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BMaIDOX. renee D Go i ee | 3rd murder trial

BN. Shore Alert.........8 Nees for Costin case

i Sunshine Gir i ge a: JEAN VICTOR Beaulac bragged
& Theatre. : han Oe ae: . to an undercover cop five years
‘ he : , @. . after killing a woman and leaving
e : on her body in a wooded area in North
Bw Vancouver.

By Brert Mudry
Contributing Writer

“She was going to rat,” a B.C. Supreme
Court jury heard Beaulac say in a concealed
tape recording.

The evidence came at the third murder
tial for Beaulac in the death of Mary
Costin.

The victim's battered body was found
near Lynn Creek on Feb. 18, 1981.

Costin was 23 years old at the time,
while Beaulac was 21. The two earlier wials
were inconclusive.

RCMP Sgt. Jean Pineault told the court
Beaulac brought up the topic of Costin’s
killing and boasted of his deeds. The jury

J ‘ reviewed a transcript while portions of the
: " ; noisy tape were played in court. The pair
f re C j i a d i . were riding in a pickup truck at the time.

OO . . OQ i a gWoo C own S “The rock was big like that — that big.”
: : : Beaulac described. Pineault held his two
@ North Van Grecian COLLINGWOOD SCHOOL students Olivia Vipond, Christopher Longley and | hands together to imitate Beaulac’s original

fun formula: 20 Spencer Longley clown around on items that will be for sale at the school’s April gesture,

29 spring fair. Many new booths have been added this year for adults and children. John Norris earlier testified he and

Good taste and | The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 70 Morven Dr. in West Vancouver.
good nutrition: ;

sports Pair honored for

"winsonieyeer 12 | NW bridge rescue

a Done sit phenom: PARAMEDIC BILL Hudson stopped his ambulance
we on the Second Narrows Bridge on the grey, wet after-
noon of Jan. 17 to attend what he thought was a typi-

: proms cat cal rear-ender.

Sizzler.

Steak * Seafood « Salad News Reporter

2 DAKOTA RANCH SVEARS , Hudson, a member of the infant Transport Team, was taking a

! pf wihthis . |. @g baby to Lions Gate Hospital from B.C. Children’s Hospital when he
‘QHLY. 10.9 cOUpON - ‘ came upon the accident.

4 But the 18-year veteran of the B.C. Ambulance Service found

nothing typical about the two people siting uncomfortably inside

NEWS photo Terry Peters

See NV attack page 3

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

PARAMEDICS DARRELL Mussatto (left) and Bill Hudson saved
See Paramedics page 3 a man from jumping off the Second Narrows Bridge.