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Christine Ida Dunne Collins lived from 1891 to December 8, 1964. It is not clear how she died since she used aliases to stay out of the public eye. Her son, Walter Collins, Jr, disappeared from his home in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles on March 10, 1928. Six months after Walter junior's disappearance, the police found a boy, Arthur J. Hutchins, Jr., who claimed to be her son. The police had her committed to an insane asylum when she publicly stated to the press that this was not her son. She remained imprisoned for ten days until Hutchins admitted that he was not Walter Collins, Jr. Prior to her son's kidnapping, her husband, Walter Collins, Sr. was convicted of eight armed robberies and was an inmate in Folsom Prison where he died of liver disease on August 18, 1932.

Gordon Stewart Northcott's mother, Sarah Louise Northcott pled guilty to murdering Walter Collins, Jr. Superior Court Judge Morton sentenced her to life imprisonment on December 31, 1928, sparing her from execution because she was a woman. Sarah Louise Northcott served her sentence at Tehachapi State Prison. Gordon Stewart Northcott was convicted of the murders of Lewis and Nelson Winslow, and an unidentified Mexican teenage boy. Although Northcott's nephew Sanford Wesley Clark stated that Gordon, Sarah and he killed Walter, Jr., Gordon was not convicted of that crime. Gordon Stewart Northcott was hanged on October 2, 1930.

Christine Collins won $10,000 in a suit against J. J. Jones in 1935 for false imprisonment. She renewed the suit in 1941 for $15,562. Jones never paid the judgment. The last public record of her is a voting record in 1954 and the mention of her death in the social security data base.

Christine Collins held onto the hope that her son was still alive until her death.

The best accounts about her life appear in Harnisch, Larry (2008-11-10). "Changeling -- Finding Christine Collins". Los Angeles Times.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/11/changeling---ch.html

Girardot, Frank (2008-11-20). "Christine Collins mystery solved". San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime/2008/11/christine-collins-mystery-solv.html

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_Murders.

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