Winnipeg Free Press: Clinging to hope

October 24, 2025 —

Beverley Rowbotham’s last surviving sibling will light a candle tonight, a sombre ritual every Oct. 24, when fond memories intertwine with anguish over her horrific slaying 25 years ago. Armed with those details, the media and public were captivated by the homicide. It happened at a time when people were not as connected by technology, or exposed to a deluge of information about crimes around the world, said Frank Cormier, a criminologist at the University of Manitoba.

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