The Rivera and Regier Murders

ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC, CANADA

In 2007, residents were gripped by panic as police worked to capture 22 year old Jesse Imeson—an armed, dangerous and unpredictable fugitive.

Crisis Resources:
Crisis services Canada
Healing Childhood Trauma - healthline.com and psychologytoday.com

Carlos Rivera’s Book:
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence

Credits: 
Research: Gemma Harris
Writing: Kristi Lee
Content advisor - 2SLGBTQIA+: Eliot Newton https://genderbandit.com/
Sound design: Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams 
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

Music Credits:
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams
Blue Dot Sessions - Cover Letter, Darkened Treeline, Evidence Room
Kai Engel - Mercy, Mist and Clouds, Harbor
Chris Zabriskie - I’m a man who will fight for your honour, Laserdisc
Kevin Macleod / Incompetech - Bittersweet
Masha Dioxin - From the Arctic Circle to the Southern Sea
Philip Weigl - Western Shores, Subdivision of the masses
Sergey Cheremisinof - Lucerna, Fog

Main Information Sources:

COURT DOCUMENTS:

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2018/2018onca888/2018onca888.html?resultIndex=1 

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2016/2016onsc6020/2016onsc6020.html?resultIndex=3 

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2017/2017onsc1906/2017onsc1906.html?resultIndex=4 

https://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Horwath-Issued-Statement-of-Claim.pdf 

BOOK:

Mellor, L. (2013). Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder & Spree Killing. Dundurn: Toronto. 

NEWS ARCHIVES AND OTHER SOURCES:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/slain-ont-couple-were-pillars-of-the-community-family-1.637613 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tip-line-set-up-as-hunt-for-ont-fugitive-expands-west-1.686857 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/man-who-killed-elderly-couple-and-bartender-has-appeal-rejected-by-supreme-court-1.5129542 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fugitive-wanted-in-3-ontario-slayings-caught-1.651385 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/suspect-in-ontario-slayings-flown-back-to-windsor-1.689289 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/police-find-car-in-hunt-for-suspect-in-3-ontario-slayings-1.644030 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ont-man-pleads-guilty-in-3-savage-slayings-sentenced-to-life-1.694840 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/suspect-in-3-ontario-slayings-appears-in-windsor-court-1.639470 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/quebec-cottager-tried-to-run-over-homicide-suspect-1.639469 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/america-s-most-wanted-joins-hunt-for-ontario-fugitive-1.682087 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manhunt-continues-as-hundreds-mourn-slain-farm-couple-1.637611 

https://xtramagazine.com/power/imeson-sentence-angers-windsor-community-14301 

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lfp-archives-the-hunt-for-and-truth-about-spree-killer-jesse-imeson 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20081028/281638186036092 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20070801/281487861950928 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/murder-suspect-seemed-like-a-normal-guy/article690199/ 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506150081 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506150676/?terms=helene%20regier&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505666121/?terms=helene%20regier&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505740656 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506149914 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506150675/?terms=helene%20regier&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/503218141 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506052545/?terms=helene%20regier&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505740547 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505740450 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505740547/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505665816/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505740455 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/499220416/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505666267/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505134035/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/514361300/?terms=jesse%20imeson&match=1 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/slain-couples-pickup-ditched-a-week-ago/article18141479/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/imeson-formally-arraigned-on-murder-charges/article1080222/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-cottage-haven-in-shock-as-manhunt-begins-in-double-homicide/article690198/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dozens-of-tips-helped-nab-imeson-police-say/article1079724/ 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/stolen-taurus-not-linked-to-double-murder-police-1.250551 

https://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/accused/charged/horwath-father-leslie-horwath/comment-page-1/ 

http://m.legacy.com/ns/william%20and%20helene-regier-obituary/91410945 

https://grandbendstrip.com/2007/07/police-say-taurus-not-linked-to-regier/ 

https://grandbendstrip.com/2007/07/regiers-truck-found-near-ottawa/ 

https://grandbendstrip.com/2007/07/murder-suspect-last-seen-in-crediton/ 

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2008/10/27/demon_killer_of_elderly_couple_gets_25_years_no_parole.html 

https://www.caseylessard.com/blog/tag/Jesse+Norman+Imeson 

https://issuu.com/grandbendstrip/docs/20070801-grandbendstrip 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/homicide-linked-truck-found-long-before-locals-told-1.643913 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20070727/281676840509895 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506150071 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/506150080 

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/accused-murderer-could-plead-guilty-to-lesser-charges-1.331147 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/manhunt-continues-after-slayings/article20399639/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/slain-couples-pickup-ditched-a-week-ago/article18141479/ 

https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/windsor-man-s-application-to-appeal-quashed-by-supreme-court-1.4416950 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/jesse-imeson-now-faces-3-murder-charges-1.252050 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/jesse-imeson-charged-in-death-of-windsor-man-1.251008 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20060930/281492156803949

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/3/11/war-amputation-refuge-a-salvadoran-migrants-story

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