- Gail Miller
Gail Miller (died
January 31 ,1969 ) was a 20-year old Canadian nursing assistant, who wasmurder ed andrape d onJanuary 31 ,1969 inSaskatoon, Saskatchewan , byLarry Fisher . Her partially nude body was found that morning in analley snow bank, with herthroat slashed and stabbed 27 times.David Milgaard had been wrongfully convicted of thecrime and served 23 years inprison before he was exonerated byDNA evidence analyzed in theUnited Kingdom .The Milgaard case in popular culture
To date, the David Milgaard case has been the subject of two movies: the 1992 documentary "The David Milgaard Story", directed by Vic Sarin, and the 1999 docudrama "Milgaard", directed by Stephen Williams and starring
Ian Tracey .The song "Wheat Kings" by
The Tragically Hip (from their 1992 album "Fully Completely ") contains references to the story of Milgaard.Canadian artist David Collier described the Milgaard case in comics form in his 2000 book Surviving Saskatoon.
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