Christine Demeter
Encyclopedia
Christine Demeter was murdered on July 18, 1973, in the garage of her home in Mississauga, Ontario
at the age of thirty-three. The case attracted much attention in Canada because Demeter, a model, was young and beautiful, and her murder had been mysterious.
Her husband, Peter Demeter
, was subsequently convicted of hiring a killer to murder her to cash in on a million-dollar insurance policy. As of May 31 2010, Peter Demeter
(now 77 years old) still remains in prison
in Ontario
(Canada
).
George Jonas
and his wife Barbara Amiel
, published By Persons Unknown: The strange death of Christine Demeter, in 1976.
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
at the age of thirty-three. The case attracted much attention in Canada because Demeter, a model, was young and beautiful, and her murder had been mysterious.
Her husband, Peter Demeter
Peter Demeter
Peter Demeter is a Hungarian-born Canadian man convicted of arranging the murder of his wife, as well as attempting to arrange the murder of both his cousin's son and a lawyer's daughter....
, was subsequently convicted of hiring a killer to murder her to cash in on a million-dollar insurance policy. As of May 31 2010, Peter Demeter
Peter Demeter
Peter Demeter is a Hungarian-born Canadian man convicted of arranging the murder of his wife, as well as attempting to arrange the murder of both his cousin's son and a lawyer's daughter....
(now 77 years old) still remains in prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
(Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
).
George Jonas
George Jonas
George Jonas is a Hungarian-born Canadian writer and columnist. He is the author of 15 books. They include Vengeance , the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre...
and his wife Barbara Amiel
Barbara Amiel
Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour is a British-Canadian journalist, writer, and socialite. She is also the wife of former media baron and convicted felon Conrad Black.-Early life:...
, published By Persons Unknown: The strange death of Christine Demeter, in 1976.
External links
- "Wife-killer loses DNA legal battle", The Whig-StandardKingston Whig-StandardThe Kingston Whig-Standard is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published daily, except on Sunday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by Sun Media...
. May 30, 2006.