Riley Keough as Rebecca Godfrey in episode 2 of Under the Bridge.
On the evening of Nov. 14, 1997, 14-year-old Reena Virk was invited to a party near the Craigflower Bridge in Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia. She never returned home, and was later discovered to have been ruthlessly beaten and killed by a group of her peers.dramatizes the before and after of Reena's brutal murder, which sent shockwaves throughout Canada.
In real life, Godfrey did not aid in the investigation into Reena’s murder as she does in the series. But she did spend six years interviewing the accused and attending court trials after the fact."I went home soon after and went into the prison," Godfrey toldin 2019 of returning to her hometown."I was just stunned because the girls all looked like normal, cool, young teenage girls, not particularly like killers.
On the night of Reena's death, police arrived to break up a large gathering of teens hanging out in the field behind Saanich's Shoreline School. A smaller contingent then moved to the Craigflower Bridge, where Cook—who reportedly wanted to punish Reena for spreading rumors about her—and a group of seven others savagely beat Reena.
The following year, Glowatski was convicted of second-degree murder in adult criminal court and sentenced to life in prison with a chance at parole after seven years served. He openly expressed remorse and participated in restorative justice programs, including one in which he apologized face-to-face to Reena's parents. He was granted day parole in 2007 and full parole in 2010.
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