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Born: 1908 - Gordon Stewart Northcott - British Columbia, CanadaThe Victims: 2 February 1928 - Headless body of Jose Gonzales found in a sack in a ditch in La Puente 10 March 1928 - Walter Collins disappeared 16 May 1928 - The Winslow brothers, Lewis and Nelson, disappearedArrested: 15 September 1928 - Sanford Clark told his story to the police 20 September 1928 - Northcott arrested in Vernon, British Colombia, Canada. Sarah Northcott was also arrested around the same time, in Calgary, Alberta, CanadaTrial: November-December 1928 - Trial of Sarah Louise Northcott in California January-February 1929 - Trial of Gordon Stewart Northcott in CaliforniaSentenced: December 1928 - Sarah Louise Northcott sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Walter Collins 19 February 1929 - Gordon Stewart Northcott sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Gonzales, Nelson and Lewis WinslowDied: 2 October 1930 - Gordon Stewart Northcott - death by hanging 1944 - Sarah Louise Northcott died