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Henry Robert Williams

The monster of Mississauga

Victim(s)

Constance Anne Dickey (19F), Neda Novak (18F), Julia Sheldon (16F)

Perpetrator(s)

Henry Robert Williams

Case Status

Closed Case

Case Years

1973–1974

Location(s)

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

In the early 1970s in Mississauga, Ontario, a terrifying pattern emerged when 19-year-old Constance Dickey and 18-year-old Neda Novak were abducted, sexually assaulted, and found murdered only months apart. On August 19, 1974, 16-year-old Julia Sheldon survived a brutal attack and identified her assailant as 24-year-old Henry Robert Williams, a married father of two. The ensuing investigation revealed Williams as the perpetrator behind the earlier killings. He was arrested, tried and convicted, bringing an end to a spree that had left a community reeling.

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