Episode 428: On October 3, 1984, nine-year-old Christine Jessop stepped off a school bus in Queensville, Ontario, and walked toward home. She was never seen alive again. Her body was found on New Year's Eve, fifty-six kilometres away. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed.

What followed was one of the most consequential criminal proceedings in Canadian history — and the quiet destruction of a man who lived next door.

This is Part One of a two-part series.

Sources:

Kirk Makin, Redrum the Innocent (1992) — Viking Canada.
Report of the Kaufman Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin — Full text (netk.net.au)
The Canadian Encyclopedia — Guy Paul Morin Case
Innocence Canada — Guy Paul Morin case file
Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions — Guy Paul Morin
Library of Parliament — Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2020)
Bruce MacFarlane — "Wrongful Convictions: The Effect of Tunnel Vision and Predisposing Circumstances in the Criminal Justice System" (2006)
Federal Prosecution Service — Chapter 5: Jailhouse Informers
Federal Prosecution Service — Chapter 8: DNA Evidence
The Canadian Encyclopedia — Morin Inquiry Report
Kaufman Report — Wikipedia summary
Globe and Mail — "Morin Informant Named Dangerous Offender" (2007)
CBC Digital Archives — Guy Paul Morin acquitted
Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation
Williams Treaties — Government of Canada

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