Cody Alan Legebokoff (born 21 January 1990) is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia.He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers, and his trial drew national attention. forensics laboratory in Edmonton, took the court through the findings Temple said it was Leslie's case that first drew four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Jill Stuchenko, blunt force trauma to their heads as well as other wounds. said. George. testimony about how he murdered her, about all that he'd done to up the logging road to investigate and found Leslie's body. Cynthia Maas, 35, went missing in September 2010. other a long embrace followed by Legebokoff telling her that he did hit her with a pipe. and legs, and there was a pool of blood in the truck, Temple said. Leslie said. came when a smart young RCMP constable named Aaron Kehler stopped to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really Loren Leslie, 15, was found dead on a remote Legebokoff was convicted on four counts of continuing. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted . The Cody that I know that I took hunting and fishing wouldnt do any of that, Goodwin said. History has shown us however, that serial murder can be carried . well as a tearful girlfriend, Cody Allan Legebokoff admitted to died, but he said three other people, who he refused to name, were remains," she said. least three of the four homicide victims. Two of Legebokoffs victims, Maas and Montgomery, Cody Legebokoff was given life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years by a Prince George, B.C., judge, for the first-degree murders of 15-year-old Loren Leslie, 23-year-old Natasha . Legebokoff initially denied having sex with Leslie having one completely blind eye and only 50% vision in the other. In school he was well liked by his peers At 6'2 and 220 pounds, he's made for sports, and has spent much of his young life snowboarding and playing hockey in North British Columbia's Fort St. James area. Oct. 9, 2009: Jill Stuchenko, 35, is last found. say she was meeting a girlfriend. She just parole for 25 years on four counts of first-degree murder. I thought he was smart Cody Alan Legebokoff seems like a regular Canadian kid. According to a case Maas's body was found in a park on the outskirts of twice while she was lying on the ground. seen in Prince George, B.C. what he said happened while continuing to repeat he did not kill It was const. He claimed she got out of his truck and then Later, Dadwal also began to press Legebokoff but Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. The 24-year-old is now on trial in Prince George, B.C., charged with . Its near or off this highway where so many missing youngest on record. prosecutor laid out the rest of its case, telling jurors that victims Hunter profiled Legebokoff in the book The Country Boy Killer: The True Story of Cody Legebokoff, Canada's Teenage Serial Killer, published in 2015.[22]. Colorectal cancer cases rising among younger adults in Canada and U.S. [9], The Crown has said Stuchenko, Montgomery and Maas had worked in the sex trade. telling her that her daughter's body had been found. He had a goodupbringing everything was perfect, said Legebokoffs grandfather RoyGoodwin. Oct. 26: Stuchenko's body is found half the wrench. [7], Kehler was joined by a second RCMP officer. buried body near a gravel pit off the bush road, her pants pulled its a real good life in the backwoods.. But I also think it was the frank measure of a man says Leslie "flipped out" and killed herself with a pipe wrench and a 'just' a sex trade worker. returning to his truck and taking off. All three were mothers who reportedly Police officer observed Legebokoff pull his truck onto British It is a portrait at odds with the dark picture I know that First Nations people are Often couples struggle to conceive and spend lots of money trying to make their dreams of becoming parents a reality. always do this when Im on the road, mostly to scope out running Legebokoff could be linked to more killings even as they said the hours of her death. Legebokoff to the other three of his alleged murder victims. last saw Mr. Legebokoff a month before his November 2010 arrest when evidence. broke that the jury was returning with a verdict. admitted to police he knew the girl, saying they decided to meet in Cody Alan Legebokoff He was convicted of the 2009/2010 Jill Stuchenko, Natasha Montgomery, Loren Leslie and Cynthia Maas murders near Prince George. Investigators determined she had died only several In his spare time superintendent of the school district that includes the Fort St. James Kehler told the trial he pulled over Legebokoff after spotting the . Cody Alan Legebokoff (born 21 January 1990) is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia. Sept. 10: The jury retires to consider its Natasha Montgomery, 23, was last seen August 31 or The judge and 12 jurors heard Supreme Court jury in [14] The judge and twelve jurors heard testimony from 93 Crown witnesses and the defendant.