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Joan Hicks

Case from New Brunswick, Canada dated Jul 21, 1998

Victim Details

Joan Hicks

Female

White / Caucasian

New Brunswick

Canada

1998

48

Joan

Hicks

07/09/2026

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Joan Hicks, a 48-year-old woman, was found murdered in her Moncton, New Brunswick apartment on February 28, 1998. She had been beaten, strangled, and her throat was cut with a serrated knife. Her 11-year-old daughter, Nina Hicks, was also killed, found hanging in her bedroom closet after being choked with a rope. The brutal nature of the crime shocked the community.

Michael Wayne McGray, a Canadian serial killer, was identified as the perpetrator. A witness placed him at the scene, leadin ...
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  • MURDER - JOAN & NINA HICKS The bodies of Joan Hicks and her ...
  • TRANSCRIPT: UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG - EP. 6 | CBC Radio
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