Death of Theresa Allore

Theresa Allore
Theresa Allore in 1978
Disappeared Lennoxville, Quebec
Body discovered Compton, Quebec
Nationality Canadian
Known for Unsolved death for 39 years, 11 months and 14 days
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 115 lb (52 kg)

Theresa Allore was a 19-year-old Canadian college student who disappeared on Friday, November 3, 1978 from Champlain College Lennoxville in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

1978 Disappearance & Discovery

Theresa Allore was a 19-year-old Canadian when she disappeared in 1978.[1] Five months later, on April 13, 1979, her body was discovered in a small body of water approximately one kilometer from her dormitory residence in Compton, Quebec.[2] Upon her disappearance police initially suggested she was a runaway. When her body was discovered police then suggested that she was the possible victim of a drug overdose, perhaps with the assistance of fellow college students.[3]

2002 Re-investigation

In the summer of 2002, the family of Theresa Allore enlisted the support of an investigative reporter and friend, Patricia Pearson, who produced a series of articles for Canada's National Post newspaper that presented compelling evidence that Theresa Allore was a victim of murder, and that her death was possibly linked to two other unsolved local cases; the death of 10-year-old Manon Dube in March 1978, and the murder of Louise Camirand in 1977.[4] The theory was supported by geographic profiler and then FBI consultant, Kim Rossmo, who suggested a serial sexual predator may have been operating in the Quebec region in the late 1970s and advised police to investigate the three deaths as a series.[5] Rossmo later gained notoriety when, in 1998, he suggested that Vancouver police create a serial killer task force to investigate the multiple cases of missing women from Vancouver's downtown Eastside.[6] Robert Pickton was eventually arrested and found guilty of six murders, though he was accused of, and implicated in, an additional 26 murders of Vancouver missing women.[7]

The deaths of Theresa Allore, Manon Dubé, and Louise Camirand remain unsolved cold-cases.[8]

Significance

Since 2002, John Allore - who maintains the website, Who Killed Theresa? - has continued the investigation.[9] Allore has geographically identified 14 other unsolved murders from 1975 to 1981 which may be associated. The related cases are: Sharron Prior,[10] Lise Choquette,[11] Louise Camirand,[12] Jocelyne Houle,[13] Chantal Tremblay,[14] Johanne Dorion,[15] Hélène Monast,[16] Katherine Hawkes,[17] Denise Bazinet,[18] Manon Dubé,[19] Lison Blais, Nicole Gaudreaux, Tammy Leakey, and Johanne Lemieux.[20]

The Surete du Quebec's Cold Case Squad

For years John Allore lobbied for the creation of a Surete du Quebec cold case unit. In 2004 the squad was created, with a mandate to solve over 600 cases under its jurisdiction. The first case added was Helene Monast[21] In 2018 the Surete du Quebec added 25 officers to the unit, significantly increasing its capacity.[22] By the spring of 2018 all the major cases referenced by John Allore that were under the Surete du Quebec's jurisdiction - Louise Camirand, Chantal Tremblay, Helene Monast, Denise Bazinet, Manon Dubé and Theresa Allore - had been added to the Surete du Quebec's cold case website.[23]

