THUNDER BAY - Local author Kim Casey has stretched her boundaries for her latest book
Kim Casey’s “Thunder Bay District’s True Murder Investigations” was officially published on Wednesday.
The book covers the 93 murders that have occurred in the Thunder Bay District from 1885-2016.
Casey published a book in 2014 that chronicled the murders which took place within the city from 1882-2014.
In the interim, she has stretched her boundaries for her new book, which, in comparison to her last book, “offers a different perspective on how these things happen.”
“The biggest difference was the lack of information,” says the author. “I had to rely more on newspaper articles and public record.”
Casey says the inspiration for these types of books came from an interest in the public’s perception of Thunder Bay and the district in regards to murder.
“When I was a teenager, I remember being on a plane and when I told an individual where I was from. He said, ‘Oh. You come from the Lakehead. It’s the murder capital of Canada - where you can kill someone and get away with it.’”
“I thought, ‘Why not look at it from a chronological point of view?’ Then we can have some facts to really discuss this story.”
Casey says the most interesting thing was figuring out the conditions that led the murders to occur.
“Murder is not simple. There’s a lot of factors, there’s a lot of dynamics that go into it. I will never ever judge someone in that situation.”
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She says the reaction to the new book has been mixed in some ways.
“Overall it’s been favourable, and I’ve treated the whole process with a lot of respect and dignity,” Casey says. “Some have come along and said it’s opened up old wounds, and that was not my intention.”
Books can be purchased at Gallery 33 on Balsam Street, the Can-Op gas station on Oliver Road, and the Flying J Truck Stop in Shuniah.
