Shattered Innocence: The Murders Leanne McFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute. Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice. Source: Obituary of Leanne MacFarlane | McPherson Funeral Service - Cranbrook Remembering the life of Jeffrey Taylor. City of Cranbrook - Our City Cranbrook BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia The Ktunaxa First Nation 4 charged in alleged B.C. murder conspiracy | CBC News B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in Cranbrook double homicide | CBC News Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict 2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII 2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison | CBC News Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity Shooting Of Sikh Family In Canada Case Of Mistaken Identity: Police Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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