A mothers betrayal the murder and death of Karissa Boudreau

Karissa Paige Boudreau
BIRTH 4 0ct 1995
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia,
Canada
DEATH 27 Jan 2008 (aged 12)
Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
BURIAL Oakvale Cemetery
Clarks Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada On January 27, 2008 at 8:35 p.m., the Bridgewater Police Department received a report of a missing 12 year-old girl. An officer spoke with Penny Boudreau who said that her 12 year-old daughter, Karissa, was missing from her vehicle which had been parked at Sobey's parking lot, 349 LaHave Street, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Penny Boudreau reported that she and her daughter had gone to Sobey's where Karissa waited in the car. When Penny Boudreau came out of the store, her daughter was missing from the vehicle. Penny Boudreau advised that she had searched all of the areas where Karissa hung out and drove the streets of Bridgewater, but had no luck in locating her. Penny Boudreau advised that her daughter had left her cell phone and had been wearing pink crocs, jeans, t-shirt, black hoodie and a black vest. The weather was deteriorating with snow talls predicted for the evening. As part of the ensuing investigation, the accused made a tearful plea in the media to her daughter to return, as well as asking for assistance from the community in finding her. An extensive investigation began to find the missing child.
At 3:50 p.m. on January 29, 2008, a citizen was driving on William Hebb Road, in Hebbville, Nova Scotia when he noticed something pink that looked like footwear laying in the snow. He remembered the press releases on the missing girl, Karissa Boudreau, and in particular, the fact that the missing girl was wearing pink crocs.
fact a pink croc. He contacted Bridgewater Police Department to report having found the croc. The shoe was seized and later tested for DNA, and was determined to have belonged to Karrisa.
On February 9, 2008, at 11:35 a.m., Bridgewater Police Department received a 911 call from a citizen reporting that her nine year-old son found a body. The citizen reported that she was traveling along Highway 331 in Conquerall Bank when she pulled to the road side at a tum-around to allow her son to urinate out of sight of the public. The boy went to the edge of an embankment overlooking the LaHave River when he saw what appeared to be human toes sticking out of the snow. The boy screamed for his mother who went to his side and also observed the toes. They flagged down a passing motorist and had him confirm what they had seen over the embankment. Bridgewater Police Department were the first responding officers on scene. They secured the area and ensured that no persons approached the embankment where the body had been observed.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Major Crimes Unit, and a Detective from the Bridgewater Police observed the body and were able to ascertain that it was the body of a young Caucasian temale, and appeared to be that of the missing female Kanssa Boudreau, based upon facial and physical observations. Her mother was originally charged with first degree murder, but agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of second degree murder, and received a life sentence in January 2009. She must serve at least 20 years before applying for parole.
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