ABSTRACT
Case study Curt has been convicted for first-degree murder as well as a series of sexual assaults. Prior to these convictions, he had committed various thefts and an offense against a young girl who was 12 years old at the time. Curt was living in a small town in the eastern part of the province of Quebec. The day of the murder, he decided to take a trip to Montreal. Although the trip would take him approximately two hours by bus (he did not have a car), he wanted to go to a university bar that had a reputation of attracting a lot of beautiful women. After arriving in the downtown area of Montreal, Curt decided to do some shopping. He stopped by a sex shop where he purchased a large dildo, reportedly the size of a man’s forearm. During the interview, he explained that he often used dildos in his sexual relationships because of his sexual dysfunction. Curt reported that he experienced premature ejaculation as well as erectile dysfunction. Curt mentioned that it was the first time that he had bought such a large dildo. It was almost too big to fit in his backpack. After shopping, Curt left the downtown area to go to the bar. He explained that his original intent was to have sex with a woman – consensual or not. He arrived at the bar early and drank just one beer. Curt was not a big drinker but having one drink was enough to give him some courage. Later that evening, he saw the victim walk into the bar with two of her friends, a man and a woman. Curt explained that the minute he saw her he knew that he wanted her. He attempted to approach her while she was dancing with her friends. However, the victim ignored him and continued dancing. Curt returned to his seat at the bar and became angry. At that point, he knew that it was not going to be consensual sex. Later that evening he saw the three friends leave the bar. He decided to follow them outside. They split up right outside the bar with the victim leaving alone. Curt decided to follow her and ambushed her on a deserted street. He grabbed her from behind and immediately started hitting her. However, the victim was very athletic so she put up a good fight and resisted his attack. Curt started to use more force, and in doing so, he took the victim to the ground where she hit her head on the sidewalk. He then proceeded to strangle her. After she lost
consciousness, Curt undressed her to have sex. However, he had already ejaculated during the attack so he could not penetrate her with his penis. Instead, he used the large dildo that he had bought earlier in the day. Because the dildo was so large, he had to push very hard to penetrate the victim, causing severe internal injuries. Curt also used a tree branch that he found at the scene to penetrate the victim. As a result, the victim suffered additional internal injuries, which eventually caused her death. Curt left the scene quickly thereafter, but not before taking the time to put the victim’s clothing over her face. He left Montreal in the morning and hitchhiked back home. There were no eye witnesses to the crime. The only witness was a woman who was living in an apartment building located in front of where the crime took place. The woman heard screaming but assumed that it was only drunk students coming back from the bar so she did not bother looking outside her window. A few months after the event, Curt returned to Montreal and committed a series of three sexual assaults. Although Curt denied having committed these sexual assaults, he was convicted of all three counts. It was during pretrial incarceration for the series of sexual assaults that he confessed the sexual homicide to another inmate. He was then charged and convicted for the murder.
