Peter Woodcock: Canada's Youngest Serial Killer

Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked the Nation seriesbook 11

"A really great book; well-researched and deftly told with chilling detail. Should be on every true crime fan bookshelf." —(Steve Jackson) New York Times bestselling author of MONSTER and BOGEYMAN Peter Woodcock was Canada’s youngest serial killer when at the age of seventeen he brutally raped and murdered two boys and a girl between the ages of four and nine. He was never put on trial by "reason of insanity" and instead was confined for 34 years in a criminal psychiatric facility and offered treatment. On July 13, 1991 he finally had earned his first day pass ever and allowed to briefly go off the facility grounds into town to visit a DQ for an ice cream. What Woodcock did within the first hour of his first day pass stunned many people and made national headlines. Includes graphic photos

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