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Episode 133 - Throughout the 1970s and '80s serial pedophile Westley Allan Dodd molested dozens of children in the Pacific Northwest. Although caught for his crimes more than once Dodd never did any real prison time. Feeling invincible, Westley's fantasies became more violent and depraved until the fall of 1989 when he crossed the line between child predator to multiple murder. On Labour Day weekend in Vancouver, WA. park Westley murdered two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer and nonchalantly walked out of the park undetected. Not satisfied with a single victim, Westley craved another kill and on October 29, 1989, he murdered 4-year-old Lee Iseli after kidnapping him from a Portland OR. playground. The Vancouver Child Killer's ultimate undoing was his still unchecked desire for yet another victim. Sources and Further Reading: Dodd's Uncensored Diary Driven to Kill by Gary C. King  Allan Dodd – Last Interview before Execution Most Evil – Westley Allan Dodd Real Detectives - Season 1, Episode 2 "Malice"  Serial Murder and Media Circuses by Dirk C. Gibson Serial Murderers and their Victims TIME: Lessons of the Gruesome Case Behind One of America's Last Legal Executions by Hanging  When You Meet a Stranger by Westley Allan Dodd Dodd, Westley Allan - Dr. Mike Aamodt - Radford University Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 130 - On March 29, 1975, pretty and popular, 16-year-old Sharron Prior left her home in the Montreal, QC, neighbourhood where she lived with her mom and siblings. She was off to a pizza joint only 5 short blocks away. Sharron was found days later, raped and murdered in another neighbourhood across the river. Her murder has never been solved. Her mom, Yvonne, still holds hope that one day she will see Sharron's killer brought to justice. Sources & Further Reading http://www.sharronprior.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/4790700762/ http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=49 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-point-st-charles-nightmare-the-1975-murder-of-sharron-prior/ http://sharronprior.blogspot.com/ https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/sur-les-traces-dun-tueur-en-serie Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 128 - On the 15th of July, 2019, just outside Liard Hot Springs, B.C., the bodies of an innocent couple, Chynna Deese, 24, from Charlotte, NC, and her Australian boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, were found shot to death beside their 1986 Chevy van. Police had no idea who had done this, or why. Four days later, a burning truck, registered to a young Vancouver Island man was found burning near Dease Lake, B.C. As police were attending to that scene, they were notified of another man found murdered only two km from the burning truck. This 64-year-old botanist and UBC lecturer, named Leonard Dyck. His Toyota RAV4 was missing, along with the two young men, who quickly became suspects in the murders, sparking a manhunt that took police through four Provinces and one Territory, ending in Manitoba, thousands of kilometres from where it began. Sources: [B.C. RCMP - Overview of Fort Nelson and Dease Lake Homicide Investigation] [RCMP say northern B.C. murder suspects admitted to murders on video - YouTube] [B.C. RCMP investigate double homicide of tourists along Alaska Highway] [Here’s an updated timeline of the northern B.C. murders and manhunt] [Breyer Schmegelsky’s father speaks out - YouTube] [Former classmate of Bryer Schmegelsky speaks out] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 124 - Women and girls, many indigenous have been going missing in the area of Northern British Columbia's Highway 16 since 1969. The route has become known as the Highway of Tears. Many have been found deceased and still others have just vanished. In this episode we cover the murders of Jill Stuchenko, Natasha Montgomery, Cynthia Maas and Loren Leslie. All four were killed over a span of 14 months by a violent and cold blooded monster with a baby face, a serial killer named Cody Alan Legebokoff of Prince George, B.C. Sources and Further Reading: [2013 BCSC 2178 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 315 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 1636 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 1746 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2016 BCCA 386 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [Legebokoff interview 2 by PGCitizen | Free Listening on SoundCloud] [goodreads.com - Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid] [Global News - SEARCH: Legebokoff] [Legebokoff Trial | Prince George Citizen] [Legebokoff evidence | Prince George Citizen] [Who is Cody Alan Legebokoff?  | Globalnews.ca] [Families of Legebokoff victims give emotional statements at sentencing hearing] [HighwayofTears.org] [Home - Highway of Tears Film] [“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” (cover) by Natasha Montgomery - YouTube] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 122 - This is for or the deceased victims, the injured, the families, the friends and Bluenosers everywhere who are hurting after the shooting rampage that shook the little province of Nova Scotia to its core on April 18 and 19, 2020.  This is not who Nova Scotians are. This will not define us.  #NovaScotiaStrong The deceased are: Lisa McCully Greg Blair & Jamie Blair Peter Bond & Joy Bond John Zahl & Elizabeth Joanne Thomas Dawn Madsen & Frank Gulenchyn Jolene Oliver, Aaron Tuck & Emily Tuck Corrie Ellison Sean McLeod & Alanna Jenkins Tom Bagley Lillian Hyslop Heather O’Brien Kristen Beaton & baby Beaton RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson Joey Webber Gina Goulet Call the Nova Scotia RCMP tip line at 902-720-5959 with any information you have that can assist. Leave a detailed voicemail and an investigator will return your call. [Share your condolences  - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada] [Stronger Together NS Public Group | Facebook] [RCMP, Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) | Twitter] [GLOBAL NEWS - Nova Scotia shooting | News, Videos & Articles] [RCMP release detailed timeline of 13-hour shooting rampage - YouTube] [Nova Scotia Remembers - YouTube] Official list of sites to donate to help the families of the fallen: [Heart Colchester – Heart Colchester] Other Links: [Familiar Stranger - YouTube] [Caribbean Baseball Goodwill Tours] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Tina Michelle Fontaine was an Indigenous girl who had  a tough go right from the beginning. As she had run away before when 15-year-old Tina disappeared on August 9, 2014 the authorities did not treat it with much urgency at all. Tina’s family was worried sick and wanted more activity. It was not until it was too late that  the investigation began in earnest. Tina’s body was found wrapped in a duvet and floating in Winnipeg's Red River more than a week later. Her death and the subsequent acquittal of the only suspect in Tina’s slaying are cited by some as catalysts for the national inquiry that was called to look into the massive amount of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada. Sources and more information: R. v. Cormier, 2010 ABCA 162 (CanLII), [Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine by Joanna Jolly] [Public Reports – Manitoba Advocate] Place Where it Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine - PDF [Global News SEARCH: Tina Fontaine] [Newspapers.com search: Tina Fontaine] [CBC news topic tag Raymond Cormier trial] [21 Feb 2018, N3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com] [27 Aug 2014, 10 - National Post at Newspapers.com] [26 Sep 2014, 7 - National Post at Newspapers.com] [BBC World Service - Assignment, Canada’s Red River Murders] [Tina Fontaine’s 911 call | CBC.ca] [Tina Fontaine | Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women - CBC.ca] [Cormier speaks of last time he saw Fontaine in video shown to court - YouTube] [Tina Fontaine: The life and the legacy | APTN InFocus - YouTube] [Raymond Cormier found not guilty in death of Tina Fontaine  | Globalnews.ca] [Bear Clan Patrol Inc - Home | Facebook] [Drag The Red! Public Group | Facebook] [Red River Women - BBC News] [Pair sentenced to 9 years in beating death of Tina Fontaine’s dad | CBC News] [Raymond Cormier spoke of wanting to have sex with Tina Fontaine days before her death, Crown tells court | CBC News] [Tina Fontaine, 15, found in bag in Red River | CBC News] [MMIW Final report] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 116 - The last time Heather Thomas's dad Pat saw his ten year old daughter alive was on the afternoon of October 1, 2000 when she went outside to play around their Cloverdale, BC, townhouse complex. After one the largest searches in RCMP history to that point, it was a hitchhiker who found Heather's body floating facedown in Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Park. Heather had been murdered and the community was shocked when they found out it had been one of their own who had done the terrible deed. Sources and Further Reading: R. v. Ertmoed, 2006 BCCA 365 (CanLII), R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 806 (CanLII), R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 1848 (CanLII), [vLex - R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), (2006) 229 B.C.A.C. 168 (CA)] [vLex]- R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), [2002] B.C.T.C. 1847 (SC)]  [Ertmoed gets life for murdering little girl - The Globe and Mail] [The Cloverdale Market | Your Weekly Treasure Hunt] [Resources & Research: Abducted then Murdered Children – protectchildren.ca] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x1998009-eng.pdf https://www.protectchildren.ca/pdfs/C3P_AMC_PreliminaryFindings_en.pdf  “Heather” by Pete Cross from the Behind the Yellow Tape blog [5 Oct 2000, 20 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [6 Oct 2000, 3 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [23 Oct 2000, 1 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [30 Oct 2000, 21 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [4 Nov 2000, 1 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [5 Nov 2000, 12 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [7 Nov 2000, 1 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [7 Nov 2000, 19 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com] [8 Nov 2000, 3 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [17 Nov 2000, 5 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [30 Aug 2002, 6 - The Province at Newspapers.com]() [The Life of a Curious Girl: Heather Thomas] [Surrey child killer applies for early parole under faint-hope clause that has since been repealed – Surrey Now-Leader] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 115 - On the morning of May 24, 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks walked into a police department covered in blood that was not just his own. Kenneth was disoriented and bleeding profusely from wounds to both his hands which were badly cut. Kenneth said “Oh my God, I just killed someone”; “I've just killed two people”. Kenneth was referring to his in-laws Barbara and Denis Woods of Scarborough. Police found Barbara deceased at the scene and Denis was severely injured, but survived. There was no question Kenneth had done it, but was he responsible? In a precedent setting case his defence team would claim that as Kenneth was sleepwalking when he committed the crime, he should not be held accountable. