The Boy on the Bicycle (eBook)

A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto

Nate Hendley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
128 Seiten
Dundurn Press (Verlag)
978-1-4597-4912-2 (ISBN)

Infos

On the night of September 15, 1956, a seven-year-old child was murdered on the deserted grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. The main suspect was a teenage boy seen near the crime scene on a bicycle. Toronto police arrested Ron Moffatt, a fourteen-year-old former CNE employee who vaguely fit the description of the suspect. During a tough interrogation, Ron falsely confessed and was convicted at trial. In truth, Ron couldn't ride a bicycle and was innocent; his phony admission was the product of fear and pressure tactics. The real culprit - sex offender and serial killer Peter Woodcock - remained at large, preying on new victims. This shocking story has eerie parallels to the Steven Truscott case (which also involved a fourteen-year-old Ontario boy accused of murder) but has been largely forgotten until now. A powerful account about a coerced confession, a fumbled police investigation and the crusading lawyer who fought to free Ron from custody.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Schlagworte: 1950 toronto • 50s toronto • bicycle killer • biography crime • canada true crime • case files • cne murderer • police procedurals • ronald moffatt • toronto crime • true crime toronto
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-4912-X / 145974912X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-4912-2 / 9781459749122