Found Deceased CAN - Holly Jones, 10, Toronto Ontario, 12 May 2003

[Doyle]

The man charged in the killing a year ago of 10-year-old Toronto schoolgirl Holly Jones has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

Michael Briere, who has been charged with first-degree murder, made the decision after consulting with his defence team, said lawyer Gregory Leslie. "Mr. Briere came to the conclusion and decided that to spare the family hearing the evidence over a period of a month to six weeks at a preliminary inquiry, that he would waive the preliminary inquiry," Leslie said.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2004...456984-cp.html

[linnafay]

I hope he burns in hell...since there is no death penalty here in Canada I cant say I hope they fry him...but I hope justice is served...prison style

[Casshew]

Holly was abducted just 20 minutes away from where I live... she is the same age as my daughter Noel

Rest in Peace Holly

[Doyle]

Michael Briere was a software programmer with no criminal record when he watched child pornography one drizzly evening in May 2003 - and within minutes, he'd snatched a 10-year-old girl from the street and then sexually assaulted, strangled and dismembered her in a crime he described as "cruel, inhuman and nightmarish."

Briere, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the sex slaying of Holly Jones.

His plea came a year after DNA evidence from a soda-pop can he tossed into a streetside recycling bin almost a month after Holly's abduction linked him to the murder of the cheerful schoolgirl who lived just blocks from his home.

The Montreal native wept in court as he apologized for acting out on what was described as his "dark secret" - his fantasy to have sex with a child. Holly's mother, Maria Jones, bowed her head and sobbed through most of his remarks.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._jones_hearing