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January 21, 1990 - Cody Legebokoff

What drew particular attention to this case was the stark contrast between Legebokoff's outward profile — a popular, athletic teenager from a stable home — and the crimes he committed before the age of twenty. He carried out four murders within roughly a year, targeting victims in and around Prince George while maintaining the appearance of an ordinary young man. The case prompted serious public discussion about how assumptions of innocence can obscure warning signs, and it remains a reference point in Canadian criminology.

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Cody Alan Legebokoff (born 21 January 1990) is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the Supreme Court of British Columbia of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers, and his trial drew national attention. One of his victims, the 23-year-old Natasha Lynn Montgomery, has been included in the list of missing women and girls suspected as victims in the Highway of Tears murders.

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