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Men search for murder victim remains in the Mojave Desert during the Gordon Stewart Northcott case, Riverside, 1928-1929

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Title: Men search for murder victim remains in the Mojave Desert during the Gordon Stewart Northcott case, Riverside, 1928-1929
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1928-1929]
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.
Men gather outside of automobile in the Mojave Desert looking for evidence and/or bodily remains of the children murdered by Gordon Stewart Northcott on his chicken coop farm in Riverside, California. They are looking into what appears to be an oil barrel.
Possibly related to the article, "Northcott Map Basis For Hunt. Authorities to Comb Ranch for Boys' Bodies. Preliminary Study Fails to Reveal Any Graves. Riverside Officials Skeptical About "Confessions."" Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 1930: A1.
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_2061
ark:/21198/zz002dd01z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Riverside
Crime scene searches--California--Riverside County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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