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September 13 Winnipeg Peter Petkaw […]
When
1978-09-13
Description
September 13 Winnipeg Peter Petkaw, thirty-one, was beaten unconscious in the gay cruising area known as the "Hill," near the Manitoba legislature. He died thirteen days later. The area had witnessed an increasing number of assaults against gay men in recent months. John Usher and Patrick Holt were later arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Petkaw's death. Holt was later released. (See also November 11, 1978, and February 23, 1979.)
