A Kingston Predator: Richard Charles Joyce
KINGSTON, ONTARIO
Additional content warning: this series is about three separate but connected cases of historic child abduction and sexual assault—and it includes some graphic details that will be difficult and distressing to hear. Please see timestamps below to help you navigate the episode.
This two-part series is closely connected to the previous episode titled The Nozzles Gas Bar Murder.
“I have learned that secrets keep you sick, and this secret has kept me sick for 21 years.” When Kerri Kehoe was 11 years old she was abducted by child sexual predator. No one noticed she was missing and she decided to keep it that way. But Kerri remained haunted by what happened to her—and she would later learn that she wasn’t the only one.
Special thanks to Kerri Kehoe, “Catherine” (mother of survivor “Annie”), and Robert Rouleau.
Trigger Warnings - approximate timestamps for Part 1
4:30 to 11:50 Abduction of Kerri
— AD BREAK - if listening to ad-supported feed, allow a few extra minutes
20:40 to 23:45 Abduction of “Jane”
30:00 to 35:45 Abduction of “Annie”
More information
Staff Sergeant Melanie Jefferies, Kingston Police – 2023 Award Winner
Richard Charles Joyce denied parole in first-ever Canadian long-distance hearing - The Kingstonist
Canadian True Crime Podcast examines heinous crimes of Kingston's Richard Charles Joyce - The Kingstonist
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Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.
This month we have donated to The Children’s Treatment Center in Cornwall, Ontario, who for more than two decades has been providing high-quality counselling services to sexually or physically abused children and their families.
Credits:
Research, writing, sound design, narration: Kristi Lee
Audio editing, production & theme songs: We Talk of Dreams
Production assistance: Jesse Hawke
Script consulting: Carol Weinberg
Disclaimer voiced by Erik Krosby
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION SOURCES
Conversations with Kerri Kehoe, “Catherine”, and Robert Rouleau.
Documents and details provided by Kerri Kehoe including multiple transcripts from court proceedings, videos, photos, articles and other papers and information
Kingston Whig-Standard - collection of media articles and daily trial reporting - 1991 to 2011. Sourced via newspapers.com subscription.
Other sources:
Convicted child rapist and murderer at Vancouver Island prison applies for parole
Pedophile victim rallies public against parole of her perpetrator
Murder of April Morrison:
Studies and information - Pedophilia, Paraphilias, Antisocial Personality Disorder:
Tenbergen G, Wittfoth M, Frieling H, Ponseti J, Walter M, Walter H, Beier KM, Schiffer B, Kruger TH.
The Neurobiology and Psychology of Pedophilia: Recent Advances and Challenges.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Jun 24;9:344. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00344. PMID: 26157372; PMCID: PMC4478390.Fisher KA, Hany M. Antisocial Personality Disorder. [Updated 2023 May 8]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546673/
