Halifax Examiner
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Jul 17, 2026
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Susie Butlin’s family sues RCMP for her death
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Susie Butlin’s family sues RCMP for her death
Also: Halifax’s CFO said legal expenses from Mayor Andy Fillmore’s office ‘could be deemed fraudulent’; Dalhousie University students fix ambulance scheduling woes
BY TIM BOUSQUET
JULY 17, 2026
Susan Butlin in a photo she posted to Facebook in 2015. Credit: Susan Butlin
This article includes descriptions of sexual assault and murder.
The family of Susie Butlin have filed a claim against the RCMP regarding her death.
Butlin was murdered by her next door neighbour Ernest (“Junior”) Ross Duggan on Sept. 17, 2017. In the wake …
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