Steven Truscott

  • Lynn Harper was reported missing

  • Steven Truscott was interviewed by the police and the air force

  • Lynn Harper's body was found in Lawson's Bush

  • Truscott was charged with first degree murder

  • Truscott was ordered to be tried as an adult

  • The jury found Truscott guilty, Mr Justice Ferguson sentenced Truscott to be hanged

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    Prison time at the Ontario Training School for Boys(Guelph)

  • Truscott's appeal was dismissed

  • Government of Canada reduced Truscott's sentence to life imprisonment

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    Truscott does time at Collins Bay Penitentiary

  • Canadian Government referred Truscott's case to the Supreme Court

  • Supreme Court ruled against a new trial

  • Truscott is released on parole

  • Terms and conditions of parole were relieved.

  • Lynne Harper's body was exhumed to test for DNA evidence

  • Ontario Court of Appeal began hearing arguments in Truscott's defence

  • Truscott was acquitted of charges