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"A must for true crime fans." - Booklist "A truly impressive account of
this dark chapter in [Ontario's] history . . . Not just a sharp work
of investigative journalism, The Forest City Killer is a poignant
portrait of children and young people whose lives were cut short in
horrific circumstances and a clarion call for long overdue justice. It
is destined to become a classic of Canadian true crime." -- Quill &
Quire, starred review Dig deep into the unsolved murder of Jackie
English and join the hunt for a serial killer Fifty years ago, a serial
killer prowled the quiet city of London, Ontario, marking it as his
hunting grounds. As young women and boys were abducted, raped, and
murdered, residents of the area held their loved ones closer and closer,
terrified of the monster -- or monsters -- stalking the streets.
Homicide detective Dennis Alsop began hunting the killer in the 1960s,
and he didn't stop searching until his death 40 years later. For
decades, detectives, actual and armchair, and the victims' families and
friends continued to ask questions: Who was the Forest City Killer? Was
there more than one person, or did a depraved individual commit all of
these crimes on his own? Combing through the files Detective Alsop left
behind, researcher Vanessa Brown reopens the cases, revealing previously
unpublished witness statements, details of evidence, and astonishing
revelations. And through her investigation, Vanessa posits the
unthinkable: is it possible that the Forest City Killer is still alive
and, like the notorious Golden State Killer, a simple DNA test could
bring him to justice?
