GUILTY Canada - Victoria Stafford, 8, Woodstock ON, 8 April 2009

[OkieGranny]

From May 2012:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/judge-calls-tori-stafford-killer-a-monster-at-sentencing-1.1180907

Michael Rafferty has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years, despite his continued claim that he did not commit crimes against Victoria (Tori) Stafford... Rafferty was found guilty on all three charges he faced following the first full day of deliberations: first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping...

Terri-Lynne McClintic, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder two years ago, testified in March that she lured Tori to Rafferty’s car on his orders. The pair then took the girl first to Guelph and later to Mount Forest...

McClintic told jurors Rafferty repeatedly raped the girl before, overcome with rage, she bludgeoned the young girl to death with a hammer. The 21-year-old had previously said Rafferty killed Tori.

 

[deugirtni]

Cast in harsh spotlight, stepfather of young kidnapping/murder victim Tori Stafford dies
For several dramatic weeks, James Goris was wrongly cast as a suspect in a horrible crime that riveted the country’s attention.

But when he died this month, the news media took no notice, and the names of the people he’s linked to forever in the news were not mentioned in his obituary.

James Goris, 42, died in Woodstock Hospital Dec. 6. His obituary reads like many others: what he loved to do and who are the loved ones left behind.

Cast in harsh spotlight, stepfather of young kidnapping/murder victim Tori Stafford dies

 

[dotr]

rbbm.
Mark what would have been Tori Stafford’s 20th birthday with acts of kindness: Dad
''Do something kind. Help a neighbour with a chore. Visit a senior citizen. Pick up litter. Smile.

Do something kind.

Help a neighbour with a chore. Visit a senior citizen. Pick up litter. Smile.

That’s what the father of Victoria “Tori” Stafford is asking the public to do to mark what would have been the Woodstock girl’s 20th birthday this Wednesday.''

 

[deugirtni]

Wow, already.

 

[Grandknight]

Crime Beat featured Tori on their new episode: Crime Beat: How the murder of 8-year-old Tori Stafford has left lasting scars | Watch News Videos Online

 

[flipflop]

Crime Beat featured Tori on their new episode: Crime Beat: How the murder of 8-year-old Tori Stafford has left lasting scars | Watch News Videos Online

I watched part one last week, part 2 is on tonight. Crime Beat on Global.
Great recap of the whole case.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Cast in harsh spotlight, stepfather of young kidnapping/murder victim Tori Stafford dies
For several dramatic weeks, James Goris was wrongly cast as a suspect in a horrible crime that riveted the country’s attention.

But when he died this month, the news media took no notice, and the names of the people he’s linked to forever in the news were not mentioned in his obituary.

James Goris, 42, died in Woodstock Hospital Dec. 6. His obituary reads like many others: what he loved to do and who are the loved ones left behind.

Cast in harsh spotlight, stepfather of young kidnapping/murder victim Tori Stafford dies

This is the first that I’ve heard of his passing. From the article you linked:

“In a victim impact statement for Rafferty’s trial, Goris described how he loved to take Tori shopping, how her school stories brightened his days, and how he considered himself her step-father.

“The day she went missing, my life took a turn and got worse than I could ever imagine,” he wrote.”

 

[Kamille]

This does not surprise me.


EXCLUSIVE: Tori Stafford killer accused by family of extorting own mother

 

[dotr]

‘Nothing we could do’: Tori Stafford’s father reflects on what would have been her 25th birthday

Victoria Stafford was a larger than life, bubbly 8-year-old girl. Her father, Rodney Stafford, describes her as having a ‘heart of gold.’

www.cp24.com

By Lauren Stallone July 15, 2025 rbbm.

''To mark what would have been Tori’s 25th birthday, her father is asking members of the public to perform random acts of kindness, in memory of his daughter.

“Whether it be the loss of a child or through the courts, we continue to try to do what we can to be there for others and use Victoria’s instance as a reason why things need to change,” said Stafford.

Stafford said he misses Tori everyday but knows a part of her will always be with him.''