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Shattered Innocence: The Murders Leanne McFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor
Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute.
Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice.
Source:
Obituary of Leanne MacFarlane | McPherson Funeral Service - Cranbrook
Remembering the life of Jeffrey Taylor.
City of Cranbrook - Our City
Cranbrook BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Ktunaxa First Nation
4 charged in alleged B.C. murder conspiracy | CBC News
B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in Cranbrook double homicide | CBC News
Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News
Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed
Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears
Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict
2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII
2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII
2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII
2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII
2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII
2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII
Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison | CBC News
Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders
Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison
Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders
Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target
Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity
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