- Jennifer Teague
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name = Jennifer Teague
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birth_date =June 30 ,1987
birth_place =Ottawa ,Canada
death_date =September 8 ,2005
death_place =Ottawa ,Canada
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children =Jennifer Teague (
June 30 ,1987 –September 8 ,2005 ) [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=97de9a0b-be2e-479b-8a5e-9d9227a8db89&k=40000 'I killed Jennifer' ] ] was a teenager who lived inBarrhaven ,Ontario ,Canada . She was murdered during the early morning hours ofSeptember 8 ,2005 .Murder
On September 8, 2005, Jennifer was going home from a late-night shift at
Wendy's , when she disappeared. An extensive search was conducted by many local residents all across much of the Barrhaven area and the disappearance made national headlines acrossCanada . On September 18, her body was discovered by an off-duty police officer, dumped near a secluded parking lot leading to the Lime Kiln Trail off Moodie Drive in the Stony Stamp Conservation Area. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/09/19/Teague-body-found0919.html Police confirm body of missing Ottawa teenager found ] ]On June 9, 2006, a resident of Barrhaven, Kevin Davis a 24-year-old pizza maker, stripped naked and rushed out onto Fallowfield Road, screaming in the middle of speeding traffic that he killed Jennifer Teague. He was almost hit by an oncoming car as he repeated several times "I killed Jennifer Teague". He was later charged with first-degree murder. During a brief visit at an
Ottawa area hospital, he later denied the facts. However, a few days after he approached an off-duty officer leaving a mall and admitted his actions. The officer then calledOttawa Police and was arrested without incident shortly after. [ [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a453c4ca-e9f7-45f7-aaab-af4a1708a389 'I killed Jennifer' ] ]Trial of Kevin Davis
On January 12, 2008, on the same day, that Chris Myers, the suspect in the 2003 murder of
Ardeth Wood (a case that was compared often to the Teague case) pleaded guilty, Davis had announced its intentions on pleading guilty on murder charges at the start of his trial which was scheduled for January 25, 2008. [http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/01/09/4759727-sun.html enter a guilty plea] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/01/08/ot-teague-080108.html Ottawa man to plead guilty to murdering Jennifer Teague: lawyer ] ] He was then sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole until at least 25 years. Prior to the announcement of the sentence, Davis testified about the course of events in which he abducted Teague on September 8 near theVia Rail train tracks near Jockvale Road and committed the murder at his home a few hours later before leaving the victim's body at the Conservation Area 5 kilometers away just before dawn.External Links/Sources
* [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a453c4ca-e9f7-45f7-aaab-af4a1708a389 Confession]
* [http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/01/09/4759727-sun.html Information on Plea]
* [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=97de9a0b-be2e-479b-8a5e-9d9227a8db89&k=40000 Chronology of the Case]References
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