June 29 Toronto The body of David […]

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1981-06-29

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June 29 Toronto The body of David Murphy, sixty-one, was found in his apartment at the Brimley Acres seniors' residence, 2950 Lawrence Avenue East. He had been bludgeoned and strangled. At the time, Murphy's death was part of a series of unsolved murders of gay men in Toronto between 1975 and 1981. Dale Clarence Thompson, thirty-one, was charged with Murphy's murder on October 2, 1981. On November 19, 1981, Lloyd Edward Wilson, thirty-two, turned himself in to police; he was also charged with first-degree murder in the case. On July 28, 1982, they were found guilty of second-degree murder by an Ontario Supreme Court jury, and Madame Justice Janet Boland sentenced them to life in prison.

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Toronto

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Janet Boland Lloyd Edward Wilson Dale Clarence Thompson David Murphy

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Supreme Court of Ontario

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