[2] Elaine Campione originated from Coles Island, New Brunswick, living there until she moved to Ontario for work reasons at around age 20.

[1] At the time of the incident, Campione lived with her children in the Coulter Glen Apartments in northern Barrie.

[1] Blatchford wrote that Leo and Elaine Campione were "engaged in a nasty divorce and custody battle.

[1] On October 2, 2006, Campione killed the girls by immersing them in a bathtub in their house, causing them to drown.

[1] When the drownings were finished, Campione dressed them in pajamas and jewelry, posed them on a bed with objects, and attempted to kill herself.