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A queensville, Ontario resident, who lived right next door to the Jessop's. He was arrested on April 22, 1985 for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering Christine Jessop. Guy was interrogated for 6 hours and he maintained his innocence, he even provided an alibi for the time of death. Investigators obtained his time card from work, which indicated that it would have difficult for Guy to commit the crime after leaving work. After all the information the police still decided to charge Guy with the crime based on mere suspicion.

A picture of Guy Paul Morin being taken into custody

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Christine Jessop - One of the strangest Murder Cases in history ?

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Christine Jessop - One of the strangest Murder Cases in history ?

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On October 3, 1984. a nine year old girl name Christine Jessop went missing after seen buying some gum from the general store. The police led a huge search that lasted for several days, they had 800 pages of document on the case but had no trace at all. On new years eve December 31, 1984, Christine's body was found on a field 50 kilometers away from queensville.  The funeral was sad and devastating, the community needed answers and the Police was desperate to convict the killer.

A picture of nine year Christine Jessop

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After Guy Paul Morin was charged, his first trial began On January 7, 1986. he Jury heard a number of testimonies from experts and police officers who interviewed and interrogated Guy. They court also, heard testimonies from two cellmates claimed that they heard Guy confess to the crime while he was kept in prison prior to his trial. Guy who did not confess to any crime of any sort was found not guilty by a Jury and was set free.

The justice department was disappointed about the acquittal, this led the Attorney General of Ontario to launch an appeal on Guy's acquittal.  The crown claimed that Guy's trial judge had not properly informed the Jury on "reasonable doubt"
A retrial was ordered and he was found guilty of first degree Murder.

A video explanation of the criminal proceedings of Guy Paul Morin

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Guy Paul Morin _ Odd Man Out (1992) - the fifth estate.mp4

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The Police started suspecting Guy Paul Morin because his family was considered weird by Christine's mother, they had no friends and they lived close to the Jersey's. Police decided to talk to the Guy Paul Morin, they spoke at the back of the car and they claimed Morin said something about young girls paying for their. The Interview which was being taped already stopped before he made that comment. Based on that suspicion, the police tricked Morin into getting his hair, then they went on over to his car and lifted tiny fibers from his car. The Samples were examined in a lab, out of thousands of fibers found in his car only five were possible matches to the victims clothes. The evidence they had was not conclusive but nonetheless, the police officers still suspected Morin for Christen's murder.

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Guy's Conviction sparked a lot of debate in the society. An association called the Justice for Guy Paul Committee was formed to help appeal his wrongful conviction. This committee was successful in getting bail granted for Guy on February 9, 1993. The association late developed to the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted to broaden its scope.
Due to the technological advancement from 1986, the new DNA technology was used to test Christine"s underwear shows Guy could not have been responsible for the Murder.

The Ontario Court of Appeal had to rescind Guy's conviction and entered and acquittal.

A picture of Guy Paul Morin speaking to the press after he was acquitted based on new DNA result.

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A lot of things accounted for Guy's wrongful conviction some of them are, Police or investigators tunnel vision. Personal bias and prejudices a role in tunnel vision, investigators are so ignorant, closed minded of other possibilities and that leads to miscarriage of justice.

Bad technology in the 1980's contributed to Guy's wrongful conviction.  the new DNA testing technology helped exonerate Guy after he spent ten years in custody for a crime he did not commit.

Unreliable Witness testimony. The account  from inmates who claimed they heard Guy confess to the murder was found untrue. These inmates were offered lesser sentence for their testimony.

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Mr Guy Paul Morin was an innocent man, arrested, jailed and convicted for the sexual assault and murder of a nine year old girl Christine Jessop. He served 10 years in and 18 months in jail for a crime he didn't commit, he had to live with stigma of being a first degree murderer.

Although amount of money change how this wrongful conviction has affected him and his family, he was compensated with $1.25million and a public apology.

Despite his trials and tribulations Guy is now married with kids and he is developing his skills as a repairman.

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Guy Paul Morin _ Odd Man Out (1992) - the fifth estate.mp4

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Works Cited

Harland-Logan, S. (2018). Guy Paul Morin. Retrieved from Innocence Canada: http://innocencecanada.com/exonerations/guy-paul-morin/
CBC News. (2015, March 20). Guy Paul Morin : Odd Man Out (1992) - the fifth estate. Retrieved from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE_GlEdW5uQ

M, F. (2011, May 26). Guy Paul Movie. Retrieved from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZbmSFL0JYM&t=52s