In November 2001, beloved medical resident Andrew Bagby was found brutally murdered in a Pennsylvania park. The prime suspect, his former girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, immediately fled to St. John’s, Newfoundland, where she revealed she was pregnant with Andrew’s child. What followed was a complex, years-long international legal battle that pitted Andrew’s grieving parents against a foreign justice system in a remote, windswept province. The case ultimately centered on controversial bail decisions and the struggle to protect a child amidst a high-stakes extradition process, eventually sparking landmark legislative changes in Canadian law.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5CPymqg4kI
Bagby, David. (2007) Dance with the Devil: A Murder of Memoir and Loss. Diversion Books (ebook).
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Dr. Shirley Turner and Dr. Andrew Bagby