Murder of Leslie Mahaffy

Leslie Mahaffy
Born
Leslie Erin Mahaffy

(1976-07-05)July 5, 1976
DiedJune 16, 1991(1991-06-16) (aged 14)
OccupationStudent

Leslie Erin Mahaffy (July 5, 1976 – June 16, 1991) was the second Canadian murder victim of killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Burlington, Ontario, and a Grade 9 student at M.M. Robinson High School.[1]

Mahaffy's kidnapping was one in a series of disappearances of Ontario schoolgirls in the early 1990s, including Kristen French, also a victim of Bernardo and Homolka. Prior to killing Mahaffy in 1991 and French in 1992, the pair had raped and killed Homolka's teenage sister Tammy in 1990. The disappearances, arrests, and convictions were widely covered in Canadian media, becoming one of the most notorious crimes in Canadian history.

  1. ^ Jenish, D Arcy (1995-05-29). "Horror stories". Maclean's Magazine Vol.108, Iss. 22. Rogers Publishing Limited. pp. 14–18. ProQuest 218451932.