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  1. May 28, 2021 · David Alexander Snow is considered one of the most notorious criminals in the history of Canada. He was infamously called the “House Hermit” and later the “Cottage Killer” because of the nature of his crimes. Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Lake Erie Murders: Cabin Fever’ chronicles how he was finally captured. David was responsible for the murders […]

  2. Aug 31, 2006 · She is the first of five witnesses from incidents involving Snow in Vancouver in the summer of 1992. Snow, 42, an Orangeville antique dealer, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the April 7, 1992 deaths of Toronto realtor Ian Blackburn, 55, and his wife, Nancy, 49, a public health nurse.

  3. David Snow grew up in Orangeville, Ontario, a rural area north of Toronto, and in the early 1990s – before the suspicions, charges, and convictions – he dealt antiques. Alison Shaw, who moved to Orangeville with her husband Darris to do art, and live simply, worked out of Snow’s store, had him over to the farmhouse, and let him babysit her toddler daughter.

  4. Jun 14, 2023 · By Karen Martin-Robbins. Over a year before Orangeville's David Snow murdered Ian and Nancy Blackburn, he met them at their Caledon farm to look at the 8-sided barn on the property. - Toronto Star file photo. The shape of the octagonal barn provided additional floor space and lack of corners meant there was nowhere for the devil to hide.

  5. Kidnapping victim shares her ordeal over 30 years later. 1 year ago. News. 4:07. It's been 31 years since a Vancouver woman was abducted by wanted killer David Snow, who held her captive for eight ...

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  6. Mar 7, 2020 · Nancy Blackburn (seen here), 49, and her husband Ian, 55, were murdered by David Snow in 1992. “ I was like a toy to him, ” the woman said at the time of her eight-day ordeal in July 1992.

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  8. May 11, 2023 · Several months later, Nancy and Ian Blackburn suddenly disappeared from their cottage in Orangeville. They would be found murdered a week later, inside the trunk of Nancy’s car outside of the couple’s Toronto home. Police quickly focused their investigation on David Alexander Snow, an eccentric local who owned an antique shop in Orangeville.