54-55 Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith (The Abbotsford Killer)

Abbotsford, British Columbia

On October 13, 1995, two teenage girls were walking along a familiar street as they were heading to a party. Along the way, they encountered a man who would change not only their lives, but the lives of their two families, multiple police districts and an entire community. For the next seven months that man played a game of cat and mouse, terrorizing the community.

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Credits:

Research and writing: Stephanie Moore
Editing and narration: Kristi Lee
Audio editing, music arrangement, audio production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of Beyond Bizarre True Crime
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

Music:

We Talk of Dreams - original composer of "Canadian True Crime Theme song"
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Kai Engel - Seeker  
Kai Engel - Denouement 
Chris Zabriskie - I'm a man who will fight for your honour 
Chris Zabriskie - stories about the world that once was
Chris Zabriskie - Last Night I Dreamed I Saw True Love In Your Eyes
Kevin McLeod - Long Note Two
Kevin McLeod - Spacial Harvest
Kevin McLeod - Lightless Dawn
Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder 5
Chris Zabriskie - There's a Special Place for Some People

Information Sources

Book: Through the Valley of the Shadow, the Search for the Abbotsford Killer by A.R. Gehl MA Inspector (retired)

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1996/4/1/fear-and-mourning-in-the-bible-belt 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20100425/284391260446648

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/woman-who-survived-abbotsford-killer-devoted-to-helping-others-1.861220

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/family-of-killer-to-receive-reward/article4130781/

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1996/9/23/bible-belt-mayhem#!&pid=20

Documentary: Misty Cockerill Episode of I survived: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtBxGBbI-Aw

Crime Stories Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=914-kUDRa7M

Book: Murderous Minds on Trial: Terrible Tales from a Forensic Psychiatrists Casebook By Stanley Semrau.

https://people.howstuffworks.com/police-sketch3.htm

Court Documents:

https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2000/2000bcsc69/2000bcsc69.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAMdGVycnkgZHJpdmVyAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1

https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/1998/1998canlii6726/1998canlii6726.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAcInRlcnJ5IG1pY2hhZWwgZ3JhbnQgZHJpdmVyIgAAAAAB&resultIndex=1

https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/1998/1998canlii4132/1998canlii4132.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAcInRlcnJ5IG1pY2hhZWwgZ3JhbnQgZHJpdmVyIgAAAAAB&resultIndex=2

https://canadianimmigrant.ca/settlement/find-a-city/living-in-abbotsford-b-c

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75592796/tanya-selina-smith

https://thepoliceinsider.com/why-police-keep-people-in-the-dark-holdback-vital-in-high-stakes-investigations/

Forensic Factor, the Abbotsford Killer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1696950/

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20060822/281818574305581

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