Harrison Family Murders
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
A separated couple have ongoing issues with custody of their children, setting a chain of events in motion that would destroy an entire family.
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Research and writing: Anna Priestland
Narration, music arrangement: Kristi Lee
Audio production: Erik Krosby
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Main information sources:
COURT RECORDS
https://www.canlii.org/en/#search/text=Melissa%20Merritt%20and%20Christopher%20Fattore (Fatt-orey) (Fatt-orey)
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2015/2015onsc6294/2015onsc6294.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAnTWVsaXNzYSBNZXJyaXR0IGFuZCBDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBGYXR0b3JlAAAAAAE&resultIndex=12
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2016/2016onsc7009/2016onsc7009.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAnTWVsaXNzYSBNZXJyaXR0IGFuZCBDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBGYXR0b3JlAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2017/2017onsc5758/2017onsc5758.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAnTWVsaXNzYSBNZXJyaXR0IGFuZCBDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBGYXR0b3JlAAAAAAE&resultIndex=7
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2017/2017onsc1648/2017onsc1648.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAnTWVsaXNzYSBNZXJyaXR0IGFuZCBDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBGYXR0b3JlAAAAAAE&resultIndex=9
FEATURES
https://torontolife.com/city/crime/house_of_horrors/
http://projects.thestar.com/harrison-family-murders/
https://www.newsweek.com/dateline-murder-harrisons-family-dead-who-what-happened-934358
http://www.newser.com/story/258277/3-people-died-in-one-house-then-cops-realized-it-was-murder.html
https://2paragraphs.com/2018/05/dateline-harrison-family-murderer-Fattore-manned-up-when-wife-arrested/
http://cached.newslookup.com/cached.php?ref_id=129&siteid=2120&id=4757737&t=1391860800
https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/decade-long-mississauga-tragedy-involves-drunk-driving-kidnapping-fire-assault-murder-and-unexplained-death
Dateline Ep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZw62huCPJ4
2009 CALEB JAILED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2009/03/09/mississauga_man_jailed_in_impaired_driving_death.html
A STRANGE MURDER
AUGUST 2013
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4048865-police-need-help-unraveling-mississauga-murder-mystery/
https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7584497-triple-murder-trial-son-s-body-in-rigor-mortis-when-paramedic-found-him-in-mississauga-home/
ARE THREE DEATHS LINKED?
AUGUST 2013 https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4050618-are-three-deaths-in-the-same-erin-mills-home-linked-/
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4058390-three-deaths-one-home-and-a-mystery-what-happened-to-the-harrisons-/
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/08/30/mississauga_murder_three_deaths_one_home_and_a_mystery_what_happened_to_the_harrisons.html
MELISSA MERRITT WAS INTERVIEWED IN 2010 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF BRIDGET HARRISON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC6lnrn3dD8
BRIDGET OBIT
http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=387097
CALEB OBIT
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/caleb-harrison-obituary?pid=166660582
CALEB DEATH NOW A HOMICIDE
AUG 2013 https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4048308-suspicious-death-of-mississauga-man-now-a-homicide-police-say/
ARREST Jan 2014
https://globalnews.ca/news/1112556/arrests-made-in-homicide-of-man-found-dead-last-summer/
Press conference on Arrest:
https://vimeo.com/85280679
CHARGES LAID OF CALEB AND HIS MOM
Jan 2014
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/couple-charged-with-killing-ex-husband-and-his-mother-3-years-apart/article16550344/
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/01/28/arrests_made_in_murder_of_mississauga_man_caleb_harrison.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/murder-charges-laid-2013-death-ontario-caleb-harrison-223739395.html
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4338504-updated-ex-wife-and-partner-charged-with-murdering-caleb-harrison-and-mother/
https://www.theifp.ca/news-story/5371557-murder-victim-and-accused-former-georgetown-residents/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/01/28/2-charged-in-death-of-mississauga-mother-and-son/9/?category=family%3Fcategory%3Dfamily
COURT APPEARANCE DELAYED
Jan 2014
HELD ON REMAND AWAITING TRIAL
Jan 2014 https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4341940-couple-accused-of-killing-mississauga-mother-and-son-kept-in-halifax-before-trial/
HEARING OF MOTHER AND PARTNER July 2014
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4612752-couple-accused-of-double-murder-head-back-to-court/
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/4689712-accused-in-harrison-murders-optimistic-about-his-chances-in-court/
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5732514-preliminary-hearing-continues-for-nova-scotia-couple-accused-of-murdering-mississauga-family/
INTERROGATION VIDEO CONFESSION
JAN 29TH 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MltWutdDtC0
NOW ACCUSED OF WHOLE FAM JAN 2015
https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5294645-update-couple-now-accused-of-murdering-entire-mississauga-family/
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5294645-update-couple-now-accused-of-murdering-entire-mississauga-family/
ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL
MARCH 2016
THE TRIAL
PRE ARREST
OCT 2017
DEFENCE SUGGESTS Fattore (Fatt-orey) (Fatt-orey) FALSELY CONFESSED AND WAS PROTECTING THE WOMAN HE LOVED
CLOSING ARGUMENTS
DEC 2018
JURY DELIBERATES
FAMILY IMPACT STATEMENTS
JAN 2018
JURY REACHES VERDICT
JAN 2018
GUILTY
JAN 2018
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/woman-husband-guilty-murder-ex-husband-man-mother-1.4487937
https://www.cp24.com/news/jury-hands-down-verdicts-in-mississauga-triple-murder-trial-1.3758288
http://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/news/verdict-in-mississauga-triple-murder-trial-1.3552491
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