Walter collins murder found

disappearance of a nine-year-old boy in California

"Christine Collins" redirects here.

Walter collins murder found

For the American rower, see Christine Collins (rower).

Walter Conrad Collins was a 9-year-old American boy who went missing in

Five months after Walter went missing, a different boy claimed he was Walter. When Walter's mother Christine Collins refused to believe this claim and insisted the boy was not her son, she was committed to a mental hospital for ten days until the impostor confessed.

Investigators in California later concluded that Collins had been murdered by Gordon Stewart Northcott as part of the Wineville Chicken Coop murders.

Background

Walter's parents were Christine Collins (born in as Christine Ida Dunne) and Walter J.

Collins (an ex-convict born Walter Joseph Anson). Walter B Collins was born in September ^{[citation needed]}

Disappearance

Walter Collins disappeared on March 10, ,^[1] after Christine gave him mo