Elaine Campione

Frances Elaine Campione is an Ontario woman who murdered her two children in Barrie, Ontario, on October 2, 2006. Canadian prosecutors argued that she wanted to get revenge on her ex-husband and was afraid he would receive custody.

Background and crime Elaine Campione originated from Coles Island, New Brunswick, living there until she moved to Ontario for work reasons at around age 20. She had attended home support classes at a community college for one year. Christie Blatchford of The Globe and Mail wrote that she had "a normal enough childhood". She went to Ontario to work as a nanny and she had other jobs. The victims, Serena and Sophia, were three years and nineteen months old, respectively, at the time of their deaths. Mary Cremer served as Campione's lawyer.

On November 15, 2010, she was convicted. Campione was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 25 years. Leo Campione read a victim impact statement.

Campione filed appeals against her conviction in 2010. In 2015, some of them were denied. In 2019, the Parole Board of Canada allowed her to have escorted absences from prison.