Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History
True crime, legends, folklore, dark history and other creepy topics from the perspective of real live Canadians.
Inside Out: The Murders of Panagiota Zerbinos and April Peregooda
Episode 331: On November 8, 2012, in a bloody crime scene, police discovered the body of 43-year-old Panagiota “Yota” Zerbinos in her daughter’s basement suite in the Fleetwood neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C. Yota had been brutally stabbed 24 times and left under a blanket; the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was still in her chest. Two days later, Yota’s 28-year-old daughter, Gloria Crystle Zerbinos, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. She pleaded not guilty, citing her schizophrenia, drug abuse and other complex mental health issues, claiming she was not criminally responsible for her mother’s death. Gloria was held at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.
However, as court proceedings continued, another inmate, 51-year-old April Peregooda, was found unresponsive in Gloria Zerbinos’s cell.
Sources:
B.C. woman who killed mother sentenced for second murder while serving time | CBC News
Woman arrested in death of B.C. jail inmate | CBC News
2018 BCSC 2464 (CanLII) | R. v G.C.Z | CanLII
2019 BCSC 584 (CanLII) | R. v Zerbinos | CanLII
"Gloria Zerbinos" - Search - Newspapers.com™
Surrey woman to stand trial for allegedly murdering her mother - Surrey Leader
Surrey woman guilty of murder for stabbing her mother 24 times
Remembering the life of Panagiota Zerbinos
Panagiota Zerbinos Obituary (2012) - Legacy Remembers
From straight A's to accused of stabbing her mom 24 times
Mom's body was found in daughter's Surrey suite, trial hears
Surrey woman was afraid to be alone with her daughter, murder trial hears
Woman sentenced for prison murder in Maple Ridge
2004: Alouette Correctional Centre for Women - Province of British Columbia
Ex-stripper guilty of mother’s murder | The Province
Surrey woman who murdered her mother can apply for parole in 12 years
Facebook | Gloria Zerbinos
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team
Former stripper on trial for mom's murder suffered delusions, court hears
Vernon woman killed in jail
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