Emanuel Jaques was born in October 1964, the son of impoverished Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, and worked daily as a shoeshine boy on the then-seedy Yonge Street Strip in downtown Toronto.
On July 28, 1977, 12-year-old Jaques was lured into an apartment above the Charlie's Angels massage parlour at 245 Yonge Street with the promise of $35 for help moving photographic equipment, when he was then restrained and repeatedly sexually assaulted over a period of twelve hours before being strangled and drowned in a kitchen sink.
[4] On a tipoff from Betesh, three other men—Robert Wayne Kribs (41), Joseph Woods (26), and Werner Gruener (28)—were arrested on the Super Continental train to Vancouver as it passed through Sioux Lookout, Ontario.
Alderman Ben Nobleman of York sent telegrams to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the media encouraging the return of capital punishment.
[8] The book delves into the previously unknown details of the murder, trial and how it impacted various groups and communities, changing forever what had been known as "Toronto the Good.