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On June 20, 1981, 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz was murdered.
The young nursing assistant was on her way home from a neighbourhood bar on the eve of her birthday when she was sexually assaulted, strangled with her own purse, and drowned in the ravine behind her apartment building. Neighbourhood children found her body the next day.
Her murder went unsolved for 17 years, until a break in the case and the development of DNA technology helped identify her killer.
Robert Badgerow has been found guilty of Diane's murder twice in a record-setting four first-degree murder trials, and is presently out of prison on bail, awaiting an appeal.
For more, go to thespec.com.
In episode 35 of the Newsroom Insider, Jon Wells interviews Hamilton Police Staff Sergeant Dave Oleniuk about the reopening of Adele Komorowski's homicide in 1973.
Previous podcasts at thespec.com/newsroom-insider.
Subscribe to Newsroom Insider podcast on iTunes.
In episode 35 of the Newsroom Insider, Jon Wells interviews Hamilton Police Staff Sergeant Dave Oleniuk about the reopening of Adele Komorowski's homicide in 1973.
Previous podcasts at thespec.com/newsroom-insider.
Subscribe to Newsroom Insider podcast on iTunes.
On June 20, 1981, 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz was murdered.
The young nursing assistant was on her way home from a neighbourhood bar on the eve of her birthday when she was sexually assaulted, strangled with her own purse, and drowned in the ravine behind her apartment building. Neighbourhood children found her body the next day.
Her murder went unsolved for 17 years, until a break in the case and the development of DNA technology helped identify her killer.
Robert Badgerow has been found guilty of Diane's murder twice in a record-setting four first-degree murder trials, and is presently out of prison on bail, awaiting an appeal.
For more, go to thespec.com.
On June 20, 1981, 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz was murdered.
The young nursing assistant was on her way home from a neighbourhood bar on the eve of her birthday when she was sexually assaulted, strangled with her own purse, and drowned in the ravine behind her apartment building. Neighbourhood children found her body the next day.
Her murder went unsolved for 17 years, until a break in the case and the development of DNA technology helped identify her killer.
Robert Badgerow has been found guilty of Diane's murder twice in a record-setting four first-degree murder trials, and is presently out of prison on bail, awaiting an appeal.
For more, go to thespec.com.
On June 20, 1981, 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz was murdered.
The young nursing assistant was on her way home from a neighbourhood bar on the eve of her birthday when she was sexually assaulted, strangled with her own purse, and drowned in the ravine behind her apartment building. Neighbourhood children found her body the next day.
Her murder went unsolved for 17 years, until a break in the case and the development of DNA technology helped identify her killer.
Robert Badgerow has been found guilty of Diane's murder twice in a record-setting four first-degree murder trials, and is presently out of prison on bail, awaiting an appeal.
For more, go to thespec.com.
On June 20, 1981, 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz was murdered.
The young nursing assistant was on her way home from a neighbourhood bar on the eve of her birthday when she was sexually assaulted, strangled with her own purse, and drowned in the ravine behind her apartment building. Neighbourhood children found her body the next day.
Her murder went unsolved for 17 years, until a break in the case and the development of DNA technology helped identify her killer.
Robert Badgerow has been found guilty of Diane's murder twice in a record-setting four first-degree murder trials, and is presently out of prison on bail, awaiting an appeal.
For more, go to thespec.com.
In episode 34 of the Newsroom Insider, host Jim Poling talks to Susan Clairmont and David Crosbie about their work on the recently launched, serialized podcast, Covering Diane. The podcast series tells the story of Diane Werendowicz's murder in 1981 and the ensuing 37 years of policework, court cases, and journalism surrounding Robert Badgerow's conviction.
Previous podcasts at thespec.com/newsroom-insider.
Subscribe to Newsroom Insider podcast on iTunes.
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