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"The Boozing Barber"Gilbert Paul Jordan
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Released
Personal Information
Full Name	Gilbert Paul Jordan
Birth Name	Gilbert Paul Elsie
Born	December 12, 1931 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	July 7, 2006 (aged 74) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Other Names	Paul Pearce
Height	5'9" (175cm)
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
AKA	"The Boozing Barber" "The Alcohol murders"
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Alcohol poisoning
Modus Operandi	Jordan would find women in bars, and buy them drinks, or pay them for sex and encourage them to drink with him. When they passed out, he would pour liquor down their throats. The resulting deaths were reported as alcohol poisoning and police paid little attention, because some of his victims suffered from alcoholism. He is considered a serial killer as he was linked to the deaths of between eight and ten women, but was only convicted in the manslaughter death of one woman.
Convictions	Manslaughter
Criminal penalty	15 years' imprisonment, reduced to 9 years on appeal. Served 6 years.
Victims	1 (Convicted; linked to 8–10 more)
Span of crimes	1965 - c. 2004
Country	Canada
Provinces	British Columbia Saskatchewan

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Vanessa Lee Buckner			October 12, 1987	Alcohol poisoning

Suspected victims

Victim List is Incomplete

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Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Mary Johnson			November 30, 1980	Alcohol poisoning
Barbara Paul			September 11, 1981	Alcohol poisoning
Mary Johns			July 30, 1982	Alcohol poisoning
Patricia Thomas			December 15, 1984	Alcohol poisoning
Patricia Andrew			June 28, 1985	Alcohol poisoning
Vera Harry			November 19, 1986	Alcohol poisoning

Documentaries

Podcasts

• Gilbert Paul Jordan - Part 1. Serial Killers with Greg Polcyn & Vanessa Richardson.
• Gilbert Paul Jordan - Part 2. Serial Killers with Greg Polcyn & Vanessa Richardson.

In popular culture

Film adaptation

• Unnatural & Accidental (2006) on IMDb

Links

• Gilbert Paul Jordan at Wikipedia