She Was Only Three: The Trials of John James Jr.

by Jack Montgomery

Ruby Adriaenssens was a cute, outgoing three-year-old when she was snatched by John James Jr., raped and killed. To silence her screams, James, 17, crushed her tiny head with a cinder block. The slaying became one of Winnipeg's most notorious crimes. This is not so much because of the unspeakable brutality of little Ruby's death, but because of how the case fell apart under the Young Offender's Act and because of how it was ultimately bungled by the courts.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 1998