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.
Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the riverside county area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
About a dozen investigators stand in the desert near the Northcott family's chicken ranch and watch as Riverside County an unidentified man begins to dig for evidence. The man digging stands 3rd from the right and holds a shovel. He bends over as he digs into the ground. Several more investigators stand to the left of him. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
At right, Sarah Louise Northcott, mother of Gordon S. Northcott, sits behind the counsel's table during her and her son's arraignment for the murder of Walter Collins. She sits in profile, facing left, and is flanked by 2 attorneys. Gordon Northcott's legal representation sits in the near distance at left. Spectators fill the viewing gallery in the background at center and right. Both Northcotts entered a plea of not guilty.
At center, over a dozen investigators dig for evidence outside the chicken coop on the Northcott family's ranch in Riverside County. Behind them, the chicken coop enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.