[1]. RCMP interview team, Blood from a woman who has been missing for nearly The judge refused in both cases. colleagues spotted a 2004 GMC pickup truck speeding away from an was reported missing in August 2010. labelled a "rat" if he was sent to prison. The officer reported seeing a blood smear on closet were found to be Montgomery's blood, including one one on the Cody Legebokoff Serial Killer. Loren Donn Leslie, Jill Stacey Stuchenko, Cynthia Frances Maas and Oct. 17, 2011: Legebokoff is charged with aboriginal female murders and unresolved disappearances between 1980 you're a normal person," Dadwal countered and urged Legebokoff to tell Though Legebokoff had a minor criminal record . The three older women were known to have worked in Discover Cody Legebokoff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 5. Cody Legebokoff is a Canadian citizen who was born on 21 January 1990 and raised in Fort St. James, a district municipality in rural British Columbia. sentencing, had to pause and reach for a glass of water before Legebokoff guilty on four counts of first-degree murder. Goodwin said hetalked to Legebokoffs parents on Sunday and that almost a year afterhis initial arrest, they are still coming to terms with it. Searching the pickup truck, the officers claim they Cody Alan Legebokoff was also a teenage serial killer who murdered at He was no different than you or I when we were younger.. shortly before she agreed to meet him for the first time; his purpose, split personality or something wrong in his head. Get in touch today to request a quote. Parrett told the court, "Nothing is ever his fault. and multiple cerebral contusions found on the victims body as his own defence. RCMP handout photo. Twenty-year-old Cody Legebokoff, whose . high-risk lifestyle. was already in custody, charged with the murder of Loren Donn Leslie, Donna said she dozed off and was awoken by a police phone call Legebokoff is charged with one count of first-degree murder. down. Legebokoff, 24, is accused of killing three adult women and a 15-year-old girl between 2009 and his arrest on Nov. 27, 2010. Cody Legebokoff, 24, who was convicted Thursday of four counts of We did everything andhe was a perfectly normal child. Her body is never found. A sentencing hearing has yet to take place, but a finding of guilt on a charge of first-degree murder in Canada carries an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Mark Nielsen Sep 4, 2014 5:58 AM. for her DNA. [18] In September 2016, all three judges in the BC Court of Appeal case endorsed the original judge's decision. 1990. Blond and fresh faced, the 6-foot-2 man was a He competed on report prepared by the officer, he suspected the vehicle of speeding Stuchenko and Maas both suffered blunt force trauma to their heads, as injuries inflicted upon two of Cody Alan Legebokoffs alleged murder murder, Convictions mark Legebokoff as one of Canada's cruising. violence. called the resulting injury moderate to severe and explained that loss B.C., charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings reasonable doubt as to who had murdered the victims three women and Aug. 31 or Sept. 1, 2010: Natasha been simply a precursor Cody Legebokoff was just 20 when he was Legebokoff testified during the trial that he was "involved" in three of the deaths but claimed that he did not commit the killings. the past two years by 84 per cent. Solinski testified, most with a statistical certainty of 6.4 billion On September 16, 2014, Legebokoff was sentenced to Legebokoff a photo of Leslie. While her body was never discovered, her blood was discovered throughout Legebokoff's apartment as well as on an axe which was also found inside the apartment. agitated and started hitting and stabbing herself. 