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources & Further Reading [Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker] [Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman] R. v. Parks (C.A.), 1990 CanLII 6954 (ON CA) R. v. Parks, 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1992] 2 SCR 871 [CanLII Connects - R v Parks Case Brief] [Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing | Psychology Today] [Sleepwalking Killers—And What They Tell Us About Sleep | Psychology Today] [The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks - YouTube] [(PDF) Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report] [(PDF) Pushing the Margins of Responsibility: Lessons from Parks’ Somnambulistic Killing] [Home - Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)] [Sleepwalking Disorder Causes & Solutions - National Sleep Foundation] [While You Were Sleepwalking] [Automatism legal definition of automatism] [Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic] [The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997) - IMDb] [MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1] [2 Jul 1988, 90 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [25 Apr 1997, 48 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [6 Sep 1992, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com] [5 Jan 1991, 77 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com] [22 Jun 2006, 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com] [4 Jul 1988, 21 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 44 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 5 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [26 May 1988, 3 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [24 Nov 1990, 22 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com] [Homicidal sleepwalking - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 114 - On the morning of September 11, 2015, off-duty Truro, Nova Scotia police constable, Catherine Campbell, went to a Halifax bar to wind down after a tough work week. She was looking forward to a visit with an old friend that weekend but never got to see her. Catherine was murdered that night and left underneath a Halifax bridge by her killer. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. R. v. Garnier, 2016 NSPC 86 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 102 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 238 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 239 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 259 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 338 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 339 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 341 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2018 NSSC 196 (CanLII), TIMELINE [A complete look at the Crown’s case against Christopher Garnier  | Globalnews.ca] [Catherine Campbell: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Catherine Campbell death a homicide | Local | News | SaltWire] [Truro Police Service - Home | Facebook] [Stellarton Fire Department - Our Crew] [Home - Stellarton] [Goodreads - Roll Up the Rim by Leo McKay Jr.] [Stellarton - Wikipedia] [HRP News | Halifax.ca] [Holland College | Atlantic Police Academy] [Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 2 | Watch News Videos Online] [Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 1 | Watch News Videos Online] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 112 - On a dark rural PEI road on November 19, 1970, the Vuozzo family, of nearby Montague had their lives changed forever. A drunk driver, named Herb McGuigan, ran a stop sign and hit the Vuozzo's fan, killing 9-year-old Kathy Vuozzo. Kathy's parents and Little Alfred Guy Vuozzo Jr, who was only two years old at the time of the crash, survived with minor injuries as did the drunk driver. Alfred Jr. grew up hating the McGuigans, exacting revenge for his sister's death almost 44 years later. With drunk driver long since deceased, he murdered the man's son, Brent McGuigan, 68, and Brent's son, Brendon McGuigan, 39; two people completely innocent of the crime. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources and further reading: R v. Vuozzo, 2015 PESC 14 (CanLII), [Brent McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Brendon McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Alfred Guy Vuozzo Sr's Obituary] [The night Kathy Vuozzo died - YouTube] [PEI Double Homicide Act of Family Revenge – NJN Network] [Father-Son Killer Alfred Vuozzo Shows No Remorse | HuffPost Canada] [Murder location - Google My Maps] [Alfred Vuozzo made ‘inculpatory statement’ in double murder | CBC News] [McGuigan father and son, shooting victims, laid to rest  | CBC News] [Alfred Vuozzo, homicide victims had family links to fatal crash | CBC News] [Montague in shock after double homicide of father and son | CBC News]( [MapFight - Nova Scotia vs Prince Edward Island size comparison] [After dad and husband killed in double murder, Canadian family lives out his Islanders dream in New York - New York Daily News] [One year later: hearts ache Innocent men pay price for misplaced revenge | The Eastern Graphic | peicanada.com] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine