Murder in Chatham: Virginia & Alfred Critchley and Jasen Pangburn

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 7 a.m.

b'Episode 237: On a fall evening in 1991, police discovered the bodies of Alfred Critchley, 75, and Virginia Critchley, 73, in the Chatham, Ontario residence they shared with their son and his family. The couple had been brutally stabbed. Alfred was unconscious but alive and Virginia was barely alive. Virginia died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and Alfred died later in the hospital having never regained consciousness. After a brief search, the couple\\u2019s grandson, Jasen Pangburn, 19, was discovered partially buried in a nearby ravine. Jasen had been executed with a single gunshot to the chest from a .22 calibre firearm. Thanks to Virginia\\u2019s dying words, suspicion fell on two youths, who\\u2019d been acquaintances of Jasen Pangburn\\u2019s, Jason Shawn Cofell, 18, and a 15-year-old accomplice we\\u2019ll call C.B.\\nSources:\\n2007 CanLII 76511 (ON SC) | R. v. Cofell | CanLII\\nThe Essex and Kent Scottish - Canada.ca\\nChatham triple-murderer granted parole after almost 25 years in prison | CBC News\\nTeenage triple-murderer whose killings rocked Chatham, region gets parole after decades in prison\\nSearch \\u2014 Jason Shaw Cofell \\u2014 Newspapers.com\\nCofell, Jason \\u2013 Canadian Crimeopedia\\nChatham-Kent, ON Crime Rates & Map\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'