Police examine a murder victim’s car near the spot where a man was gunned down in an afternoon shooting outside a Mount Olive Drive townhouse complex in August of2009.
A fatal shooting at a summer barbecue. A young man in jail. A long fight for justice. The inside story of a murder on Mount Olive
Chief Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan brings you the Murder on Mount Olive podcast, an investigation of a 2009 murder that sent a man to prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit.
Police examine a murder victim’s car near the spot where a man was gunned down in an afternoon shooting outside a Mount Olive Drive townhouse complex in August of2009.
On a hot, sunny day in August a man is shot three times. It happens outside a barbecue. Witnesses give different descriptions of the shooter; police flood the area looking for clues. What happens that day will end up putting a young soccer player turned carpenter behind bars for life for a crime he says he didn’t commit. This is the story of Christopher Sheriffe and his fight for justice.
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Chief Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan, who brought you the Billionaire Murders, is back with Murder on Mount Olive, an investigation of a crime the courts closed the book on in 2012. On a sunny day in August, 2009, a man is shot three times at a barbecue. What happens that day will put a budding young soccer star turned carpenter behind bars for life for a crime he says he didn’t commit. This is the story of Christopher Sheriffe and his fight for justice.
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And be sure to check out the first three seasons of Suspicion.
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Probes the case of the famous pc28couple who were found strangled in their home in 2017. Kevin Donovan covered the Sherman case and fought court battles to access documents on the police investigation.
What began as just another day for the McLellan family would end with their youngest son clinging to life in hospital and a cloud of suspicion hanging over his mother and father.
Kevin Donovan is the Star’s chief investigative reporter based
in Toronto. He can be reached at 416-312-3503 or via email:
kdonovan@thestar.ca.
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