an area of the Mojave Desert in search of the remains of murder victims of Gordon Stewart Northcott, Rivrside County, 1928-1929

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Title: Men investigate an area of the Mojave Desert in search of the remains of murder victims of Gordon Stewart Northcott, Rivrside County, 1928-1929
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1928-1929]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Gordon Stewart Northcott 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. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23.
Men walk around in the Mojave Desert looking for bodily remains of the children murdered by Gordon Stewart Northcott on his chicken coop farm in Riverside, California.
Text from negative sleeve: Eastman, George. Gordon Scoot ['Stewart' is written in below with an arrow to Scoot] Northcott murder case, 1928. nitrates.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2056
ark:/21198/zz002dczvf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime scene searches--California--Riverside County
Criminal investigations--California--Riverside
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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