He was also given other personality-breaking drugs: scopolamine, sodium amytal, methedrine and dexamyl. Despite witnesses who clearly placed him in a movie theatre before and after the murder of Wayne Mallette, he was found guilty and sentenced to youth detention. By the age of eleven, he was described as an ‘angry little boy’, with a Children’s Aid Society report on him stating:Slight in build, neat in appearance, eyes bright, and wide open, worried facial expression, sometimes screwing up of eyes, walks briskly and erect, moves rapidly, darts ahead, interested and questioning constantly in conversation. He was placed in Oak Ridge, an Ontario psychiatric facility, where he legally changed his name to David Michael Krueger in 1982. He attributes his wandering to feeling so nervous that he just has to get away. Peter Woodcock's prized possession was a red and white Schwinn bicycle on which he satisfied his continuing compulsion to wander. In the seventh episode of our Killer Canucks series, we take a look at the life of Peter Woodcock, "the serial killer they couldn't cure. The last time he killed someone, Peter Woodcock was nearly blind and could barely hear. Peter convinced inmates that he had contact with the mythical group on the outside, and that in order to be initiated, inmates had to perform oral sex on him and bring him gifts of cigarettes.Peter Woodcock was eventually transferred to less restrictive institutions, and ultimately arrived at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital. Peter Woodcock apparently has no friends. Susan Maynard, who was described as a “forceful woman with an exaggerated sense of propriety,” became strongly attached to the maladjusted child, who would still scream when someone approached him.By the age of five, Peter Woodcock would no longer scream when approached, but he remained a strange child and became the target of neighborhood bullies. The police decided to pay a visit to Woodcock’s home in order to advise his parents to keep a close eye on him. There, Woodcock claimed, he fell in love with fellow psychiatric patient Dennis Kerr, who rejected his sexual advances.
When with children his own age, he is boastful and expresses determinedly ideas which are unacceptable and misunderstood.Signs of Woodcock's violent fantasies were present at this time also, seen when a social worker was walking with him at the Peter Woodcock's prized possession was a red and white On September 15, 1956, Woodcock was riding his bike around the grounds of the Toronto Police initially arrested and interrogated another boy, Ron Moffatt. He rode the bike to the far reaches of the city, even during the deep, cold Toronto winters, and evolved a fantasy in which he led a gang of 500 invisible boys on bikes called the ‘Winchester Heights Gang’. During the first hour of his first weekend pass (unsupervised release) in 34 years,When Dennis Kerr arrived as instructed, Krueger struck him in the head with the pipe wrench and continued to beat him into unconsciousness. During the first hour of his first weekend pass (unsupervised release) in 34 years,For the murder of Dennis Kerr, Krueger was transferred back to the Oak Ridge division of the His face was pushed into the dirt and two bite marks were found on the body, one on the boy’s calf and the other on his buttock. Serial killer, David Michael Krueger, is best known by his birth name, Peter Woodcock, and was a Canadian serial killer and child rapist. Eventually police acknowledged there was a serial predator in Toronto, but Moffatt was not released. However, when notes were shared between forces, Woodcock was arrested. At the age of 10 he developed gruesome fantasies.
Although he verbalizes his resentment for other children, he has never been known to physically attack another child ... Peter apparently has no friends. He appears to act out almost everything he thinks and demonstrates excessive affection for his foster mother. Pennies were found ritualistically scattered near the body and someone had defecated next to the victim as well.On October 6, 1956, Peter Woodcock was riding his bike around Cabbagetown when he picked up 9-year-old Gary Morris. He saw himself as an all-powerful leader of 500 invisible soldiers he called In 1956, Peter was ready to move on to the next stage in his initiation – murder.Woodcock was apprehended for the murders in 1957 but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He was physically abused in at least one of these foster homes. Adoption agency records report that the newborn, Peter, showed feeding problems and cried constantly. ... Daniel Woolfson, a senior city planner for the Toronto and East York District, said. The police were trying to identify a mysterious teen who rode a bicycle whom they suspected of killing 7-year-old Wayne Mallette.