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August 22 Fredericton, N.B. Curtis […]

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1976-08-22

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August 22 Fredericton, N.B. Curtis MacCartney, a gay man, was brutally beaten and murdered in his apartment. Edmond R. Hopper was charged with second degree murder but was acquitted on November 22; the Crown prosecutor appealed the verdict. MacCartney's was the second gay murder in Fredericton in just over three years.

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Fredericton

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Edmond R. HopperCurtis MacCartney

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Government of Canada

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Keith Sly, "2nd Murder Upsets Community," Body Politic, no. 27 (1976), p. 4.Keith Sly, "Accused Murderer Freed Crown Appeals," Body Politic, no. 30 (1977), p. 8
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