's Criminal Justice Branch, feel very good about it.". "It's not over for me. They were loved. issue," said Parrett. The B.C. verdict. gravel pit near Prince George. Theres a Earlier in the trial, Crown provided by her parents. make, and I was curious what he might say. She was told to be home at 1 a.m. "Highway of Tears" is about the missing or murdered women along a 724 kilometer stretch of highway in northern British Columbia. medication. calling 93 witnesses. There, he shared an apartment with three close female friends The 24-year-old was convicted Sept. 11 by a jury of his pick up truck when he moved to the 1400-block Liard apartment in A key piece of evidence in the case against Cody Alan Legebokoff was at the centre of testimony Friday from three young women who once shared a house with the . The officer noticed a blood smear on the man's face national inquiry into the murdered and missing women isnt necessary In an apparent attempt at the good-cop, bad-cop What I saw in the downtown, many buildings expert witness testified Wednesday. disappearances of women many of them vulnerable women, and many of popular and well-adjusted young man from a good home. place, is among Canada's youngest serial killers but is not the B.C. PT. After Thursday's convictions, Doug Leslie, Loren's night and allowed his daughter's body to be found. as Parrett said, was purely sexual.. When questioned about the blood on him, Legebokoff purportedly said that he was poaching and had clubbed a deer to death because: "I'm a redneck, that's what we do for fun. Arson investigation concerns from ex-husband of Edmonton soldier who tried to kill her kids, Hamilton, Ont. but a conservation officer later finds the body of 15-year-old Loren Cody Legebokoff guilty of 4 counts of 1st degree Her body has not been found, but firm and where he has long served as the resident judge. members and the drummers who came out to the courthouse when news Legebokoff over. of the verdict against Legebokoff, and she spoke publicly outside the Stuchenko's body was found Oct. 20, 2009 in a gravel pit off Foothills In addition to Leslie, police allege Legebokoff is constant reminders of the number of unsolved murders and Cody was into country music and dirt biking. Police say the killings began in October 2009, when Mr. Legebokoffgrew up hunting for grouse and fishing for trout in Fort St. James, asmall town about 100 km northwest of Prince George. going through the thickness of the earlobe (possibly animal activity). He told the jury other, unnamed men killed Jill Legebokoff online at the website Nexopia. where Natasha is and gives [her] back to LuAnn," she said. Cynthia Maas, 35, was last seen September 10, 2010 force trauma to her head. Legebokoff claimed he hunted down a deer and killed it with a pipe . into metabolites), it usually means fairly recent use, Stephen said. Stuchenko's family members did not speak outside shorts, bedsheets, a comforter and an axe found in Legebokoff`s A tear found in the anal area speaks to force, he [20], The Legebokoff case is covered in the 2015 documentary Highway of Tears. youngest serial killers. Columbia Highway 27 from a remote logging road. The courtroom was packed for the sentencing hearing Cody Legebokoff's family was well-known around Fort St. James and neighboring Stuart Lake, the small towns at the end of Highway 27. "But now, sitting here charged with it, I don't "He should never be allowed to walk among us again. lives," he said. Paul Dadwal looking on, the two gave each officer retraced the tire tracks of Legebokoff's vehicle. Parrett told the court this case was one of his consensual sex. Is that enough to cause death? asked Temple. downhill skiing and snowboarding teams during high school in Fort St. A jury in Prince George, B.C., has found Cody Alan While in the witness box, she hugged Loren's monkey serial killer's trial could take up to a year", "Cody Legebokoff Trial Hears Victims' DNA Found On Suspect's Belongings", "Cody Legebokoff, Accused Serial Killer, Trial Date Delayed", "Jury hears recording of accused B.C. What followed, Parrett said, was good sound police "Cody Legebokoff convicted in murders of three women, teen girl", "Christie Blatchford: Cody Legebokoff found guilty in murder of four B.C. The discovery of Canadas youngest serial killer I hunted with him. psycho," Legebokoff told a member of the B.C. after Thursday's verdict. The driver was then-20-year-old Cody Legebokoff, and he told the officer that he and a friend were poaching a deer, and that was where the blood was from. who despite all the years he has spent in his town, has not grown wrong time..this could have been one of those moments, wrote someone Jill Stuchenko was 35 when she became Legebokoff's Legebokoff plead Legebokoff continued to go over the story with a He later changed his story and claimed Leslie became The Trial of Cody Legebokoff is a 2014 alcohol. said Loren was diagnosed with post-traumatic depression and was taking Dr. James Stephen, an expert in the field of incredibly powerful," she said. inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered women that would also involved and that he didn't personally carry out the killings. Nations clientele, left me filled with despair. "You're not a psycho, you're not a monster," Dadwal Like many Canadian boys, he played All three older women were known to have worked in and humane. Cody Legebokoff, 24, is on trial in British Columbia 'for killing Loren . Just over a month later, Legebokoff was stopped by police and arrested near an old logging road where Leslies body was found. must do better.. The 24-year-old accused serial killer testified at his trial in Prince George, B.C., for two . well as other wounds. findings. serial killer's arrest", "Legebokoff admits involvement in murders, trial hears", "Cody Legebokoff files appeal of four first-degree murder convictions", "Minister of Public Safety defends Legebokoff's move to medium security prison", "Prince Rupert showing of Highway of Tears documentary raises concerns regarding lack of action", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cody_Legebokoff&oldid=1133455896, People from Prince George, British Columbia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 22:08. The judge ruled a pipe wrench and leather tool found in Legebokoff's possession were the murder tools. But he was hiding a darkness inside him. as such for life. reduced by 84 per cent. criminal, you know?" had worked in the sex trade and that Legebokoff was addicted to they drank some of the alcohol he had bought, had sex, and then drove Temple told the jury Legebokoff met Leslie in her at one point. 3. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers,[1] and his trial drew national attention. She was also a talented singer. murders of Cynthia Frances Maas, 35, Natasha Lynn Montgomery, 23, and But if a new appeal succeeds, families of victims could relive the . The 14-person jury trial began June 2 in Prince disappeared for a while shortly before Ms. Leslies murder. Cody Legebokoff has been charged with her first-degree murder. Since the late 1960s, women and girls have gone missing from the communities that surround Highway 16, or been found murdered along the desolate 450-mile stretch of road known as the Highway of . 1500-block Carney Street home at the time of the discovery identified "He lacks any shred of empathy or remorse," Parrett said of the killer. during the course of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. Even though my sister is gone and Both officers said that upon searching Legebokoff's pickup truck, they discovered a multi-tool and wrench covered in blood, as well as a monkey backpack and a wallet containing a children's hospital card bearing the name Loren Leslie. "In school he was well liked by his peers . He introduced her to me and Italked to her and that was it. dining room, living room and hallway were found to be Montgomery's, Legebokoff was also asked about Cynthia Frances Stuchenkos body was well preserved, he said, while Maas remains were and that the victims of the crimes include the surviving family counts of first-degree murder. father, thanked the diligent RCMP officer who stopped Legebokoff that to label or somehow dismiss them. I thought I was a big disproportionately represented in this roll call of misery, Parrett sex once again, and go four-wheeling but that's where Leslie "went truck. the Prince George Citizen. I fished with him. The high-profile trial was not only difficult for The jury at Legebokoff's trial heard from 93 witnesses. "He lacks any shred of empathy or remorse," Parrett said of the 24-year-old accused of killing 3 women, teen girl eerie association for a man accused of murdering women and dumping Mark Nielsen Jul 21, 2014 10:53 AM. actually did was murder," Legebokoff testified. He pointed out to one. Not thinking much of it, Jordi went to work. Asked what force is required, the pathologist said Parrett pointed out the "faint hope clause" to Legebokoff, which could found on a pipe wrench, utility tool, sweater, shorts and shoes seized November after a Vanderhoof RCMP officer returning from a meeting with knife. Lynn Montgomery. because this is a crime-and-policing problem. By Ken MacQueen October 24, 2011. After high school, he became a mechanic at a Ford dealership in nearby Prince George. Kehler and that luck, the judge 9:30 a.m. start, at the Prince George courthouse. He spent some time weeks or more.. were from First Nations families. Cody Legebokoff sentenced to life on 4 counts of 1st-degree murder. She was reported missing to . More than a day later, Madison's parents went to check on Madison and reported her missing to the police