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Emanuel Jaques (October 8, 1964 – July 29, 1977) was a Canadian 12-year-old boy who was murdered in Toronto. The sexual assault and murder of Jaques sparked outrage in Toronto, resulting in the conviction of three men: Saul David Betesh, Robert Kribs, and Joseph Woods for murder, and the regeneration of the city's Yonge Street downtown area. Murder
Feb 21, 2021 · Emanuel Jaques was a shoeshine boy, a child of the city, who recently arrived from Portugal with his impoverished immigrant parents. On July 28, 1977, he was lured by three men to a seedy...
Sep 18, 2013 · In August 1977, 12-year-old shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques went missing in Toronto. He begged his parents to let him work on Yonge Street, saying there was more money to be made there than in his neighbourhood, Toronto’s Little Portugal on the west side.
Jun 22, 2017 · Emanuel Jaques was found dead on Aug. 1, 1977, after he had disappeared days earlier. His death sparked a crackdown on the massage parlours of Yonge Street. (Toronto police/CBC Archives)...
Aug 8, 2017 · It’s been 40 years since the murder of 12-year-old Emanuel Jaques, a shoeshine boy who was found dead on Yonge Street at a time when it was recognized as Toronto’s sex district. Jaques’ family...
Sep 20, 2013 · On a warm August day, Toronto awoke to headlines that missing shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques had been found murdered, his body left on a roof above a Yonge St. body rub parlour, the 12-year-old a...
Jul 28, 2022 · Thursday marks the 45th anniversary of the horrifying sex murder of 12-year-old shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques above the Charlie’s Angels massage parlour on a stretch of Yonge St. then...
