Murder of Zachary Turner

murder-suicide case from Canada

47°30′50″N 52°59′45″W / 47.513769°N 52.995733°W / 47.513769; -52.995733

Zachary Turner
Born
Zachary Andrew Turner

(2002-07-18)18 July 2002
Died18 August 2003(2003-08-18) (aged 1)
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Cause of deathDrowning by murder-suicide
Resting placeEverypink Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
Canadian
Other namesZachary Andrew Bagby
Known forMurder victim
Parent(s)Andrew David Bagby
Shirley Jane Turner
David Bagby
Kate Bagby

Zachary Andrew Turner (18 July 2002 – 18 August 2003) was a one-year-old Canadian boy who was murdered by his mother in a murder-suicide. His mother drugged him and jumped in the Atlantic Ocean where they both drowned. An investigation after the murder showed that the social services could have prevented the deaths. [1]

Perpetrator

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Shirley Jane Turner
Born
Shirley Jane Turner

(1961-03-28)28 March 1961
Died18 August 2003(2003-08-18) (aged 42)
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Cause of deathDrowning
Resting placeEvergreen Memorial Cemetery
NationalityCanadian-American
Known forMurder-suicide
Children4 (1 deceased)
Details
VictimsEx-boyfriend and son
Span of crimes
2000–2003
CountryUnited States, Canada
State(s)Pennsylvania, Newfoundland
Killed2

Shirley Jane Turner (28 January 1961 – 18 August 2003) was a Canadian-American daughter of a U.S. serviceman and local woman from St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. Turner was raised with three siblings in Wichita, Kansas, but moved to Newfoundland with her mother after her parents separated. Her parents later divorced.

References

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  1. "No need for Zachary Turner to die: death review". CBC News (Canada). 4 October 2006.