John Martin Crawford

John Martin Crawford (born March 29, 1962) is a Canadian serial killer.

For the American physician and scholar, see John Martin Crawford (scholar).
John Martin Crawford
Born
John Martin Crawford

(1962-03-29) March 29, 1962
Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment
Details
Victims4+
Span of crimes
1981–1992
CountryCanada
Date apprehended
1993

Crimes

Crawford was sentenced in 1981 to ten years' imprisonment for manslaughter in the killing of Mary Jane Serloin, in Lethbridge, Alberta.[1]

While under police surveillance, Crawford sexually assaulted Theresa Kematch,[2] who was herself arrested, while Crawford was not.[1]

Crawford was convicted in 1996 of killing three First Nations women in Saskatoon in 1992, Eva Taysup, Shelley Napope, and Calinda Waterhen.[3] He is currently serving three concurrent life sentences in the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary.[4]

Media reaction

Crawford is discussed in Warren Goulding's book, Just Another Indian, A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference with the message that crimes against marginalized minorities go unheeded by an uncaring society at large. The theory is posited that Crawford's case was played down by the media because his victims were Aboriginal women.[1]

Footnotes
  1. Goulding, Warren (2001). Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference. Fifth House. ISBN 1894004515.
  2. Serial Killer - John Martin Crawford
  3. Serial killer who roamed Saskatoon met with indifference Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. edmontonsun.com - Andrew Hanon - A story that no one wanted told

References
  • Goulding, Warren. 2001. Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference. Calgary: Fifth House Publishers.
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