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On tonight’s episode of ‘Closer Look’: the fight to keep a schoolgirl killer locked in prison.
SEE: 'Our life sentence’: Sault family braces for long fight to keep schoolgirl killer behind bars
More than 37 years ago, a Grade 9 student named Patrizia Mastroianni was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death inside a high school bathroom in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Decades later, her murder remains one of the city’s most notorious crimes.
Sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years, Russell Colwell has recently ramped up his efforts to see the outside world — forcing his victim’s family to fight to keep him behind bars for as long as possible.
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Village Media’s Michael Friscolanti joins us to explain the latest developments on the decades-old case. You can read his previous coverage HERE and HERE.
Stay tuned for more episodes of ‘Closer Look’ every weeknight at 7 p.m. You can find all our previous segments HERE.
