Episode 381: In December 1987, 12-year-old Trina Campbell, a Métis girl from Brampton, Ontario, was abducted and murdered by Douglas Robert Worth, a violent ex-convict known as the “Pictou Sadist.” Despite psychiatric warnings, Worth had been released months earlier. His relatives’ testimony helped lead police to her remains, and he was convicted of second-degree murder, receiving a life sentence with 23 years before parole eligibility.

Now, in 2025, Worth has been released at age 73 and is living in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, under strict monitoring. Halifax police issued a public safety alert, warning that he remains a high-risk offender with a long record of extreme violence, including rape, kidnapping, and dismemberment.

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Pictou, NS | The Canadian Encyclopedia
History of Pictou
Robert Hare - UBC Department of Psychology
May 10, 1988, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com
R. v. Worth (R.D.) vLex
R. v. Worth, 1995 CanLII 366 (ON CA)
R. v. Worth, 1989 CanLII 7153 (ON SC)
Trina Campbell, Brampton, 1987 — 1990 | Search - Newspapers.com™
Douglas Worth has been imprisoned for life; with no chance of parole...
Douglas Robert Worth: The Pictou Sadist
YouTube — Pictou Sadist
Police say high-risk offender now living in Dartmouth area
HUNTER: GTA dismemberment pedophile killer Douglas Worth out of prison
High-risk offender now living in Halifax area | CBC News
Killer who raped, decapitated 12-year-old Ontario girl has been paroled: police
Home Page - Final Report | MMIWG
1977 Report to Parilament by the SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM IN CANADA

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