What happened to Sanford Clark, nephew of Gordon Northcott, the Wineville Chicken Coop Murderer?
The film “Changleliing”, released on the 24th details a series of events surrounding the Wineville murders but does not clearly clarify what happened to the boy responsible for bringing those events to light. Merely the conviction of the right perpetrator. Any other site mentions small beyond that fact. Enlighten me.
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The nephew was tried and sent to a juvenile correction facility and then later released. He went back to Canada.
Here is the actual quote I found, citing:
“The teenager who first revealed the killings, Clark, was sentenced to the Whittier State School for Boys for his role in one murder. After his release, he returned to Canada.”
Note: The 2004 LA Times article that I cited this from quotes the nephew’s first name as “Stanford,” and not “Sanford.” So, even though the LA Times is a reliable source (and because Cecilia Rasmussen has written a lot of crime articles over the years) I try to pool in different sources to find a composite truth. Feel free to read the links below, but get ready for witnessing blatant plagiarizing–I just came across a few like angelinajoliewatch.com.
Hope this helps. If you want to know more there is a book: Nothing Is Weird With You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by James Jeffrey Paul.
sanford was hung because he murdered.
I couldn't find this either, until I found the original script by J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) which seems to have the answer. I've read that JMS researched the heck out of this tale. And the last page of his original script is a bit different then what was in the movie. Here is what it says:
"In exchange for his cooperation and a guilty plea, Sanford Wesley Clark was sentenced to the Whittier State School for Boys for five years. Upon being released in 1934, he returned home to Canada, and was never heard from again."
That clears up another issue I had with the film. After they found the boy who survived, why didn't they question Sanford Clark about the escape? Well, they found the boy after 1934, which means they might not have been able to find him to question the question.
Sanford returned to Saskatoon Saskatchewan after he served his time in the boys school. He became a postman. He did not socialize with many people and kept to himself. He died in 1991,
Nichole D – if you saw the movie you would realize that Sanford was not executed in the movie. That was Gordon.
I’m James Jeffrey Paul, the author of the new book, NOTHING IS WEIRD WITH YOU: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF GORDON STEWART NORTHCOTT.
Sanford was never tried for his role in the crimes, since he was so clearly forced to participate in them by his uncle. He was the chief prosecution witness against him at Stewart’s trial.
After he returned to Canada, he got married, a marriage that lasted for 56 years. He and his wife adopted two sons. He served in the Canadian armed forces during WW2, worked as a postman, and was very active in his community and loved and respected by his family and friends. (The family members whom I spoke with remembered him fondly.) He died on 20 June 1991 at the age of 78.
Uncovering Sanford’s tale was the fantastic highlight of my research, because it meant that something had been redeemed out of this whole tragic, bloody mess.