RCMP Charge Cody Legebokoff, Already Accused in a Teen's Killing, With Murdering Three More Prince George Women
Legebokoff, 21, was already awaiting trial in the 15-year-old's killing. Police ruled out any link to the Highway of Tears cases, citing forensics and his age.
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Cody Legebokoff was already awaiting trial in the killing of a 15-year-old girl. On October 17, 2011, the RCMP announced he had been charged with murdering three more women in Prince George.
Legebokoff, 21, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jill Stuchenko and Cynthia Maas, both 35, and Natasha Montgomery, 23, all of whom lived in Prince George, the Vancouver Sun reported. He was being held at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre awaiting trial in the November 2010 killing of Loren Leslie, 15, of Fraser Lake. The new charges followed a 10-month investigation called E-Prelude. RCMP Insp. Brendan Fitzpatrick said police had ruled out any link between Legebokoff and the E-Pana investigation into women missing or killed along the Highway of Tears, citing forensic evidence and his age. Until his arrest, Fitzpatrick said, Legebokoff had not been on the police "radar screen at all."
Stuchenko was last seen on October 9, 2009, and her body was found on October 26 in a gravel pit on the outskirts of the city. Montgomery was last seen leaving a friend's house on August 31 or September 1, 2010, and her body had not been found. Maas was last seen on September 10, 2010, and her body was found on October 9 in a wooded park. Legebokoff had been arrested on November 27, 2010, after an RCMP officer saw his truck speeding out of a remote logging road near Vanderhoof, where Leslie's body was then found. He was convicted of all four first-degree murders on September 11, 2014.
The Vancouver Sun reported that Legebokoff was arrested and charged on the Friday before the RCMP's Monday announcement, while the Prince George Citizen's timeline dated the charges October 17.
Sources
- Man charged with murder of three more northern B.C. women, Global News (Vancouver Sun)
- A timeline of events in the serial-murder case against Cody Legebokoff, Prince George Citizen
- Cody Legebokoff convicted in murders of three women, teen girl, The Globe and Mail (The Canadian Press)
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- September 11, 2014: Jury Convicts Cody Legebokoff of Four First-Degree Murders in Prince George