The real Walter Collins was never found, but police believe he was one of the victims of serial killer Gordon Stewart Northcott and his mother Sarah Louise Northcott. The Northcotts kidnapped, sexually abused, and killed several boys in their chicken coop in Wineville, California.

Did they ever find Walter Collins?

But Walter Collins' body was never found among them. Christine Collins, who died in 1964, spent the rest of her life looking for her son. He was never found. The 2008 film, "Changeling," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, dramatized the events of the case.

What happened to Christine Collins?

Collins continued to search for her son for the rest of her life. 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. She died in 1964 and was buried in Los Angeles.