6. Allan Legere
In 1979, Allan Legere was being held for two violent acts in bars in the Miramichi area of New Brunswick, Canada. While being held, he escaped from prison. Recaptured in a different province, he was brought back to face trial. Eventually, he was convicted and served his time.
On June 21, 1986, 38-year-old Legere and two accomplices in their late teens broke into the house of 66-year-old John and 61-year-old Mary Glendenning to steal a safe. The couple was brutally beaten, and Mary was sexually assaulted. The assault left John dead, and the trio was arrested and convicted.
Legere was given a life sentence. In May 1989, while being transferred to a medical appointment, Legere escaped from custody. He eluded capture for months, even though he sneaked into communities along the Miramichi River.
Twenty-five days after escaping, Legere murdered 75-year-old Annie Flam. Five months later, he murdered a pair of sisters, 45-year-old Donna and 41-year-old Linda Daughney. Finally, five weeks later, he murdered a 69-year-old Catholic priest named James Smith. Each of the victims had been tortured for hours before their deaths.
In November 1989, nine days after the murder of Smith, Legere was recaptured. He’d been on the loose for 201 days. He was convicted of all four murders and is currently being held in a minimum-security prison in Edmonton, Alberta.
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