Episode 3: The Murder of Reena Virk

In November of 1997 a 14-year-old was savagely beaten and murdered by teenaged attacker in a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia. The crime attracted international media attention due to the brutality of the killing and the age of those who attacked her. It prompted a national conversation about teenaged bullying and racism, led in part by Virk’s parents, who became anti-bullying campaigners in the wake of their daughter’s murder.


Source Links:

globalnews.ca/news/6485892/kelly-ellard-day-parole-new-child/
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murder-of-reena-virk#furtherreading
vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/24-years-after-reena-virk-s-murder-parole-board-continues-kelly-ellard-s-release-1.5267022?cache=yesclipId104062
cbc.ca/news/canada/pathologist-describes-extent-of-injuries-to-reena-virk-1.466957
cbc.ca/news/canada/the-murder-of-reena-virk-and-trials-of-kelly-ellard-1.792656
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reena-virk-mother-suman-virk-dead-1.4711593

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