Murder Times Six: The True Story of the Wells Gray Park Murders

It was a crime unlike anything seen in British Columbia. The horror of the Wells Gray Murders almost forty years ago transcends decades. On August 2 1982 three generations of a family set out on a camping trip - Bob and Jackie Johnson their two daughters Janet 13 and Karen 11 and Jackies parents George and Edith Bentley. A month later the Johnson family car was found off a mountainside logging road near Wells Gray Park completely burned out. In the back seat were the incinerated remains of four adults and in the trunk were the two girls. But this was not just your average mass murder. It was much worse. Over time some brutal details were revealed; however most are still only known to the murderer David Ennis (formerly Shearing). His crimes had far-reaching impacts on the family community and country. It still does today. Every time Shearing attempts freedom from the parole board the grief is triggered as everyone is forced to relive the horrors once again. Murder Times Six shines a spotlight on the crime that captured the attention of a nation recounts the narrative of a complex police investigation and discusses whether a convicted mass murderer should ever be allowed to leave the confines of an institution. Most importantly it tells the story of one family forever changed.