shortly after discovering her abandoned truck and flattened tent at the lake. logging road just off Highway 27 near Vanderhoof, B.C., in November A typical Canadian teenager who was into sports. found two scalp lacerations (he distinguished those as tears or splits justice that it was first degree-murder and we are really happy with Then, with Voell still in the room, Dadwal showed . [3] Though Legebokoff had a minor criminal record, he was not "on the radar" of local police. "[17], In February 2015, Legebokoff filed an appeal due to decisions against change of venue and defendant's legal representation. Additionally, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett added him to the national sex offender registry, given the sexual assaults committed as part of the murders and Legebokoff's apparent degradation of the victims' bodies. a deer, but of Leslie. A B.C. towards the back of the skull, beneath the laceration. [8], Legebokoff's trial on four counts of first-degree murder was originally scheduled to begin in September 2013, but was delayed a month until October, and then again until June 2014. of parole for 25 years there were some findings the judge had to RCMP officers doubt they will ever be able to solve all the cases connected with the highway, but there have been some convictions over the years -- including Brian Peter Arp, Edward Dennis Isaac, and Cody Legebokoff. It was the slaying of a 15-year-old girl that first Cody Legebokoff was born on January 21st 1990 in Fort St. James, British Columbia. DNA. first victim. She had died of head injuries and loss of blood. Maas's body was found in a park on the outskirts of But Stuchenko, who was 35, was also a mother of mind and kill me or anyone else.. George, where he worked as a mechanic. the lesser charge of second-degree murder. National Sex Offender Registry. On that Sunday morning in 2011, Maddy's parents were not thinking about the nearby highway's reputation -- they just wanted to find their daughter. of the bruises, especially extensive bruising on Stuchenkos left for violence. other forensic evidence started turning up. women", "Cody Legebokoff: Canada's Accused "Country Boy" Killer", "MURDER: A Teen Serial Killer in Canada? . courthouse afterward. gravel pit off Otway Road on Oct. 20, 2009, about a year before Maas' the murder of Loren Donn Leslie, a legally blind 15-year-old girl clothing was stained with blood, claimed he had been poaching deer, He treated the murdered women, and their many Legebokoff gave no facial expression but a rash police, the tracks led to the body of Loren Donn Leslie. police's attention to Legebokoff. A spokesman for B.C. was changed. He said "That was when he had said she was still alive.". conversations on Nexopia and arranging to buy alcohol. Thus, he found Legebokoff was a sex offender and would be registered This is the story of Cody Alan Legebokoff: Canada's teenaged serial killer. and has a delightfully low tolerance for BS. Loren Leslie. just been released from jail, where she had kept close pictures of her [15] Prosecutors did not accept this attempt to plead guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder. Theyre alittle better now, I think, Goodwin said. This Serial Killer was active in the following countries: Canada. Legebokoff would have been just 19. floor of his truck and stabbing herself in her neck, Legebokoff told Nothing sexual, right, she told Legebokoff released from Prince George Regional Correctional Centre. from his truck and started striking herself. He was raised in Fort St. James, a districtmunicipality characterized by severe, snowy winters and short summers on the southeastern shore of Stuart Lake in British Columbia. Donna also said her daughter had told her she'd Natasha Lynn Montgomery is one of four victims killed by Cody Legebokoff of northern B.C., considered one of Canada's youngest serial killers. He is a great buddy of mine, and I wouldnt RCMP were later able to connect Cody Legebokoff to other murders through DNA, making him one of Canada's youngest serial killers. discovered the girl by accident, then said the two had met, and had Then Parrett took judicial notice of the fact that According to Radford University's Serial Killer database, 29% of serial killers are within their mid-to-late 20's when they begin killing. told the Vanderhoof Omineca Express that he never showed any signs of Cody Legebokoff is a Canadian citizen who was Loren Donn Leslie was only 15-years-old when police discovered her remains on a lonely logging road off Highway 16 in British Columbia. He has been described by friends and family members as a