Then, picking the two-year-old up by the throat, he plunged his fist into the child's face five or six times. Since they were young, Theriault's two sons lived in horror. This massive perfect bound Ted Bundy collection includes art, articles, rare interviews, documents, letters, transcripts and the serial killers entire FBI file. Thriault rationed the food, and if anyone complained about anything (like hunger), he would punish them by restricting their rations. But life within the Ant Hill Kids cult had already begun to take an even more sinsiter turn. On September 28, 1941, the last day of Major League Baseball's regular season, the Boston Red Soxs Ted Williams gets six hits in eight at-bats during a doubleheader in Philadelphia, boosting his average to .406. Gisle, in particular, would sometimes retreat to her father's house for a few days, until Rock would call and convince her to come back to her "real" family. Roch Theriault and followers in court [YouTube screenshot] Police actively gathered stomach-turning piles of evidence that help put Thriault away for life behind bars in 1993. Ever the conniving dictator, Theriault merely claimed time within the human plain and God's was different. Obituary: Adelard "John" Boilard. Chantal Labrie's parents obtained a court order for a round of psychiatric tests for their daughter. Matthew MacDonald of Port au Port, N.L., is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Roch Theriault. They found no signs of foul play, but Thriault swore that if anyone else died on the commune, their body would stay there. He was found guilty of amputating Gabrielle's arm and jailed for 12 years. Claude managed to escape into the woods, where he stayed until Thriault was sober once again. -- Cult leader Roch Theriault, who once used a meat cleaver to amputate the arm of a concubine, was denied parole yesterday on the grounds he represents an ongoing danger to society. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. After a new member of the cult, an escapee from a mental hospital, beat a child at the compound, Theriault performed surgery on the child. Thriault was arrested for *ault in 1989, dissolving the cult, and was convicted for murder in 1993 for the death of follower Solange Boilard. . He then made another member, Gabrielle Lavalle, stitch her up. It is chock full of artwork, rare documents, FBI files and in depth articles regarding serial murder. He used all of the nine women as concubines, and probably fathered most of the children in the group. In 1880 there were 8 Boilard families living in Illinois. Roch Theriault's crimes centered around polygamy, living miracles, and religious themes. He was found lifeless in his cell at Dorchester Penitentiary about 9 p.m., local time, said Etienne Chiasson of the CSC. All of our Serial Killer books are massive, 8.5" x 11" perfect bound editions. Wouldn't a hole in the skull and a missing rib be noticeable? In 1993 he pleaded guilty to Solange's murder and was sentenced to life in prison. These "surgeries" included injecting a 94% ethanol solution into stomachs, or performing circumcisions on the children and adults of the group. The group was refused funding on the basis that the group constituted an institution, rather than a family. Although he was having sexual congress with her on a regular basis, to keep up appearances he made a bed in the back of his truck, so that it would appear that his scruples forbade him from sleeping with a woman to whom he was not married. He had undergone treatment for depression at l'Hpitale Robert Giffard, the same hospital that had declared Thriault "mentally sound." Claude Ouellette (24), Jacques Gigure (24), his wife Maryse Grenier (23), and their six-month-old baby girl. He had previously killed an infant named Samuel Gigure, while two of his disciples, Geraldine Gagn Auclair and Gabrielle Nadeau, died following homeopathic treatments administered to them by Thriault. . In 1988, he used a knife to disembowel his wife Solange Boilard during a cult ritual. He prescribed himself a case of beer for any pains. Franois, along with his brother Roch-Sylvain, gave an exclusive interview to QMI Agency Friday night about his father, who led a religious cult in Quebec and Ontario during the 1980s. The director of the hospital at which Thriault was confined began referring to the patient as "Moses," and expressed his scorn for the public that had reflexively assumed that just because Thriault had a different lifestyle and had been sent for evaluation, he was crazy. If anyone fell asleep, he'd smack their head with a four inch thick club. 2:53. Theriault, the leader of the most bizarre and violent cult in Canadian history, often physically abused his followers. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. Theriault was arrested and charged with murder the following year after another cult member, whose arm had been hacked off by Theriault with a meat cleaver, told hospital authorities what had happened. Another member was castrated by Theriault, who also abused a 2-year-old boy. