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Childhood?

The Lady Killer

  • In interviews, John described his childhood happy , then in others miserable because he struggled with school and fought with other kids
  • He has a 21 year old single mother when he was born
  • John's mom married Al Crawford, who was an alcoholic and a taxi driver
  • At a young age John suffered form burns to the upper chest, neck, and arm from playing with a cigarette lighter; it left a major scarring which was teased by other kids
  • He was molested at the age of 4 and 7 by his babysitter
  • At the age of 3, John attempted to run away
  • At age 16 he claimed that he would hear voices in his head that tormented him
  • He began to sniff glue, drink, and take perception by the age of 12

Classification: Serial killer

Characteristics: Rape - Torture

Number of victims: 4 +

Date of murders: 1981 / 1992

Date of arrest: January 1995

Date of birth: March 29, 1962

Victims profile: Mary Jane Serloin / Eva Taysup / Shelley Napope / Calinda Waterhen

Method of murder: Stabbing with knife / Strangulation

Location: Alberta/Saskatchewan, Canada

Status: Sentenced in 1981 to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter. Released on March 23, 1989. Sentenced to three concurrent life sentences in 1996

What Were The Actual Crimes?

  • John has 4 known victims who were all women, all aboriginal and prostitutes
  • One murder took place in Lethbridge, Alberta and the other three took place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • He helped a beat up a man to death in Saskatchewan
  • John is known for raping, torturing straggling and stabbing his victims

John Martin Crawford

Who Were The Witnesses?

Who is the serial Killer?

On may 19th, 1992 Janet Sylvester told the police John rapped her and the police found him on the beach dying from sun stroke and sentence abuse. He was taken to jail until his mom paid for his bail.

  • John Marin Crawford is a Canadian serial killer
  • Born on March 29, 1962 in Steinbeck, Manitoba
  • He is known for raping and torturing his victims

Calinda Waterhen

  • She was 22 years old we she was murdered
  • She was murdered on September 21, 1992, one day after Eva's death
  • Calinda was raped, tortured, and strangled to death by John Martin Crawford

The End

References:

  • Google images

  • http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/crawford-john-martin.htm

  • http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Crawford,%20John%20Martin%20_fall,%202007_.pdf

Mary Jane Serloin

  • Johns first murder in 1981
  • He meet Mary at a bar in Lethbridge, Alberta
  • On Christmas day her neked body was found with deep bite marks on her breasts
  • John was 19 years old at the time of this murder

Eva Taysup

  • John buried her body
  • He raped and tortured Eva
  • This happened on September 20, 1992
  • Crawford sawed off her arm after he was done strangling her

What Sentence Did He Receive?

John Martin Crawford is serving three concurrent life sentences in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Shelley Napope

John Martin Crawford

  • Shelley was sixteen years old when she was murdered
  • She was stabbed to death after she was dragged into the bushes
  • Her murdering was in 1992
  • Shelley remains were found in 1994

By: Hasena Normohamad

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