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Related article: "Pattern Points to Serial Rapist": http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=05e480bc-7071-4931-9661-91877394b889&k=46163
In the course of researching a key work of "kidnap" in the Saco/Biddeford paper (the area where my episode happened) I struck pay dirt and found an image of the man who tried to hurt me: his name is (was, he died in 2007) JOSEPH J TELLIER.
He lived in a house in Saco Maine, 4 miles away from where he tried to attack me.
Police in Quebec say they have arrested about 10 people who allegedly exchanged advice on ways to sexually abuse children without raising suspicion.
The investigation by Quebec provincial police and the RCMP began three years ago.
About 150 officers from different forces took part in raids Wednesday throughout Quebec and in Toronto.
Those arrested are aged between 27 and 74.
Snip>One hundred and fifty-five children have been abducted and murdered in Canada since 1970, most of them young girls snatched near their homes and killed within a few hours by predators with criminal records, according to a survey by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
The findings, which reveal an unprecedented look at child abduction and murder in Canada, are based on public records, court decisions and media reports on cases dating back nearly 50 years.
The study excludes cases where the person responsible (or believed to be responsible) was a parent of the child or close relative.
These cases involve strangers or acquaintances who target children as young as 2, plan an approach, abduct and kill them, according to the preliminary study, obtained exclusively by the Toronto Star. The full study is to be released later this year.
Who are the offenders?
92 per cent of Canada’s child murderers are men.
68 per cent of them are Caucasian in their 20s (the average age is 26 with nearly a quarter under the age of 18).
55 per cent of offenders had a criminal record when the offence was committed. At least 33 per cent of those had committed a violent or sexual offence against a child.
22 per cent of the offenders were either on parole, probation or out on bail.
80 per cent of offenders remain incarcerated or are being held in a medical facility.
30 offenders are currently eligible for some form of parole.
8 offenders are eligible for full parole within the next five years.
4 offenders are currently on parole.
“Many of the victims in the study were engaged in everyday, regular activities and the offender exploits and takes advantage of that moment in time to abduct the child,” says McDonald. “The child is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
84 per cent of victims were girls and 16 per cent were boys.
11.6 years old was their average age.
77 per cent were Caucasian.
45 per cent were abducted on Friday or Saturday.
53 per cent happened between 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
41 per cent occurred in June, July and August.
“The time of year when these occur is likely attributable to access,” says Bourke. “The kids are out of school and are walking or playing in their neighbourhood when they are taken.”
68 per cent of the children were alone.
67 per cent were travelling in transit between home and school, the mall, a park or a friend’s house.
68 per cent of the abductions took place within blocks of the child’s home or school.
29 per cent of offenders lived in the neighbourhoods where the abduction happened.
55 per cent of offenders used a vehicle of some kind in the abduction.
You guys can always simply ask me your questions about these cases. I speak English and French, My sister, Theresa Allore is one of these cases... I know all the players from Prior to Provencher.
Here is my English link to 21 of them, but I'm pretty sure I can put you in contact with many people involved in Quebec cold-cases in the last 50 years: just ask:
http://theresaallore.com/2016/03/index-of-related-unsolved-murders-in-quebec-in-the-1970s/
What some people already knew has been made official today. 31 years after the murder of 5 year Denis Roux-Bergevin, suspected serial child killer Jean-Baptiste Duchesneau has been identified as his murderer. Unfortunately, Duchesneau will never be charged for the crime because he committed suicide in 1993 while doing time on other charges. Police are now looking for a connection between Duchesneau and the 1984 murders of Maurice Viens, Sébastien Métivier (body never found) and Wilton Lubin who remain unsolved.
While police did not reveal his name, The Canadian Press has learned he was Jean-Baptiste Duchesneau, who was found guilty of murder in the slaying of a seven-year-old girl in 1974 as well as the sexual assault of another young girl.
Thanks for this very interesting article!More on the possible Quebec-Alberta serial killer connection -
How a brother's search for truth in his sister's death may have revealed a Calgary serial killer | Calgary Herald
“But after consulting criminologists, cold-case detectives and witnesses and poring over Corrections Canada and parole board reports, the pair were able to trace Gregoire’s movements from Quebec’s Eastern Townships into Alberta and find compelling evidence that seems to link him to several murders. Allore believes he killed at least five women in Quebec, including his sister. In Calgary, he believes Gregoire killed not only Silva but also Rebecca Boutilier, 20, in early 1993 and Tracey Maunder, 26, in 1992. Both murders have never officially been solved.”