In specific, one of the bikers named Boucher was all for this plan and wanted to
target the people he had the most hate for, that being prison guards. He turned
to a young "thug" Stephane Gagne. He was a young guy who was obsessed with
becoming a Hells Angel. He had personal hate towards prison guards as he had
been abused by them severely so he jumped at this opportunity to do the dirty
work for Boucher. He chose the nearby facility Riviere-des-Prairies which was a
holding pen for maximum security prisoners who were on their way to court. He
stealthily found a way to watch outside the prison and study, and eventually
found a target. He chose a man who looked important, nice car and appearance,
and followed him out to the highway after he was leaving his work one night
because he knew the highway would be the easiest place to escape the crime
scene. After following this mans Buick and the setting not being right as he
was not driving in a rural enough setting, he got an urgent page to Bouchers
office. He was told he was impatient with the results, and they would now be
working together. Their plan was to follow a prison guard onto a Metropolitan
on a motorcycle, kill him just before the bridge to Laval and then cross over
and dump the bike in a mall parking lot and drive away in a stolen car. June
26th 1977 was the chosen day to carry out the duty and they picked the
most low key bike to use. They were set and in proper position, and they had
their eyes set on their target who had turned onto their planned out setting.
The minivan they were following belonged to Diane Lavigne who was the first
women to ever serve as a guard in Quebec and her father was a veteran prison
guard. They brought their bike even with her van and Gagne fired his revolver
three times into the open window. She was dead and they then dumped the bike,
burned their clothes and took off in a stolen Voyageur. Danielle Leclair was
another Riviere-des-Prairies guard who was driving a quarter mile behind
Lavigne. She saw Lavignes minivan on the side of the road but never stopped.
They wanted to do another similar killing, but it could have made it
obvious who the killers were. They knew they still wanted their next victim to
be another security guard. Gagne and Fontaine were the ones scoping out their
targets for this murder, and on September 8th they carried out their murder.
They followed a bus leaving from Riviere-des-Praries to pick up
prisoners and as the bus stopped at a railway crossing, Fontaine shot at
the driver Pierre Rondeau and Gagne's final shot killed him. He also shot
at Corriveau who was hiding under the dashboard but all shots actually missed
him.
Legal Connections
Crime-Guilty mind and the guilty act, mens rea and actus reus. Carrying out the crime and having the intent to do so.
Perpetrator- The person who actually committed the crime.
Legal Questions
Why might Danielle Leclair not want to be asked questions or contacted about the death of Lavigne? She ignored the obvious fact that something was wrong when her friends van was on the side of the road and may not want to feel guilty for lack of help or guilty of not doing anything about the crime.
Who was the actual perpetrator in this case?
Gagne was as he was the one who pulled the trigger in the killing of Lavigne.
target the people he had the most hate for, that being prison guards. He turned
to a young "thug" Stephane Gagne. He was a young guy who was obsessed with
becoming a Hells Angel. He had personal hate towards prison guards as he had
been abused by them severely so he jumped at this opportunity to do the dirty
work for Boucher. He chose the nearby facility Riviere-des-Prairies which was a
holding pen for maximum security prisoners who were on their way to court. He
stealthily found a way to watch outside the prison and study, and eventually
found a target. He chose a man who looked important, nice car and appearance,
and followed him out to the highway after he was leaving his work one night
because he knew the highway would be the easiest place to escape the crime
scene. After following this mans Buick and the setting not being right as he
was not driving in a rural enough setting, he got an urgent page to Bouchers
office. He was told he was impatient with the results, and they would now be
working together. Their plan was to follow a prison guard onto a Metropolitan
on a motorcycle, kill him just before the bridge to Laval and then cross over
and dump the bike in a mall parking lot and drive away in a stolen car. June
26th 1977 was the chosen day to carry out the duty and they picked the
most low key bike to use. They were set and in proper position, and they had
their eyes set on their target who had turned onto their planned out setting.
The minivan they were following belonged to Diane Lavigne who was the first
women to ever serve as a guard in Quebec and her father was a veteran prison
guard. They brought their bike even with her van and Gagne fired his revolver
three times into the open window. She was dead and they then dumped the bike,
burned their clothes and took off in a stolen Voyageur. Danielle Leclair was
another Riviere-des-Prairies guard who was driving a quarter mile behind
Lavigne. She saw Lavignes minivan on the side of the road but never stopped.
They wanted to do another similar killing, but it could have made it
obvious who the killers were. They knew they still wanted their next victim to
be another security guard. Gagne and Fontaine were the ones scoping out their
targets for this murder, and on September 8th they carried out their murder.
They followed a bus leaving from Riviere-des-Praries to pick up
prisoners and as the bus stopped at a railway crossing, Fontaine shot at
the driver Pierre Rondeau and Gagne's final shot killed him. He also shot
at Corriveau who was hiding under the dashboard but all shots actually missed
him.
Legal Connections
Crime-Guilty mind and the guilty act, mens rea and actus reus. Carrying out the crime and having the intent to do so.
Perpetrator- The person who actually committed the crime.
Legal Questions
Why might Danielle Leclair not want to be asked questions or contacted about the death of Lavigne? She ignored the obvious fact that something was wrong when her friends van was on the side of the road and may not want to feel guilty for lack of help or guilty of not doing anything about the crime.
Who was the actual perpetrator in this case?
Gagne was as he was the one who pulled the trigger in the killing of Lavigne.
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