The Parole Board of Canada refused on Wednesday to release serial killer Allan Legere after hearing him blame others for the murders he committed and argue he could safely return to New Brunswick.The. . .
The Monster of the Miramichi will not be released on parole.
The Parole Board of Canada Wednesday refused supervised release for convicted New Brunswick serial killer Allan Legere according to multiple media outlets.
72-year-old Legere is serving a life sentence after he escaped custody in May of 1989 while incarcerated for a previous murder and assault.
The result was a seven month manhunt which saw him terrorize the communities of Miramichi before being apprehended in November 1989.
In that time, he killed four people, including 75-year-old Annie Flam, sisters Donna and Linda Daughney, 45 and 41 respectively, and Rev. James Smith, a 69-year-old Catholic priest.
HALIFAX Many in the Miramichi would like to forget Allan Legere, but his reign of terror still haunts and torments this usually quiet and serene community to this day. Everyone was fearful frightened of their lives but it was a bad time, a Miramichi resident told CTV Atlantic. Legere was convicted in the 1986 murder of shopkeeper John Glendenning and sentenced to life in prison, but he would later escape custody and went on a killing rampage that took the lives of four people. He killed Annie Flam an elderly store owner Donna and Linda Daughney,and Father James Smith, a Roman Catholic priest.
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Allan Legere was arrested on Route 118 in Miramichi. Legere, who was already in prison for one murder, escaped from custody in May 1989 and killed four more people. (CBC)
A parole board rejected Allan Legere s request for supervised release Wednesday.
Legere, who has been called the Monster of the Miramichi, was convicted of murder, rape and arson in the early 1990s after he escaped from custody while serving a life sentence for murder. He terrorized the Miramichi community and killed four people over the course of seven months. Your risk is not manageable, parole board member Delaine Dew said as she delivered the decision. The victim harm is still felt to this day and you have a number of outstanding issues.
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Serial killer Allan Legere, who was sentenced to life in prison, has been eligible for day parole since November 2012 and for full parole since November 2015.(CBC)
As the Parole Board of Canada prepares to consider the supervised release of serial killer Allan Legere, some who lived through his terrifying rampage 31 years ago warn he can never be rehabilitated.
The convicted murderer, rapist and arsonist, who will turn 73 in February, is scheduled for a parole hearing on Wednesday in Edmonton.
Dubbed the Monster of the Miramichi, Legere escaped from custody on May 3, 1989 and carried out four brutal murders, several arsons, and a sexual assault before being recaptured on Nov. 24 that year.