In his new book, 22 Murders, Paul Palango details the April 2020 killing spree and the many unanswered questions about the RCMP\u0027s response
Approaching her sixty-fifth birthday, Lillian Campbell Hyslop and her husband, Michael, were enjoying their retirement in the scenic Wentworth Valley. They had moved there in 2014, after Michael had inherited a property that sat near the corner of highways 4 and 246, known locally as the 4 and the New Annan Road.
“Her nature, her compassion, her gentleness, her spirits were just so good,” Lisa Triggs, an old friend of Lillian’s, told Plonka. “She would walk into a room and literally, Lillian would scan the room and right away from across the room she’ll smile at you and make you feel like you’re the only person in that room. I think her nature is just what made her an exceptional soul. There was nothing violent about her nature; she was always kind. She could deal with any situation.
As Wortman sped along the smooth, recently paved highway, the RCMP was nowhere in sight. Cindy and Carlyle Brown had seen four RCMP cars coming from Oxford or Springhill, but they were well behind Wortman in Cumberland County. He was headed back to Colchester County. Same police force. Different jurisdictions. Under normal circumstances, they aren’t tuned in to the same assistance channel.
It was around 9:34 a.m. when Wortman either drove across the highway or made a U-turn, stopped near Hyslop, took aim at her head with his laser sight and shot her, killing her instantly. She was his seventeenth victim in about eleven and a half hours. A witness called 911 immediately and said they had “heard a bang” and seen an RCMP car leaving the area.
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