About this episode

This episode discusses the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin in the murder of Christine Jessop and the subsequent investigation that identified the real killer after decades.

Episode 429: In January 1995, DNA testing excluded Guy Paul Morin, the man convicted of the 1984 murder of Christine Jessop, from the crime. The Ontario Court of Appeal set aside his conviction, and Morin was released. The man whose semen was recovered from Christine Jessop's underwear in 1984 remained unidentified. A public inquiry led by Justice Fred Kaufman spent 10 months examining how an innocent man had been convicted twice. It produced 1,380 pages and 119 recommendations. The real killer remained unnamed for another twenty-five years — until a detective named Steve Smith, a Texas laboratory, and a forensic genealogist pulled a family tree apart and found a killer at the end of it. Sources 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 Toronto Life — "Inside the Hunt for Christine Jessop's Real Killer" (January 2022) CBC News — "Toronto police identify killer in cold case of 9-year-old Christine Jessop" (October 15, 2020) CBC News — "Calvin Hoover's family 'devastated' to learn…

People in this episode

Host: Dark Poutine

Topics covered

• true crime
• DNA testing
• wrongful conviction
• forensic genealogy
• cold case
• murder investigation

Keywords

• Christine Jessop
• Guy Paul Morin
• Calvin Hoover
• DNA testing
• wrongful conviction
• forensic genealogy
• cold case

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Innocence Canada, CBC News, Global News

Books & works: Report of the Kaufman Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Toronto Life

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