Phillip Boudreau and Jahvante Smart a.k.a. Smoke Dawg

Motive and Opportunity

This week our duo is back and refreshed from their break and Amanda kicks off the episode with the story of the murder of Phillip Boudreau in a small fishing community in Nova Scotia. Then Keith tells the story of Canadian Rapper and rising star, Smoke Dawg, and his murder in broad daylight on a busy Toronto street.

Sources:

Amanda:

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/the-killing-of-phillip-boudreau

https://quillandquire.com/review/blood-in-the-water-a-true-story-of-revenge-in-the-maritimes/

https://fisherynation.com/archives/tag/phillip-boudreau

https://povmagazine.com/true-crime-lobsters-and-the-killing-of-phillip-boudreau/

CBC Docs POV Season 4 “The Killing of Phillip Boudreau”

Keith:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-got-a-life-sentence-mother-of-murdered-rapper-smoke-dawg-sobs-in-grief-during/article_d7a188f4-40f1-5818-8b0b-cd83789ad9b3.amp.html

https://globalnews.ca/news/8644774/murder-conviction-smoke-dawg-shooting/amp/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/smoke-dawg-koba-prime-arrest-burnaby-1.5257231

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-rapper-smoke-dawg-was-killed-in-adolescent-stupid-testosterone-laden-fight-not-a-targeted/article_e1c78250-8e15-5887-9e32-ab30341ef3a4.amp.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_hip_hop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal_Gang

https://www.cp24.com/news/two-men-killed-in-queen-street-shooting-identified-as-members-of-toronto-music-scene-1.3996128

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