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Donald Marshall

By Simran1717

  • Birth

    Birth
    Donald Marshall was born on September 13, 1953 in Sydney Nova Scotia.

  • Teenage Years of Donald Marshall

    Teenage Years of Donald Marshall
    In Donald’s teenage years he was just like many others, he smoked and hung out with his friends.

  • Investigation of the Stabbing

    Investigation of the Stabbing
    A few days after the stabbing at the Sydney Wentworth park the police investigation began, and The officers in charge of the murder case had no experience or training in running a homicide investigation. For example, they did not perform an autopsy on the victim's body, and the crime scene was not secured or photographed

  • Meeting Sandy Seale

    Meeting Sandy Seale
    (On Friday May 28th, 1971) At the Sydney Wentworth park (located next to cape breton regional municipality which is a city in nova scotia), Marshall met an acquaintance named Sandy Seale, who was a 17 year old black youth. Marshall was 17 years old at this incident.

  • Donald Marshall and Roy Ebsary

    Donald Marshall and Roy Ebsary
    Soon after, Roy Ebsary, who was one of the men who approached the two teens, stabbed Seale in the stomach and slashed Marshall on the arm.

  • Running Away from the Stabbing

    Running Away from the Stabbing
    Everyone fled from the scene and left Seale, who was marshalls acquaintance on the ground.

  • Marshall gets Arrested

    Marshall gets Arrested
    (June 4th) Marshall was arrested and charged with a murder he did not commit

  • Cape Breton County Courthouse

    Cape Breton County Courthouse
    After Marshall was arrested, he went on trial in the Cape Breton County Courthouse in (Sydney on 2 November 1971.)

  • Ebsary

    Ebsary
    They found out the Ebsary admitted to stabbing Seale to one of his roommates, and that his daughter saw him washing off blood from his knife on the night of the murder. (1981), Ebsary was convicted for murder for stabbing another person

  • Marshall's Case Closed

    Marshall's Case Closed
    (1982), Marshall’s case was closed, however, the RCMP officers decided to reopen this case based on a witness that claimed he was not guilty and they opened his case after 11 years of prison.

  • Marshall was Released from Prison

    Marshall was Released from Prison
    Marshal was released from prison on march 29th, 1982. In other words he spent 11 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

  • Death

    Death
    Donald Marshall died August 6, 2009.