Roy's body was found buried in the yard of the couple's former Ottawa home. Leclair was found in a w

OTTAWA — Camille Cleroux bludgeoned two of his wives to death with a rock and killed his neighbour because she wouldn't give him her apartment before burying all three women in shallow graves, an Ottawa court heard Tuesday.
Ontario Superior Court Justice cheap vacation packages to branson missouri Lynn Ratushny cheap vacation packages to branson missouri told Cleroux the best place for him was behind bars after hearing the terrible, stomach-churning facts about how he killed the three women to get them out of his way.
Roy's body was found buried in the yard of the couple's former Ottawa home. Leclair was found in a wooded cheap vacation packages to branson missouri area near the old Ottawa train yards near Walkley Road in June 2010. She had lived in the same apartment building as Cleroux.
Court heard how Paula Leclair's son grew worried when he had not seen or heard from his mother in May 2010. He used a spare key to open the door and found her belongings and furniture missing. There were boxes everywhere.
At that point, Cleroux arrived at the apartment. He told Leclair's son that she had gone on a trip and had left the apartment to Cleroux, court heard. Leclair's son went to police who started an investigation that unravelled a plot to conceal the murder of Paula Leclair, court heard.
When Leclair refused to share her apartment with her neighbour, Cleroux invited her for a walk on May 20, 2010 in Fairlea woods where he killed her in cold blood and buried her in a shallow grave he had dug ahead of time.
Prosecutor James Cavanagh said Cleroux forced her at knifepoint to the grave, stabbed her in the back with a knife he stole from the restaurant where he worked and then bashed her head in with a rock.
Court heard Cleroux married Lise Roy in 1987. Roy already had a daughter when the couple had a son. In 1990, he killed Roy with a rock after a heated argument and buried her in the backyard of their home, leaving the two young children without a mother.
Court heard that Cleroux concocted a story that Roy had assaulted him and left by bus to Montreal. All evidence of her existence ended in April 1990, aside from occasional claims cheap vacation packages to branson missouri by Cleroux that he had seen Roy.
It wasn't until Oct. 31, 2011 — the same day witnesses were to start testifying about Roy's disappearance in Cleroux's preliminary hearing when city work crews found leg and other bones buried in the back yard of Cleroux's former home. The bones were wrapped in butcher's paper and appeared to have been moved to the garden from another spot.
Rock went missing in 2003. Court heard Cleroux buried her in a wooded area in Fairlea Park, but twice dug up her bones. The first time was when he noticed construction in 2004 on what is now Kiwanis Court. He moved Rock's remains to another area of the park, but dug her up a second time in 2006 when he saw animals had disturbed them.
He eventually put the bones in a mesh produce bag and pushed cheap vacation packages to branson missouri them in a shopping cart from the spot they were buried near Albion Road to the Bronson bridge over the Rideau Canal. He weighed the bones down with rocks and dropped them into the water.
Though Rock had not been seen since a doctor's appointment on Aug. 8, 2003, she was not reported missing because family members received handwritten letters signed by Rock two or three times a year between 2004 and 2010. Court heard that Cleroux paid a friend who had handwriting similar to Rock's to write letters cheap vacation packages to branson missouri for $10 a piece. cheap vacation packages to branson missouri The letters said that she had left Cleroux and was now living with a trucker named Pierre. Over the years, the letters announced the birth of three children, including photos.
Moments after the Crown had finished describing the letters, Rock's father, who had been sitting in the front row, went into a seizure. As he was being helped out of the courtroom by family members, John Rock could be overheard saying he's an animal and how could he do that? Three women.
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