Part 1 - Debra Entwhistle

6/25/202653 min

In March 1993, Debra Kayla Entwistle was weeks away from leaving Fort McMurray for good. She had spent years trying to escape a violent man, and she had finally done it. Her father had an apartment waiting for her in Vernon, British Columbia. She never made it.

On the morning of March 24th, her twelve-year-old daughter Stephanie left for school and made her mother's coffee before she went. When she came home at lunch, her mother was gone. What she found instead was a bloody crime scene that would change her life forever.

The murder of Debra Entwistle shocked Fort McMurray and became one of the most significant domestic violence cases in Alberta history. A city mourned. Hundreds took to the streets. And the investigation that followed would uncover a crime so brutal it made headlines across the Canada.

In Part One of this two-part true crime series, we speak with Debra's daughter Stephanie Billard and with Tammlyn Greening, one of Debra's closest friends. Together they paint a portrait of a vibrant, loving woman who spent years trying to escape an abusive relationship — and who came heartbreakingly close to making it out.

This episode contains detailed descriptions of intimate partner violence, domestic violence, murder, and dismemberment.

Part Two releases in two weeks.

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Child Finds Bloody Hallway

Their Final Night Together

Phone Ripped From Wall

Paralyzed By Nightly Terror

Jail-Cell Confession

Stage Fright Prank

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Kaitlin· Host0:00
This podcast contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
Stephanie Billard· Guest0:07
On Wednesday, March 24th, 1993, I got up and got ready for school, as I did every day. I prepared my mom's coffee for her every morning. She worked nights. Uh, she was always sleeping when I got ready for school in the morning, so I would leave her a note in the mornings, and I would always prepare her coffee so sh- all she had to do was turn it on. Uh, I left for school that day around 8:40. I had an eerie feeling all the way to school that morning that I was being watched. I remember stopping and looking around a few times, but didn't see anything. Because of my childhood, oftentimes I felt paranoid or eerie, so I kinda brushed it down to that and I went to school anyway. All day at school that day, I had a very bad feeling in my stomach. I wanted to go home sick. Uh, I remember wanting to go home a lot that morning, and I was very distracted, but I toughed through it because I knew I was gonna go home at lunch and my mom was gonna be there.
Graham· Host1:21
She was 32 years old, a mother who had spent years

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