When 12 year old Lynne Harper was found raped and murdered in June 1959, 14 year old Steven Truscott became the prime suspect after having been the last person to have been with her before her murder.

A few small pieces of circumstantial evidence and heaps of police corruption would led to the boy being convicted of his classmates rape and murder – sentenced to hang at age 14.

The case and trial would become one of the most infamous in Canadian history and was even used as primary motivation for the abolition of the death penalty in 1976.

Listen to part 1 of the 3 part series below:

Listen to Part 2 of 3 here!

Sources:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lynne-harpers-family-speaks-out-on-truscott/article20401083/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Truscott

https://www.goderichsignalstar.com/2015/01/04/the-search-for-lynne-harper

Until You Are Dead by Julian Sher 

Steven Truscott and the Murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper: Canada ‘s Most Infamous Murder More than 60 Clues that Names the Killer In this Miscarriag e of Injustice By Sam McDonough 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/501579651/?terms=Lynne%20harper&match=2

Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death: The Story of Steven Truscott By Bill Swan

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/4701/index.do

https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/truscott/

The Fifth Estate – CBC- His Word Against History 

Steven Truscott: Decades of Injustice – By Nathan Hendley 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/499149607/?terms=Truscott&match=1

Click to access Steven-Truscott-Case-Timeline.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/image/495775095/?terms=Truscott&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/508357747/?terms=Truscott&match=1

http://netk.net.au/Truscott/Truscott56.asp

https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/the-anniversary-of-steven-truscotts-death-sentence-from-guilt-to-innocence

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506055210/?terms=steven%20truscott%201997&match

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/514619766/?terms=steven%20truscott%201997&match=6

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/truscott-witness-lied-court-told/article966489/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-ordeal-that-still-wont-go-away/article18276092/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/560540844/?terms=steven%20truscott%20exhumed&match=1

https://www.ctvnews.ca/your-say-do-you-believe-steven-truscott-deserves-compensation-from-the-government-1.254388

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/experts-casts-doubt-on-coroners-findings-in-truscott-case/article18167265/

Click to access truscott.pdf

https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/01/29/can_science_clear_truscott.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rubin-hurricane-carter-and-steven-truscott-refused-to-be-condemned-by-history-1.2616843

A Viable Suspect: The Story of Multiple Murders and How a Police Force’s Reach Proved Too Short for Canada’s Most Notorious Cold Case By Barry Ruhl

Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada’s Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984 By Michael Arntfield

Why Dissent Matters: Because Some People See Things the Rest of Us Miss By William Kaplan

https://www.newspapers.com/image/501212542/?terms=%22clayton%20dennis%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/500964743/?terms=%22clayton%20dennis%22&match=1

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20070830/281509336799886

https://www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com/2015/10/09/lynne-harper-murder-still-affects-lawson-56-years-later

The Unsolved Murder of Jacqueline Dunleavy

https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/unsolved-murders-in-london-ont-stretch-back-decades-may-be-the-work-of-serial-killers-1.4771968

Case not closed: The enduring tragedy of the Harper – Truscott murder case