DARK PATHS, COLD TRAILS. How a Mountie led the Quest to Link Serial Killers to Their Victims

Hardback. There is one overriding point that the author drives home, it is that no city, no town, no neighbourhood in Canada is safe from the violent act of a criminal. But through an improbable revolution in policing led by an unlikely revolutionary, Inspector Ron MacKay of the RCMP - the Mountie from Moosomin, Saskatchewan - a champion has emerged to help take down those who prey on women and children. That champion is ViCLAS - Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System - the brainchild of MacKay and a handful of his colleagues from both policing and civilian worlds. With ViCLAS, law enforcement agencies now have a tool to link serial killers and rapists to their crimes. The author had to go behind the scenes and beyond the headlines to investigate both the most notorious and lesser known serial predators and their victims over the past quarter century. The story begins and ends with the belated but stunning resolution of the cold case of young Alison Parrott, who was lured from her Toronto home to her death in 1986 and was finally avenged in 1999. Illus., A Note on Sources + Index. 334pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With remainder mk. to lower edge o/w F. in f. dw. which has a protective cover.