John Martin Crawford

[03/29/1962] Born in Steinback, Manitoba. He had a difficult birth but he and his mother both survived with no permanent physical damage.

[1964] Step brother was born

[1965] Begins to run away from home.

[1966] Suffered burn to upper chest, neck & arm from playing with cigarette lighter

[1966] Sexually molested by babysitter

[1967] Failed 1to another school st grade, told he was stupid by teachers and advised to go

[1967] Step sister was born

[1969] Sexually molested by babysitter

[1974] Becomes a bully

[1974] Begins to sniff glue and talk to himself and inanimate objects in the woods.

[1975] First sexual encounter with two other males and an 11 year old girl that they paid to have sex with

[1975] Begins to drink and do street and prescription drugs

[1978] Begins to hear voices that torment him

[12/23/1981] Brutally killed Mary Jane Serloin, age 35

[1980s] Mom and step dad divorced

[1980s] Go’s to jail for manslaughter

[1980s] Met fellow inmate Bill Corrigan

[1980s] Felt threatened in prison and the anxiety lead to self-mutilation

[1982] Pleaded guilty to killing Mary Jane Serloin Guilty of manslaughter, received a 10 year sentence for the death of Mary Jane Serloin

[April 1984] Sent to Regional Psychiatric Centre because of self-mutilation

[3/23/1989] He was released from prison

[1989] Nightly cruised dilapidated areas in his mother’s car to cruise for prostitutes frequently with Bill Corrigan

[12/1990] Tried to hire a prostitute who turned out to be an undercover cop, fined $200

[5/1992] Janet Sylvestre reports to police that JMC raped her

[5/1992] Police find and arrest JMC who is almost dead from substance abuse and sun stroke

[6/18/1992] Mother pays bail to release JMC from jail.

[1992] He and Bill Corrigan pick up 16 year old Shelley Napope, JMC rapes, beats and stabs her to death.

[9/20/1992] Strangled Eva Taysup

[9/21/1992] Strangled Calinda Waterhen

[10/2/1992] Charged with attempted murder of Derek Langager over the refusal of a cigarette

[1993] Stayed at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre for most of the year

[4 months/1994] RCMP surveillance team watches JMC on a nightly basis outside his mothers home.

[10/ 1994] Picked up Theresa Kematch, beat and raped her and left her on the street

[1994] Eva Taysup’s and Calinda Waterhen’s remains were found

[1994] Shelley Napope’s body found in woods

[1995] Prostitute comes to police to tell them that in the Spring of 1992, she was taken by Bill Corrigan and JMC to a remote place in the woods and choked

[1/1995] Arrested for the killings of Calinda Waterhen, Eva Taysup and Shelley Napope

[5/21/1996] Trial begins for the killings of Calinda Waterhen, Eva Taysup and Shelley Napope

[May 1996] Convicted of 2nd degree murder of Calinda Waterhen and Eva Taysup and 1st degree murder of Shelley Napope

[1996- Present] Serving 3 concurrent life sentences at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert

[1999] Crawford appealed his sentence, denied

[12/06/2007] Still serving 3 concurrent life sentences at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert