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=== Bill Harrison ===

=== Bill Harrison ===

Bill Harrison died in 2009. At the time of Caleb’s death, Bill’s death was not considered suspicious.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/police-appeal-for-publics-help-in-mississauga-homicide-investigation/ Police appeal for public’s help in Mississauga homicide investigation] </ref>

Bill Harrison died in 2009. At the time of Caleb’s death, Bill’s death was not considered suspicious.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/police-appeal-for-publics-help-in-mississauga-homicide-investigation/ Police appeal for public’s help in Mississauga homicide investigation]</ref>

=== Bridget Harrison ===

=== Bridget Harrison ===

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• Comment: WP:NCRIME suggests crimes like these are dependent on the reliability of the coverage. Dateline and tabloid media coverage of court proceedings don’t seem to confer notability here, although the Toronto Life article is WP:SIGCOV. Are there other reliable sources out there covering these crimes in depth that indicate its significance beyond routine crime or court coverage? I also note that the article is generally incomplete. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 07:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: most sources tabloids, not great for showing event notability PARAKANYAA (talk) 15:32, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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triple murder over several years

Toronto Life and the Toronto Sun, you mean? (LaCyn88)

The Pitch Pine Crescent murders were a series of three murders committed over a four-year span in a house located at 3635 Pitch Pine Crescent; that of Bill Harrison (April 2009); his wife Bridget Harrison (April 2010); and their son, Caleb (August 2013) ^[1] The perpetrators were Caleb’s ex-wife, Melissa Merritt, and her partner, Chris Fattore.

Background

Melissa Merritt and Caleb Harrison had two children together, over whose custody they argued. The children were living with Caleb prior to his death.^[2]

Investigation

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Bill Harrison

Bill Harrison died in 2009. At the time of Caleb’s death, Bill’s death was not considered suspicious. ^[3]

Bridget Harrison

Bridget Harrison was found dead by her nine year old grandson in the home in 2010. ^[4] At the time of Caleb’s death, Bridget’s death was considered suspicious and was still being investigated.Police appeal for public’s help in Mississauga homicide investigation </ref>

Caleb Harrison

On August 23rd 2013, Caleb Harrison was found deceased in his home by a co-worker who had become concerned that Harrison had failed to show up at work. He was last seen alive the previous evening, coaching his children’s baseball team at Erin Gate Park, after which he dropped the children off at their mother’s house and went home. ^[5]

Connections

Arrests

Merritt and Fattore were arrested near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia on January 28, 2014.^[6]

Trials

In 2018, Fattore was found guilty of first-degree murder in Bridget and Caleb’s deaths, but acquitted for Bill’s death. Merritt was found guilty of first-degree murder in Caleb’s death, but the jury was hung on whether or not she was guilty of Bridget’s death. Merritt was not charged with Bill’s death.^[7]

In 2023, her case was successfully overturned and a new trial was ordered.^[8] This was based on claims that the judge “committed significant errors in his jury instruction relating to key evidence.” ^[9]

In 2024, Merritt was acquitted of Bridget’s death, but the jury was deadlocked regarding Caleb’s death, which prompted the judge to declare a mistrial in Caleb’s case.^[10]

In March 2025, Merritt plead guilty to manslaughter, just before her third trial. She was sentenced to time served plus one day and was released. ^[11]

The case was featured on the Season 26 Dateline NBC episode entitled “The House on Pitch Pine Crescent”.^[12] The episode aired on May 18, 2018, and re-aired on November 25, 2022, with updated details.

In 2023, the case was featured on an episode of MrBallen‘s podcast, entitled “Pitch Pine Crescent”. ^[13]

Category:History of Mississauga Category:Murders Category:2009 in Ontario Category:2010 in Ontario Category:2013 in Ontario

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