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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
The chilling true crime account of the botched robbery that would become the most sensational murder case in Canadian history: the Sydney River McDonald’s massacre. It started with a broken conveyor belt. When the mechanical malfunction brought eighteen-year-old McDonald’s employee Derek Wood into the restaurant’s back room, he saw the safe and got a dangerous idea. It would be so easy to prop the back door open, allowing two friends to sneak inside and steal the money. Wood assumed there was at least $200,000 in the cashbox—an incredible haul for just a few minutes’ work—but things would not go according to plan. The robbery went wrong from the start, and within minutes, a fast-food restaurant in the wilds of Nova Scotia was turned into a bloodbath. Wood and his accomplices attacked the employees, killing three instantly and leaving the fourth for dead. In the safe, where they had expected to find a fortune, there was barely $2,000. They fled the scene, instigating a manhunt that would captivate the nation. In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Onion Field , this stunning work of true crime tells the story of the small-town murder that shocked a nation. Phonse Jessome brings a trained journalist’s eye to the case, which remains one of the most horrifying incidents of suburban violence in recent history. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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TRUE CRIME / Murder / General.
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Trials (Murder) -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney River -- Case studies.
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Homicide investigation -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney River -- Case studies.
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Crime -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney River -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney River -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jessome, Phonse. Murder at McDonald's. Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus, 1994. 1551090937 : (WaOLN)9431426 |
| Standard No. |
9781504038003 |
| ISBN |
9781504038003 (e-pub) |
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