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Episode 225: In our last episode we learned that in Saskatoon, on the morning of January 31, 1969, a 12-year-old girl on the way to school stumbled upon the body of Gail Miller, a 20-year-old nurse\u2019s aide, lying in the snow in an alley. Gail had been raped, murdered and discarded in the snow by her killer. As there had been a number of sexual assaults in the city, police were under enormous pressure to solve the murder and soon their attention turned to 16-year-old David Edgar Milgaard. He\u2019d been in the neighbourhood and at a home nearby the alley where Gail\u2019s body lay on the morning of the murder. Witnesses later claimed he\u2019d seen blood on David\u2019s clothing and gave other incriminating information to police. Milgaard was subsequently arrested and charged with Gail\u2019s murder.\nExactly a year after the murder, Milgaard was convicted of the murder and sentenced to a term of life in prison \u2014 justice, it appeared, had been served. We\u2019ll find out, that was not the case at all. After serving 23 hellish years in prison, David Milgaard, who\u2019d always maintained his innocence, was finally exonerated by DNA evidence that pointed to another man as Gail Miller\u2019s killer, a man named Larry Earl Fisher.\n\nSources:\nSaskatoon.ca |\nINQUIRY CALLED INTO WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF DAVID MILGAARD | News and Media | Government of Saskatchewan\nCommission of the Inquiry Into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard\nDavid Milgaard - Innocence Canada\nReference re Milgaard (Can.) - SCC Cases\nR. v. Milgaard, 1971 CanLII 792 (SK CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/g7c3z >\nR. v. Fisher (L.E.), 1999 SKQB 88 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g95sx >\nJustice Miscarried by Helena Katz - Ebook | Scribd\nShrunk by J. Thomas Dalby, PhD, Editor, Lorene Shyba, PhD, Editor - Audiobook | Scribd\nWrongful Convictions in Canada | PDF | Miscarriage Of Justice | Law\nDavid Milgaard - Wikipedia\nDavid Milgaard was innocent of Gail Miller murder and rape - SaskToday.ca\nMilgaard inquiry: Don\u2019t judge us: Cops\nMan convicted of notorious murder dies at Abbotsford prison \u2013 Abbotsford News\nA Mother\u2019s Story - Joyce Milgaard\nDonald Marshall Jr. \u2013 Dark Poutine \u2013 True Crime & Dark History\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices