Disappearance of Walter Collins

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.

Walter's disappearance received nationwide attention, and the Los Angeles Police Department followed up on hundreds of leads without success.

Although she had dental records and backing from friends to prove her case, Collins said Jones accused her of being a bad mother and bringing ridicule to the police.

[3] Collins was released ten days after Hutchens admitted that he was not her son[9] and filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department.

[10] In 1929, Gordon Stewart Northcott was found guilty of abducting, molesting, and killing three young boys in what became known as the Wineville Chicken Coop murders.

Christine Collins continued to believe her son was still alive in spite of the guilty plea entered by Sarah Northcott to a judge, and corroborating testimony by Sanford Clark.

Northcott pledged to explain the true account of her son's fate, but he recanted at the last minute and professed his innocence of any involvement.