The Murder of Richard Humble

ONTARIO, CANADA

*Please note - some names in this episode have been changed to protect the privacy of innocent parties. Any links between names chosen and real people involved in the story are coincidental.

82 year old Richard Humble needed knee surgery, but because he lived alone, he would need a caregiver to help him as he recovered. An old friend recommended someone who might be able to help—but what she ended up doing to Richard was the exact opposite.

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Court Junkie

Elder abuse resources
Canada - Call toll-free 1 800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), itsnotright.ca/, www.canada.ca/seniors, Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
Australia - Protecting the Rights of Older Australians
US - National Center on Elder Abuse
UK - Action on Elder Abuse

Credits
Research: Jessica Ann
Writing: Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

Music credits
Chris Zabriskie — Cylinder Five, Cylinder Two, I’m A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honour
Kevin Macleod Incompetech - Immersed, Long Note Two
Kai Engel - Aspirato, Fryeri,
Sergey Cherimisinov - Lucerna, Fog
Phillip Weigl - Full of Stars
Theme Music by We Talk of Dreams

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Main information sources:
Court documents:

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2015/2015onsc200/2015onsc200.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQARbWFyZ2FyZXQgbGVlIGNvbGUAAAAAAQ&resultIndex=2

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2013/2013onsc6293/2013onsc6293.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQARTWFyZ2FyZXQgTGVlIENvbGUAAAAAAQ&resultIndex=3

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2015/2015onsc406/2015onsc406.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQARTWFyZ2FyZXQgTGVlIENvbGUAAAAAAQ&resultIndex=2

News reports and other sources:

1. Collection of articles from Simcoe.com

2. https://torontosun.com/2015/03/24/greedy-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-burning-senior-alive

3. https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/margaret-lee-cole-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-washago-man-1.2295685

4. https://edmontonsun.com/2015/02/26/defence-argues-caregiver-not-a-murderer

5. https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/closing-arguments-finish-in-margaret-lee-cole-murder-trial-1.2255557

6. https://torontosun.com/2015/03/05/woman-found-guilty-of-killing-senior-over-money

7. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/70251744/person/360063434416/facts?_phsrc=Pzs19&_phstart=successSource

8. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/70251744/person/360063434416/media/8f5521d3-8ad0-4eef-be23-78d2c545f6a8?_phsrc=Pzs21&usePUBJs=true

9. https://www.ccja-acjp.ca/pub/en/positions/faint-hope-clause/

10. https://www.891maxfm.ca/2012/06/12/murder-charge-laid-in-washago-death/

11. https://torontosun.com/2015/02/25/crown-argues-caregiver-murdered-senior-for-money

12. http://johnfjohnsonlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Case_Appeal_ColeFourSeasons.pdf

13. https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2002/2002canlii35038/2002canlii35038.html?resultIndex=2#document