How a teen 'vampire's' blog blew up a murder trial — and prevented a wrongful conviction

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How a teen 'vampire's' blog blew up a murder trial — and prevented a wrongful conviction
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The blog contained a description of her \u0027likes,\u0027 which included: \u0027Blood, pain ... rain, darkness, thunder ... fire, my bedroom, sex ... cemeteries, knives\u0027

I had just discovered a shocking collection of evidence on the internet, including this girl’s blog and various profiles, which offered exclusive scandalous details about her as the central witness against three teenaged boys, including her ex-boyfriend. All three boys were accused of the horrific stabbing murder of the 12-year-old younger brother of the apparent ringleader, and also attempting to kill his stepfather.

Below is the beginning of that story. It ran the first morning after the jury was sequestered, across two pages in the National Post, with a sketch by Kagan McLeod of three accused teenaged murderers, seen from behind to preserve their anonymity. That night, after reading it and just in time to make the nine o’clock news, the judge declared a shocking mistrial.

Her other entries about the case, dating back before the preliminary inquiry last April, are equally candid, and somewhat at odds with her poised demeanour before the jury. Likewise, her writings on another website, for vampire enthusiasts, cast doubt on her claim — important to the prosecution’s case — that she regarded her former boyfriend’s blood fetish as childish.Article content

They would also have found the web page for vampire enthusiasts, from which the girl’s personal profile and photos were deleted last spring, before the preliminary inquiry. The page contained a description of her “likes,” which included: “Blood, pain, girls, guys, my school…. Yep… Hating people… my cat, 3 of my friends, rain, darkness, thunder… fire, my bedroom, sex… Despite quitting, i like drugs…cemeteries, knives, the beaches, music.

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