23-10-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com

Crown says man should be convicted of Monica Jack's murder based on alleged confession

The man accused in the murder of Monica Jack more than 40 years ago confessed to undercover police that he abducted, raped and then strangled the 12-year old girl, a prosecutor said Monday.
Garry Taylor Handlen, who was 31 years old at the time of the May 1978 slaying of the Merritt-area girl, has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.
In his opening statement, Crown counsel Mark Sheardown told a jury that at the time of the slaying, the young girl had gone for a bicycle ride on
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