Tallio Day 5: A plea changes from 'not guilty' to 'guilty'
After Phillip Tallio’s purported confession to an RCMP officer was ruled inadmissible at his 1983 trial in Prince Rupert, only one piece of evidence remained that directly implicated the Bella Coola teen in the murder of a young girl, according to the prosecutor who helped put him behind bars.
That evidence was incriminating statements Tallio reportedly made to Dr. Robert Pos, then psychiatrist-in-chief at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute in Port Coquitlam.
Phillip James Tallio as a teen
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