Canada has a reputation worldwide as being a polite nation filled with kind and good-natured people, but it may surprise people (or not, depending on how much of this blog you have read) to know that we have our share of sick and depraved criminals.
Take, for example, the case of Leopold Dion. Leopold was a serial rapist and murderer active in the mid-'60s in Quebec.
His official criminal career began at the age of 17 when Leopold was convicted of gross indecency. He spent 6 months in jail. 2 years later, when he joined the army he attempted to murder a prostitute but was acquitted of the charges. In 1940 Leopold and his brother, one armed with a rifle and the other armed with a knife, raped and stabbed a woman on an isolated road leading to the town of Pont Rouge. The two men thought that she was dead and left her on the road but luckily the woman survived the brutal attack.
The woman testified against them and Leopold and his brother were convicted of the rape and assault. Leopold received a life sentence and the lash, his brother 10 years.
Jail did nothing to stop Leopold's sadistic sexual urges. After being released from prison on a conditional release, he would later admit to sexually assaulting over 20 young boys and murdering 4.
His first murder was of 12-year-old Guy Luckenuck. Leopold pretended to be a photographer was able to convince the boy to let him take his picture. Leopold was carrying an old camera, but it didn't have any film in it. After gaining the trust of the boy he lured him to a remote spot in the country and strangled him, and afterward burying the body.
On May 3, 1963, Leopold used the same tactic of posing as a photographer and lured 2 boys, 12-year-old Alain Carrier, and 10-year-old Michel Morel. He got them into his car and drove them to an abandoned building where they played "prisoner". He tied up Michel, then took Alain outside where he assaulted him and then strangled him with a garotte. He then went back into the building and smothered Michel.
A few weeks later, Leopold met 13-year-old Pierre Marquis, and once again pretended to be a photographer. Leopold lured Pierre to the same place where he buried Guy Luckenuck earlier and asked him to pose naked. Pierre complied but fought Leopold when he tried to assault him. Unfortunately, Pierre did not survive. Leopold strangled him to death.
The day after Leopold killed Pierre Marquis he was arrested by police after a child who escaped his clutches earlier was able to give police a description of the attacker that lead to Leopold. It didn't take very long for the police to link him to the murder of Pierre Marquis. Leopold had a bus ticket Pierre used in his wallet that he had kept. Once in jail, Leopold held silent for a month before admitting to his crimes. Although he admitted to the 4 murders and other sexual assaults, he would only be convicted of the murder of Pierre Marquis. The jury took only 15 minutes to find Leopold guilty of capital murder.
Criminal psychiatrists involved in Leopold's trial described him as "a sexual monster with a human face" and to receive any sexual satisfaction, Leopold had to perform sadistic acts on his victims. They also said that Leopold had become so obsessed with sex that it was the only driving factor in his life and if he had not been caught when he was, he would have gone on to more and more terrible crimes as he tried to make his violent fantasies a reality.
During his sentencing, Leopold is quoted as saying:
"I have something to say - these hands - these damned hands - have taken the lives of four children... What I am today I didn't become myself. I have always said that to those who questioned me. Society should be satisfied with what they have done - 43 years and I have never lived life. That is all."
To which Judge Gerald Lacroix replied:
"There are four children dead, and these four had the right to their lives. You were defended well, with much heart and courage." The judge then continued, "On April 10 you will be taken to a place determined for your execution and there you will be hanged by the neck, until dead. May God have mercy on your soul."
Although he was sentenced to death by hanging, Leopold would escape the hangman's noose. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by then Governor-General of Canada, Georges Vanier.
In a twist of fate, Leopold Dion was stabbed to death in 1972 by a fellow inmate Normand "Lawrence d'Arabie" Champagne, who, coincidentally was found not guilty of the crime by reason of insanity.
Good riddance to " The Monster of Pont Rouge".
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His official criminal career began at the age of 17 when Leopold was convicted of gross indecency. He spent 6 months in jail. 2 years later, when he joined the army he attempted to murder a prostitute but was acquitted of the charges. In 1940 Leopold and his brother, one armed with a rifle and the other armed with a knife, raped and stabbed a woman on an isolated road leading to the town of Pont Rouge. The two men thought that she was dead and left her on the road but luckily the woman survived the brutal attack.
The woman testified against them and Leopold and his brother were convicted of the rape and assault. Leopold received a life sentence and the lash, his brother 10 years.
Jail did nothing to stop Leopold's sadistic sexual urges. After being released from prison on a conditional release, he would later admit to sexually assaulting over 20 young boys and murdering 4.
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| Guy Luckenuck (right) |
On May 3, 1963, Leopold used the same tactic of posing as a photographer and lured 2 boys, 12-year-old Alain Carrier, and 10-year-old Michel Morel. He got them into his car and drove them to an abandoned building where they played "prisoner". He tied up Michel, then took Alain outside where he assaulted him and then strangled him with a garotte. He then went back into the building and smothered Michel.
A few weeks later, Leopold met 13-year-old Pierre Marquis, and once again pretended to be a photographer. Leopold lured Pierre to the same place where he buried Guy Luckenuck earlier and asked him to pose naked. Pierre complied but fought Leopold when he tried to assault him. Unfortunately, Pierre did not survive. Leopold strangled him to death.
The day after Leopold killed Pierre Marquis he was arrested by police after a child who escaped his clutches earlier was able to give police a description of the attacker that lead to Leopold. It didn't take very long for the police to link him to the murder of Pierre Marquis. Leopold had a bus ticket Pierre used in his wallet that he had kept. Once in jail, Leopold held silent for a month before admitting to his crimes. Although he admitted to the 4 murders and other sexual assaults, he would only be convicted of the murder of Pierre Marquis. The jury took only 15 minutes to find Leopold guilty of capital murder.
Criminal psychiatrists involved in Leopold's trial described him as "a sexual monster with a human face" and to receive any sexual satisfaction, Leopold had to perform sadistic acts on his victims. They also said that Leopold had become so obsessed with sex that it was the only driving factor in his life and if he had not been caught when he was, he would have gone on to more and more terrible crimes as he tried to make his violent fantasies a reality.
During his sentencing, Leopold is quoted as saying:
"I have something to say - these hands - these damned hands - have taken the lives of four children... What I am today I didn't become myself. I have always said that to those who questioned me. Society should be satisfied with what they have done - 43 years and I have never lived life. That is all."
To which Judge Gerald Lacroix replied:
"There are four children dead, and these four had the right to their lives. You were defended well, with much heart and courage." The judge then continued, "On April 10 you will be taken to a place determined for your execution and there you will be hanged by the neck, until dead. May God have mercy on your soul."
Although he was sentenced to death by hanging, Leopold would escape the hangman's noose. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by then Governor-General of Canada, Georges Vanier.
In a twist of fate, Leopold Dion was stabbed to death in 1972 by a fellow inmate Normand "Lawrence d'Arabie" Champagne, who, coincidentally was found not guilty of the crime by reason of insanity.
Good riddance to " The Monster of Pont Rouge".
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