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. He was arrested for assault in 1989, and convicted of murder in 1993. The average age of a Boilard family member is 74. Make a life-giving gesture Jacques Fiset left; Thriault told the others he had been taken by the Devil. He was born May 7, 1922, in . Thriault designed and assembled a rough sawmill from a chainsaw, a snowmobile engine, and some bicycle parts. Only Mose was permitted to express any warmth whatsoever towards the children. The members of the group distributed themselves between four apartments in Qubec City, to be near their leader. The CAS also launched its own report, of which Thriault seemed to have intimate knowledge right from the start. ONTARIO, CANADA On September 28, 1988, Roch "Mose" Thriault, leader of a bizarre religious sect called the Ant Hill Kids, subjected one of his followers to insane and sadistic impromptu surgery that killed her. Make a life-giving gesture As for the others, all of this served only to make them more obsequious. One of Theriault's best-known victims, Gabrielle Lavallee, who had her hand chopped off by a meat cleaver, wrote a best-selling French-language account of her time with Theriault, "L'alliance de la brebis,'' or "The Alliance of Sheep,'' in which she denounces him as an incurable, sadistic psychopath. She was born in Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 27, 1943, the daughter of the late Armand and Rachel (Gardner) Chainey. Theriault would hit them with a belt initially, but this escalated and they were soon being attacked with hammers. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. 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He is serving a life sentence and was denied parole in 2002. For six months, everything went smoothly for the commune. But despite making it to safety she was too brainwashed to live away from the control of the cult leader. Despite being behind bars Theriault fathered four more children during conjugal visits with several of his many 'wives'. He ordered his wives to pluck Claude's pubic hair bald. Roch Theriault, 63, was involved in an altercation early. A charismatic speaker, he soon persuaded others to join his religious movement and the Ant Hill Kids cult was born. On November 11, 1967, he married Francine Grenier, a girl from the next town over. Everyone went back to the cabin, and Rock ordered a warm bath for her, filled with cherry. Thriault began to assemble notes for a book (L'Affaire Mose, published in Qubec City in November of 1983). Thriault abandoned the Adventist diet. In particular, he once tried to resurrect a woman he had killed by sawing the top off her corpse's skull and masturbating into the cavity. Moses kept a piece of one of her bones tied on a string around his neck, concealed by his beard. 1988 (September 29): One of Theriault's plural wives, Solange Boilard, complained of a stomach ache and was subjected to brutal and botched surgical operation by an inebriated "Moise." She died and was buried by his followers. Home; About; Gallery; Blog; Shop; Contact; My Account; Resources And they weren't the only ones in the commune Theriault would visit when drunk. With Cuban forces no longer blocking civilians from read more, Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britains southeast coast. Solange Boilard's body was exhumed and properly laid to rest. AUBURN - Adelard "John" Boilard, 86, passed away peacefully at home on July 24, 2020 with his family by his side. After hearing about her baby's death, Maryse Grenier just went back to work. He beat Nicole, three months pregnant, causing her to miscarry. When she went back to her bed, blood started coming out of her mouth, and she died. old-school old testament messiah. Number of people Lifespan in years Taking a knife, Rock made a five-inch vertical incision on Solange's right side, below the ribs. "I guess I'll read more, On September 28, 1960, at Bostons Fenway Park, Red Sox star Ted Williams hits a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year career. In 1988, he used a knife to disembowel his wife Solange Boilard during a cult ritual. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Retrieved March 15, 2013, from, MacEachern, B. Every issue of Serial of Serial Killer Magazine we sell. A favourite punishment would be to force someone to strip naked and stand in the snow for a few hours. Once he slashed Jacque Gigure's jugular with a broken wine glass. U.S. News Solange Boilard Dark Poutine podcast recap: Roch Thriault and the Ant Hill Kids Thriault was a self-proclaimed prophet who went by the name of Mose or Moses and he founded the. The doctors later said that she had died of acute perionitis, an inflammation of the peritoneum caused by digestive fluids leaking into the abdominal cavity. Believing himself to be a vessel of God and capable of curing all sickness, Theriault took matters into his own hands with devastating consquences. Theriault also demanded sex from all of the women members in an attempt to increase the number of cult members through children. Birth date: 26 August, 1958, Tuesday. But on November 5, Veer escaped to the village of Saint-Jogues, where he told the villagers that a baby had died after being kicked by a horse. In 2009, they published a book about their experience. In 1984, the group relocated from Quebec to a new site near Burnt River, a hamlet in Central Ontario now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.