Crime

Murder by Text

Kim Proctor was no different than your ordinary teenage girl. Easily hurt by insults and just as easily swayed by compliments, she dwelled in an angsty purgatory familiar to most adolescents. But when Kim went from average kid to missing girl, her storyline took a tragic turn. David Kushner reports on the teenage nightmare that British Columbia police uncovered when they peeked behind the digital curtains of Kim’s supposed friends, Kruse Wellwood and Cameron Moffat.
By David Kushner
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One night around dinnertime, Kruse Wellwood sent an instant message to Kim Proctor. “Hey, I thought you had babysitting,” he wrote. “Did you finish early?”

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