Mellor murder story inspires ‘Law & Order Toronto’ episode |
Ever since “Law & Order” added Toronto to its family of shows, I have caught every episode. It’s fun to see Mayor Olivia Chow show up for a cameo and to note familiar landmarks and actors in its scenes.
However, last week’s episode hit even closer to home.
It opened with a grieving mother struggling to cope in jail after refusing to give in to the accusation she killed her infant daughter. As the story unfolded, it became clear a Peterborough case had inspired the script.
In case you don’t remember Jenna Mellor’s death, brace yourself for a horrifying story. In January 1997, Jenna died from a beating by a teenage boy assigned to babysit her. However, the police focused their investigation on her mother, Brenda Waudby.
It took months for her and her lawyer to convince them she had not beaten her 21-month-old child before going out for the........