Christine Ida Collins was an American woman who made national headlines during the late 1920s and 1930s after her nine-year-old son, Walter Collins, went missing in 1928.
16 Facts About Christine Collins
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Christine Collins was born in 1888 as Christine Ida Dunne.
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Christine Collins married Walter J Collins, an ex-convict using an alias.
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Christine Collins was born Walter Joseph Anson, and hid his past from her.
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Christine Collins' son disappeared on March 10,1928, after she gave him money to go to the cinema.
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Letters and photographs were exchanged before Christine Collins paid for the boy to be brought to Los Angeles.
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At the reunion, Christine Collins said that the boy was not Walter.
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Christine Collins returned three weeks later, again saying that he was not her son.
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Christine Collins was released ten days after Hutchens admitted that he was not her son and filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Christine Collins won a lawsuit against Jones and was awarded $10,800, which Jones never paid.
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Northcott's mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, confessed in late 1928 to her participation in the murder of Walter Christine Collins as being amongst her son's victims.
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Christine Collins, who chose to believe her son was still alive, corresponded with Gordon Northcott and received permission to interview him shortly before his execution.
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Christine Collins was further encouraged by the appearance of another boy that Northcott had abducted and probably molested.
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Christine Collins continued to search for her son for the rest of her life.
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Christine Collins attempted several times to collect the money owed her by Jones, including a 1941 court case, in which she attempted to collect a $15,562 judgment in the Superior Court.
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Christine Collins died in 1964 and was buried in Los Angeles.