- Peter Demeter
Peter Demeter (April 19, 1933,
Budapest ,Hungary ) is a Canadian murderer.In 1956, Demeter immigrated to
Canada and by 1962 he started a successful career as a land developer inToronto .He married an Austrian-born model, Christine Ferrari, in 1967. The marriage was strained, and on July 18, 1973, 33 year old
Christine Demeter was found murdered in the garage of their family home inMississauga, Ontario .Demeter was convicted in 1974 for arranging the murder of his wife.
The trial, one of the longest in Canadian history, attracted international attention as it exposed the elements of the Canadian/Hungarian underworld and the possibility that both Demeter and his wife had been plotting to kill each other in order to collect a $1 million insurance policy. Demeter was convicted even though the actual killer was never found.
While in prison, Demeter has been weakened by stroke, a heart attack and had chemotherapy administered three times.
Demeter was convicted again, while still serving his sentence, for trying to arrange the murders of his cousin's son and a lawyer's daughter.
In May 2006 a judge ordered Demeter to provide a
DNA sample to the country's DNA data bank.Demeter is currently serving his term at the medium-security Bath Institute in
Ontario .References
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002217 "Demeter, Peter] , The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/05/30/todemeter20060530.html "Demeter ordered to hand over DNA sample"] , cbc.ca
*George Jonas and Barbara Amiel, "By Persons Unknown: the Strange Death of Christine Demeter" (Macmillan of Canada, 1977)External links
* [http://archives.zinester.com/56505/53970.html "Murders & Mysteries"] Archives at Zinester
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