Holly Jones would be 30 today. Instead, she is a beloved memory for her family and friends and a painful chapter in our city’s history. MandelSun on the grim 20-year anniversary since Holly Jones was abducted and killed
” her mom recalled all those years ago. “Holly wanted to know if she should change out of her dress-up clothes beneath her sweater. Her mother told her not to bother.Article contentMaria arrived home from shopping at 8 p.m. to find Holly still wasn’t home. After frantic calls to her friends and a search of the neighbourhood, Holly’s mom called police.
An exhausted Toronto Police Service member slumps on the stairway outside of the residence of Michael Briere in Toronto on June 23, 2003. Briere was later convicted of murdering 10-year-old Holly Jones. POSTMEDIA NETWORK FILESHis beefy hand holding tight on her neck, like a father guiding an errant child, Briere led her into the dirty alleyway behind his house and into his apartment. In his bedroom, he stripped off her clothes and his own.
Briere already knew Holly was never leaving his apartment alive. “Probably when I was walking her to my place, I think at that point I realized it’s already too late. Already at that point, I didn’t want to get caught.”Article contentHer killer then spent the evening carving her into pieces with a small handsaw and later took several trips on the TTC to throw her body parts in the lake — all, that is, but her legs.
An autopsy showed Holly had been sexually assaulted and strangled. But under the fingernails of her right hand, she was pointing to the man who had killed her. Toronto Police hand out photos of Michael Briere, the man accused and later convicted of murdering Holly Jones. POSTMEDIA NETWORK FILESThe male DNA was the silent witness, but now investigators had to get it to talk.offenders
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