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CrimeCon UK - [https://www.crimecon.co.uk] (https://www.crimecon.co.uk/) CrimeCon US - [https://www.crimecon.com] (https://www.crimecon.com/) Research & Writing: Matt Snell Editing: Aiden Wolf Featured Podcast: Body to Burial - <a href="https://www.bodytoburial.com/"> [https://www.bodytoburial.com] (https://www.bodytoburial.com) </a> Sources: [CBC: 1 year after triple killing, grief weighs heavily on Wilno victims' friends, family] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/wilno-murders-anniversary-basil-borutski-1.3772378) [CBC: Basil Borutski's history of violence] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/basil-borutski-timeline-history-1.4431314) [CBC: Don't be afraid to help perpetrators, murder victim's daughter tells inquest] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/valerie-warmerdam-inquest-testimony-renfrew-1.6480238) [CBC: Dozens gather for memorial to honour women killed in Wilno area 1 year ago] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/eganville-memorial-wilno-killings-anniversary-1.3775248) [CBC: Homicide victim annoyed at handyman, colleagues tell murder trial] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bail-borutski-trial-oct-16-1.4356292) [CBC: Nathalie Warmerdam described as woman with 'courage, integrity'] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/wilno-triple-homicide-1.3239821) [CBC: Police didn't know killer stalked murder victim, triple homicide inquest hears] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/coroners-inquest-intimate-partner-violence-renfrew-county-1.6490696) [CBC: Renfrew County, site of major inquest, declares intimate partner violence an epidemic] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/renfrew-county-intimate-partner-violence-epidemic-1.6677303) [CBC: Reports of domestic, intimate partner violence continue to rise during pandemic] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/domestic-intimate-partner-violence-up-in-pandemic-1.5914344) [CBC: The Basil Borutski trial in pictures] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/the-basil-borutski-trial-in-pictures-1.4301320) [CBC: What the courts knew about Basil Borutski before he murdered 3 women] (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/basil-borutski-what-courts-knew-1.4424431) [Chatelaine: The Renfrew County Murders Are Not An Anomaly] (https://chatelaine.com/living/features-living/basil-borutski-murders-renfrew-county/#:~:text=Before%20the%20murders%2C%20Basil%20Borutski,subject%20to%20a%20weapons%20ban.) 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