
Linda Anderson
The bathtub girls murder.
Victim(s)
Linda Anderson
perpetrator(s)
N/A—Protected under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)
Case Status
Closed Case
Case Years
January 18, 2003
Location(s)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Synopsis
In 2003, the Toronto suburb of Mississauga was shaken by the disturbing case of Linda Andersen, a mother whose death was orchestrated by her own daughters, later dubbed the “Bathtub Girls.” Motivated by resentment over their mother’s struggles with alcoholism and financial hardship, the teenage sisters drugged her with Tylenol-3 and alcohol before holding her under bathwater until she drowned. Initially ruling the death accidental, police uncovered the truth after the girls boasted about their crime to friends, leading to their arrest and conviction for first-degree murder. The case became one of Canada’s most chilling examples of familial betrayal, raising troubling questions about youth violence, secrecy, and the justice system’s handling of young offenders.
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