JoAnn Wilson
JoAnn Kay Wilson (21 August 1939 – 21 January 1983) was the wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher who was convicted of her murder at the end of their long and hostile custody battle, and equally harsh divorce over finances.
Wilson was born JoAnn Geiger in Osage, Iowa to Harlan and Betty Geiger. She met Thatcher while attending Iowa State University in 1960, and in 1962, the couple married and relocated to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. While Thatcher was pursuing his political ambitions, JoAnn raised their three children and worked variously as a teacher, bookkeeper, and interior designer.
The Thatcher marriage began to sour in the late 1970s.
Two years after an unsuccessful attempt on her life, by a gunshot wound to her shoulder, JoAnn was found savagely beaten and shot to death in the garage of her Regina home. After a lengthy police investigation, Thatcher was charged and convicted of her murder, spending 22 years in federal prison, while still maintaining his innocence, until today.
In 2015, the JoAnn Wilson Memory Project was started by a University of Saskatchewan graduate student, in the Women and Gender Studies program, who looks to create a legacy for Wilson's life while educating others about the deadly consequences of violence against women.[1]
Further reading[edit]
- Bird, Heather. Not Above The Law: The Tragic Story of JoAnn Wilson and Colin Thatcher. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1985.
- Mankiewicz, Francis, director. Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher. (Television movie.) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1989. This film starred Kenneth Welsh and Kate Nelligan as Colin and JoAnn Thatcher.
- Siggins, Maggie. A Canadian Tragedy, JoAnn & Colin Thatcher: A Story of Love and Hate. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001.
- Thatcher, Colin. Backrooms: A Story of Politics. Douglas & McIntyre, 1985.
- Wilson, Garrett & Lesley Wilson. Deny, Deny, Deny: The Rise and Fall of Colin Thatcher. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1986
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- ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Justice et faits divers -. "Projet de murale à la mémoire de JoAnn Wilson, tuée par son ex-mari en 1983". Radio-Canada.ca (in français). Retrieved 2017-09-14.
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