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The killer of a nine-year-old girl, whose kidnapping and death in 1984 rocked Canada and led to the conviction of an innocent person, was identified 36 years later with the help of a DNA test, Toronto police announced Thursday. informs Agerpres. citing AFP.
Investigators said they discovered her identity after sending a DNA sample from semen extracted from the girl’s underwear to a US laboratory specializing in “genetic genealogy,” leading to the name of Calvin Hoover, who died in 2015.
The 28-year-old man committed suicide at the time, according to the media. He was a close relative of the victim’s family. The girl was kidnapped, raped and later stabbed near Toronto.
“If he lived today, Toronto police would arrest Calvin Hoover for the murder of Christina Jessop,” Acting Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said at a news conference.
The girl was abducted after leaving her home in Queensville (north of Toronto) on October 3, 1984. Her body was found almost three months later in a field some 50 miles away.
A neighbor of the Jessop family, Guy Paul Morin, was arrested in 1985 and sentenced to life in prison for murder. He always pleaded not guilty, before he was finally acquitted of the DNA analysis and later released in 2015. Following this judicial error, the Ontario government paid him $ 1.25 million (800,000 euros) in damages. .
The discovery of the girl’s killer’s identity raised new questions about the last days of little Christine’s life, said a police spokesman who called witnesses.
Guy Paul Morin, who was personally notified by Toronto police of the discovery, said he was happy that his honor had definitely been washed away. “It’s something I’ve always hoped for,” he told reporters. “The judiciary disappointed me, but science saved me,” he said.
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