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One of Canada’s youngest serial killers, Cody Legebokoff was convicted of killing 4 women in the Prince George, BC area. One of his victims, Loren Donn Leslie aged 15 is one of the official Highway of Tears victims.
Originally from Fort St. James, Cody moved to Prince George after he graduated from Fort St. James secondary school. His friends described him as athletic and friendly and were quite shocked to find out about his crimes.
In November of 2010, RCMP officers pulled over a pickup truck suspected of speeding. Two officers approached the vehicle to speak with the driver. That driver was Cody Legebokoff. Immediately the officers noticed that Cody had blood smears on his face and chin, and a quick look into the cab of the truck revealed a pool of blood on the floor.
RCMP detained Cody and searched the vehicle, finding a bloody wrench and multitool, a monkey backpack and a wallet that contained a children’s hospital card with the name Loren Leslie on it. When the officers asked Cody about the blood on his face, Cody said that he was hunting deer and had clubbed one to death. Poaching deer would be more accurate.
He had clubbed the deer because, in his words “I’m a redneck, it’s what we do for fun”.
RCMP called a Wildlife Conservation Officer with tracking skills who was able to track Cody’s tire tracks. They made a horrifying discovery when the Wildlife Officer tracked Cody’s movements, not to the body of a bleeding deer, but to the body of 15-year-old Loren Donn Leslie.
RCMP were later able to connect Cody Legebokoff to other murders through DNA, making him one of Canada’s youngest serial killers.
Cody Legebokoff was convicted in 2014 of murdering Jill Stacey Stuchenko, aged 35, mother of five, found in a gravel pit outside Prince George.
Cynthia Maas, aged 35 found in a park a month after going missing. Cynthia had brutal injuries including a broken jaw and cheekbone as well as injuries consistent with someone ruthlessly stomping on her.
Natasha Montgomery, aged 25, went missing and her body was never found, but her DNA was found in Cody’s apartment, and on an axe that Cody owned.
Lastly was Loren Leslie, aged 15, was legally blind, with no vision in one eye and about 50% in the other. She allegedly met Cody online at a social media site Nexopia where Cody went by the handle…