S.17 E. 8 The Murder of Loren Donn Leslie & The Highway of Tears

In 2009, 15 year old Loren was a victim of one of the youngest serial killers in Canada's history, Cody Legebekoff. At 24, Cody was convicted of killing 4 women, including Loren, when he was only 19 years old. Loren is the only known victim of Cody's who was LGBTQ.

Our True Crime Quickie is from Staten Island, New York in 1990.

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Promo for Mystery Frequency

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Resources:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/accused-bc-serial-killer-says-he-was-involved-in-2-murders-but-not-alone/
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