Continued Investigation

Beginning in 2018, John Allore started to focus on Quebec cases from the 1980s and 1990s, cases that further suggest systemic failures in Quebec criminal justice. The related cases are: Lyette Gibb,[24] Sophie Landry,[25] Chantal Rochon,[26] Valerie Dalpe,[27] Marie Eve Lariviere,[28] Melanie Cabay,[29] Marie Chantale Desjardins,[30] Joleil Campeau,[31] Debbie Buck,[32] Johanne Beardoin, Danielle Laplante, Jolène Riendeau,[33] Julie Surprenant and Cedrika Provencher.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fudakowsky, Anna (November 16, 1978). "Allore Search Hits Dead End". Th Sherbrooke Record.
  2. ↑ "Dad Identifies Dead Co-Ed". The Sherbrooke Record. April 17, 1979.
  3. ↑ McCully, Sharon (August 19, 2002). "Family Seeks Closure in Daughter's Murder". The Sherbrooke Record.
  4. ↑ Pearson, Patricia (August 10, 2002). "Who Killed Theresa?". The National Post. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ Pearson, Patricia (August 12, 2002). "Who Killed Theresa?". The National Post. Retrieved August 12, 2002.
  6. ↑ Hall, Neal (January 24, 2012). "Former VPD detective Kim Rossmo testifies bosses nixed serial killer warning". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Fournier, Suzanne (January 24, 2012). "Former profiler expected to tell Pickton inquiry why the police ignored his serial-killer warning". The National Post. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ Bayly, Joanne (April 18, 2016). "Quebec cold cases: Families of 8 dead women call for public inquiry". CBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Tripp, Rob. "Unsolved murders blamed on "incompetent" Quebec police". CanCrime. Rob Tripp.
  10. ↑ Lachapelle, Judith (July 29, 2004). "Le jour où Sharon a disparu". La Presse.
  11. ↑ Garnier, Camille (August 2, 2017). "The Murders are Similar". Le Journal De Montreal.
  12. ↑ McCaghey, John (March 28, 1977). "Sherbrooke Woman Murdered Near Magog". The Sherbrooke Record.
  13. ↑ Gonthier, Valerie (January 15, 2018). "La SQ s'attaque aux meurtres non résolus". Le Journal De Montreal.
  14. ↑ "Chantal Tremblay". Surete du Quebec.
  15. ↑ Levesque, Caroline (January 15, 2016). "L'espoir renaît après 38 ans pour la famille Dorion". Courrier Laval.
  16. ↑ Feith, Jesse (August 21, 2016). "Cold Cases Leave Families In The Dark". The Montreal Gazette.
  17. ↑ Bayly, Joanne (January 30, 2017). "Fewer homicides in Montreal, but fewer solved, too". CBC News.
  18. ↑ Feith, Jesse (August 21, 2016). "Cold cases leave families in the dark". The Montreal Gazette.
  19. ↑ Bouchard, Marie-Christine (January 26, 2018). "Une mort impunie depuis 40 ans". La Tribune.
  20. ↑ Bayly, Joanne. "Quebec cold cases: Families of 8 dead women call for public inquiry". CBC. CBC. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  21. ↑ "Helene Monast". Surete du Quebec. 2004-01-01.
  22. ↑ "Sûreté du Québec beefs up cold-case squad to try to crack unsolved suspicious deaths". The Canadian Press / CBC. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Surete du Quebec / List of Cold Cases". Surete du Quebec. May 30, 2018.
  24. ↑ Charbonneau, Jean-Paul (December 11, 1999). "8 murders unsolved in the region". La Presse.
  25. ↑ Cherry, Paul (August 17, 2013). "Convicted Killer, Sex Offender given brief leave". The Montreal Gazette.
  26. ↑ "Chantal Rochon". Surete du Quebec. May 30, 2018.
  27. ↑ Cedilot, Andre (October 18, 1992). "It has been 3 years since Valerie Dalphe was murdered by a butcher". La Presse.
  28. ↑ "L'émission sur le meurtre de Marie-Ève Larivière porte fruits". TVA Nouvelles. May 17, 2005.
  29. ↑ Trottier, Eric (July 6, 1994). "Is it the body of Melanie Cabay?". La Presse.
  30. ↑ Turenne, Martine (July 22, 1994). "Marie-Chantale Desjardins was murdered". Le Devoir.
  31. ↑ Cherry, Paul (August 5, 2016). "20 Years Later Joleil Campeau's Mother Speaks Out".
  32. ↑ Gravenor, Kristian (December 4, 2010). "Debbie Buck - Murder in Mirabel". Coolopolis.
  33. ↑ Cherry, Paul (October 31, 2014). "Mother of slain girl gets discharge for assaulting suspect". The Montreal Gazette.

Litterature

  • Boisvenu, Pierre-Hugues (2008). Survivre à l'innommable et reprendre le pouvoir sur sa vie (in French). Montréal: Éditions de l'Homme. ISBN 978-2-7619-2314-9.
  • Hanes, Allison (June 16, 2006). "Pattern points to serial rapist". National Post. Toronto. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  • Kim Rossmo, ed. (2009). Criminal Investigative Failures. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-4751-6. OCLC 226966553.
  • Wojna, Lisa (2009). Unsolved Murders of Canada. Edmonton: Quagmire Press. ISBN 978-0-9783409-5-7.
  • "Who killed Theresa?". CTV News. March 14, 2005. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
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