Yves Trudeau (biker)

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Yves Trudeau
Born(1946-02-04)4 February 1946
Quebec, Canada
DiedJuly 2008(2008-07-00) (aged 62)
Quebec, Canada
Other names"Apache", "The Mad Bomber"
Criminal statusDeceased
AllegiancePopeye MC (1968–1977)
Hells Angels MC (1977–1985)
Criminal charge43 counts of manslaughter (1985)
Sexual assault (2004)
PenaltyLife imprisonment (1985)
4 years' imprisonment (2004)
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Yves Trudeau (4 February 1946 – July 2008), also known as "Apache" and "The Mad Bomber", was a Canadian outlaw biker, gangster and contract killer. A former member of the Hells Angels North chapter in Laval, Quebec, Trudeau was the club's leading assassin and a major participant in multiple biker conflicts throughout Canadian history, including the Popeyes–Devils Disciples War, the Satan's Choice–Popeyes War and the First Biker War. Frustrated by cocaine addiction and his suspicion that his fellow gang members wanted him dead, he became a Crown witness after the Lennoxville massacre. In exchange, he received a lenient sentence – life in prison but eligible for parole after seven years – for the killing of 43 people from September 1973 to July 1985.[1]

Trudeau was granted parole in 1994, and given the new identity of Denis Côté. He was arrested in March 2004 for sexually assaulting a young boy and received four more years' imprisonment. In 2007, Trudeau learned he had cancer and was transferred from Archambault penitentiary to a medical centre,[1] where he died in 2008. He was one of Canada's most notorious and prolific serial killers.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Cherry, Paul (16 July 2008). "He killed at least 43, now ex-biker faces death". canada.com. Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. ^ Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Facts on File. p. 185. ISBN 9780816061952.
  3. ^ Hristova, Bobby (27 March 2018). "Local serial killings both typical and unique in Canadian history". streeter.ca. Streeter. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ Scott, Cathy; Mellor, Lee; Morris, Rebecca; Hogan, Shanna; Kerrigan, Michael (2017). The Crime Book. DK. ISBN 9781465462862.