Murder of Tori Stafford
2009 murder of eight-year-old girl in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victoria Elizabeth Marie "Tori" Stafford (July 15, 2000 – April 8, 2009) was a Canadian girl who was abducted, raped, and murdered by Michael Rafferty and Terri-Lynne McClintic. Her body was found three months later in a wooded area in rural Ontario. The subsequent investigation and search were the subject of massive media coverage across Canada.[2]
Tori Stafford | |
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Born | Victoria Elizabeth Marie Stafford[1] (2000-07-15)July 15, 2000[1] Woodstock, Ontario, Canada |
Disappeared | April 8, 2009 |
Died | April 8, 2009(2009-04-08) (aged 8) |
Cause of death | Murder by blunt trauma |
Body discovered | July 19, 2009 Mount Forest, Ontario |
The police response to the situation as it developed, as well as their failure to announce an AMBER alert was criticized by the public, and has been the focus of a review of the AMBER alert system in Canada. The circumstances of her death were unknown to the public until a publication ban was lifted in December 2010.