Emanuel Jaques - Aftermath

Aftermath

Jaques's murder stunned and outraged the citizens of Toronto since a crime of this nature was considered unthinkable. It caused many to question how safe the city, and more specifically Yonge Street, really was. Some marked this as the point where Toronto lost its innocence and that its downtown was becoming too squalid.

Numerous protests and marches occurred, demanding that the city clean up the Yonge Street area. Alderman Ben Nobleman of York sent telegrams to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the media encouraging the return of capital punishment.

These protests became a catalyst for shutting down the numerous adult stores, body rub parlours, and shoeshine stands along Yonge Street. Over time, Yonge Street would become a more people-oriented district and new developments such as Dundas Square would revitalize the area.

In October 2002, twenty-five years after the murder, Robert Kribs was denied parole.

Woods died in prison in April, 2003, after being denied parole four times. Kribs and Betesh remain incarcerated.