Camille Cleroux

Camille Joseph Cléroux (1954 – January 17, 2021) was a Canadian serial killer who murdered two of his wives and a neighbour between 1990 and 2010 in Ottawa, Ontario. After his arrest for killing his neighbour, the disappearances of his former wives were investigated, with him eventually admitting to killing both. Cléroux was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Murders Lise Roy Cléroux married Lise Roy, a divorcée with a young daughter, on July 4, 1987, and the pair would have a son later on. Their marriage was reportedly happy, but in April 1990, Roy found out that Cléroux had been molesting her daughter. The two engaged in a heated argument in the backyard of their home in Heron Gate, during which Cléroux picked up a rock and struck Roy in the head, killing her. He dismembered her body, wrapped up the remains in butcher paper and put them in garbage bags which he hauled to nearby Heatherington Park. Cléroux buried some of the remains in the park and brought the rest back to the house, burying them in the backyard. The day after Roy's murder, neighbours noticed that Cléroux had a brand-new vegetable garden in his backyard, unaware that he had built it on top of Roy's buried remains. In order to make himself an alibi, Cléroux went to the police and claimed that Roy had assaulted him and fled on a bus to Montreal. The police issued an arrest warrant for Roy, after which Cléroux made occasional claims that he had seen her. Cléroux would later serve prison time for sexually assaulting a child. The remains were discovered in October of that year when the canal was drained, but they could not be identified. In April 2012, police discovered more remains in the woods between Fairlea Park and Walkley Yard.

Trial and imprisonment Cléroux's hearing began on March 20, 2012. He reportedly sat expressionless while the details of his crimes were described in court. While the Crown attorney was describing Cléroux's letter-forging scheme, Rock's father, John, collapsed and had to be escorted out of the courtroom, muttering under his breath "He's an animal" and "I'll kill him".