True crime – Under the Bridge – Rebecca Godfrey

Submitted: 6th November 2023

Under the Bridge

This was a tough read. A very tough read. I remember this story being in the Canadian press. I was in Canada for the first time and read this in a newspaper. It made such an impact on me – being away from home for the first time following university and reading about a teenage killed by her friends.

So, I was intrigued to read about it and the investigation years later.

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Boarding Pass Information : Saanich BC, Canada

Destination : A true crime destination

Author guide: Rebecca Godfrey

Genre: true crime

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Who were the seemingly ordinary teenagers who beat and killed a girl who longed to be their friend? And how could they hide the murder from their parents and teachers and the police for eight days?

Wow, this was a tough read. I knew about the case going in having read about it in the press at the time but something like this stays with you. So, I was intrigued to read about what led to this and what happened to the perpetrators. I hoped to find out more about Reena too, the girl who was murdered. Too much true crime is about the crime and the guilty, and not the victims so I was hoping for a good mix.

There was a lot of background on Reena and I felt sorry for her in many ways. A tough childhood. Her so called friends were also had problems but to kill someone? When the book shares ‘ the reason’ for the crime, it’s laughable. Nothing is a good enough reason to kill someone, but the ‘reason’ is laughable.

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The whole thing reads like a horror story and it’s so well examined that I did feel sick at times. That poor girl. She had her voice heard and I’m pleased the book discusses her life and that of her parents. Her poor parents.

There’s a lot of things to take from this book – troubled teens, mob mentality and what on earth causes someone to do this kind of crime? I was grateful there were no crime scene photos in the book – most true crime books have but I always find them distasteful and the book read more horrifically because of their absence.

With all the problems, anger and trouble highlighted even before the crime took place, you can see something bubbling dangerously to the surface.

This will stay with you. RIP Reena.