Mark Wells, who was convicted of four murders in Ontario, Canada, died Saturday of natural causes. He was 42.
Wells was in the process of killing Annette Norman when her sons Richard, 8, and Christopher, 7, walked in and witnessed the crime. Wells stabbed the boys and then slit their throats (one of the boys was still holding a bag of candy when his body was found).
Wells was also found guilty of strangling Christine Tansley, whose body was found in her blood-spattered apartment the day before the Norman murders.
Wells started serving his life sentence in Ontario in 1991 but was moved to the Matsqui Institution in British Columbia to receive treatment for a lengthy terminal illness, and to be closer to his relatives.
Posted on July 3, 2003 4:22 PMYou are free now i know what you did to protect us. You will be forever in my Heart i will never forget the goodtimes we had growing up. LOVE ALWAYS LINNEY.
Posted by LINDA WELLS on April 3, 2005 6:16 PMThis piece of SCUM deserves only the tribute of spitting on his grave!
Posted by Craig Marcum on September 6, 2005 4:33 PMWe share the same name, and you died in the province where I was born. Those are probably the only two things we have in common. I'll try not to kill any children.
God bless.
Posted by Mark Wells on October 25, 2005 4:49 AMMark was a good person growing up, people don't understand what! he went through.People! you can not judge a book by its cover.
Posted by Linda Wells on December 12, 2005 5:07 PMAre you kidding me. He murdered people, his past obviously didn't matter. You can grow up nice but what you do today will effect you forever.
Posted by Reilly Cartiker on March 28, 2006 8:51 PMDid!he really do it, or was there someone else ?i guess we will never no eh.
Posted by Linda on July 4, 2006 4:55 PMI went to broadway public school with christopher and richard, I remember there was a picture dedicated to them in the front hall. I was wondering if anyone knows what happened to it.
Posted by Theresa on November 4, 2006 1:22 PMRICHARD,CHRISTOPHER,ANNETTE,WERE REALLY GOOD FRIEND'S WITH MY MOM,MY SISTER AND MYSELF.WE ARE ALL STILL SADDENED BY THIS GREAT TRAGEDY.RICHARD AND CHRISTOPHER NEVER GOT TO KNOW THE GREATNESS OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE BECOMING AS YOUNG MEN.I THINK THAT IT IS SAD THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THIS MAN ON HIS OWN WEBSITE WHERE IS THERE WEBSITE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THIS MONSTER.
Posted by stephanie on March 8, 2007 11:15 AMIsn't it nice that he was moved to be close to his family. Now all the victims family have to look at is a grave where their family members lay after being brutally murdered.
Posted by Jennifer on March 8, 2007 11:19 AMRest In peace Brother! Lets just say your in the air. Your Family will always love you Marky
Posted by Linda Wells on August 4, 2007 10:35 AMYes he DID do it!!! I grew up with him & he was anything BUT "innocent" even as a young person. He molested my sister! Only god knows who else was damaged by this SICK ANIMAL! I can't say who but I'll tell you this much : Not only was I at the trial but someone very close to me was told by mark himself that he did it. He even BRAGGED about it in a bar afterwards to this person. I'll leave it at this: thank god that this MONSTER has been expired!! My heart goes out to cristines and annettes familys.
Posted by neverforget on July 4, 2008 1:01 AMi am christines younger sister and im ever so glad he is DEAD all the pain my family went through because of him
Posted by michelle on September 21, 2008 4:02 PMI know some of his background and it was a sad way to live.I don't condon what he did, but I understand he accepted Christ before he died and hope it brought him some peace from all the turmoil. I know the victims families suffered but also his family and only God can bring peace.When you bring a child into the world it is your full-time job to mold them in the right direction.
Posted by Connie on November 18, 2008 3:24 PM