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evening, Boudreau reported her daughter missing and made an appeal for anyone with information to come forward: “Her eyes swollen from crying, her face pale and drawn, she said, ‘I'm trying not to think the worst. It's plain and simple hell. Not knowing where your kids are is horrible.’” A study by two researchers at
Dalhousie University analysed Boudreau's press conference; “We analyzed her facial expression right when she made the plea for help and before there were charges against her. There were some cues to suggest that she was not genuine.”
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a productive family when they're arguing and fighting. I'd come home and hear them screaming and hollering as I'd come up the stairs." Crown
Attorney, Paul Scovil, told reporters, "We were satisfied he did not mean ... that she was to kill Karissa." The Crown says Macumber "had no role" in the murder.
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Boudreau had a strained relationship with her daughter. Boudreau claims that her former partner, Vernon
Macumber, gave her the ultimatum that either her daughter went or he would go. However, Macumber has denied this, stating, "I asked them, 'You have to do something about this,' because this is not
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The undercover police officer claimed to belong to a crime syndicate and offered
Boudreau a deal: if she killed for them, they would get rid of the evidence against her. Boudreau was subsequently recorded on hidden cameras confessing to the undercover police officer and recounting the details of the
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Boudreau's neighbours subsequently overheard her arguing with
Macumber. The couple was consequently arrested on suspicion of murder. Macumber claims, "I told them whatever I could to help them. I always tried to help them until they started looking at me and accused me. I couldn't co-operate then. I
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Macumber stated in an interview that
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she was granted additional escorted passes out of prison to attend church. In
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