In October of 1994, a sinister and dreadful secret of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan emerged from beyond the hills and the forest to expose Saskatoon's fateful racist and discriminatory actions against aboriginal people. The horrible plight so often experienced by aboriginal women was un-earthed with the discovery of the bodies of three dead aboriginal prostitutes. It was quickly established that this was the work of a serial rapist and murderer and the investigation turned to the most likely suspect; John Martin Crawford. Crawford was well know within the law enforcement community and already had a previous manslaughter conviction of an aboriginal prostitute, Mary Jane Serloin, in 1981. The case was clearly murder, however there was not enough tangible evidence to support a charge of first degree murder.…
