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Lynn Harper was missing
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Harper’s body is found in Lawson’s Bush. Dr. John Penistan, assisted by Dr. David Hall Brooks, performs an autopsy on Harper’s body.
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Truscott is taken into custody. Doctors examine him starting at 10:15 p.m.
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Truscott is charged under the Juvenile Delinquents Act with Harper’s murder. Later that day, they seize the clothing Truscott was wearing the day police picked him up, including his underwear.
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Magistrate Dudley Holmes of the Juvenile and Family Court orders Truscott be tried as an adult. truscott’s application for leave to appeal Magistrate Holmes’ decision is denied.
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Truscott’s trial takes place in Goderich, Ont., before Justice Robert Ferguson and a jury. Seventy-four witnesses testify.
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The jury returns a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy. Judge Ferguson, as required by law, sentences Truscott to be hanged.
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Truscott is transferred to the Ontario Training School for Boys in Guelph, Ont.
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Isabel LeBourdais’ book, The Trial of Stephen Truscott, is published.
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The Supreme Court of Canada hears testimony from 26 witnesses, including Truscott, who did not testify at his trial.
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Lawyers for Truscott and the Crown make oral submissions to the Supreme Court.
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In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court rules that had an appeal in Truscott’s case been heard, it would have been dismissed.
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Truscott is released on parole. He is 24.
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Lawyers from the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted file an application on Truscott’s behalf asking that the federal minister of justice review the case.
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The Ontario Court of Appeal hears live testimony from 17 witnesses, including a women who was nine at the time of the murder
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Lawyers for Truscott and Ontario’s Attorney General make their final arguments before the five appeal court judges overseeing the case.
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Truscott finlly cleared his name