The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders – also known as the Wineville Chicken Murders – were a series of abductions and murders of young boys that occurred in Los Angeles and Riverside County, California, in 1928. The case received national attention. The 2008 film Changeling is based in part upon events related to this case.
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