Christine Demeter (1940 – July 18, 1973) was murdered in the garage of her home in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 33. The case attracted much attention in Canada because Demeter, a model, was considered to be young and beautiful, and her murder had been mysterious.[1][2]
The case was investigated by Detective William Teggart (who would later rise to police chief) of the Peel Regional Police.[3] Demeter's husband, Peter Demeter, was subsequently convicted[when?] of hiring a killer to murder her to cash in on a million-dollar insurance policy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He later received a second life sentence for unrelated criminal acts; as of May 31, 2010, then 77 years old, he was still in prison in Ontario.
George Jonas and his then-wife Barbara Amiel, published a book about the case, By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter (1976).
The Demeter case served as the basis for the fictional 1978 film I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses, directed by Murray Markowitz. The victim is renamed Magdalene Kruschen and is played by German actress Elke Sommer.
References
edit- ^ "A look at the twisted crimes of Peter Demeter, one of Canada's worst criminals". Global News.
- ^ "Daughter of notorious wife-killer Peter Demeter says 'twisted' childhood caused PTSD". CBC News.
- ^ "Chief Teggart - Peel Regional Police". Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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