Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, 1917-2007

Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, 1917-2007

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Jean Desraspe
Montréal, QC / Oct. 19, 1979

Longueuil taxi driver Jean Desraspe picked up a 19-year-old man in Ville d'Anjou on Oct. 19, 1979. Soon afterward he radioed that his throat had been cut. He died in hospital.

The killer confessed to slashing Desraspe with a hunting knife belonging to his father. He was sentenced to life without opportunity for parole for 15 years.

The defence claimed that the killer had been terrorized by his father since childhood.

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