Old-Growth Murder

This is so sad and tragic. A young man leaving his home for a huge adventure in the prime of his life and he is murdered so savagely by savages!!! I watch a lot of crime shows to see how these crimes are committed and to learn how to stay safe in this crazy world.

This one in particular was so heart wrenching. We will never know if he would have been safer had he been with a friend. I do feel bad for the police because they were limited back then with forensics etc. I know some of the officers do feel the weight of not solving the case.

The lady from Canada, Anne Hannah and her family were truly angels. They really advocated for the young man that they barely knew. There are wonderful people out there. And staying in touch with his grieving parents is truly the kindest gesture of all.

My favourite part by far was watching the planting of the flower near where Allain died. I really wish that flower was still alive.

It's never too late. Perhaps the murderer(s) will be caught one day.

I hope hell has a special place reserved for the people that took the life out of this beautiful man. I'm from Oregon myself and also native this documentary shook me to the depths of my soul. This was a well done documentary and I'm shocked I never heard about this story until now. I truly hope Alain was reunited with his grieving parents in the afterlife. I can't imagine the deep pain they had to go through. I wish Alain had trusted his gut instincts on coming down into the US. Such a senseless tragedy. I will pray that the monsters that did this will someday be brought to justice. Thankyou for opening my eyes to this.

Unlike most true crime documentaries, this is not flashy - which is good - nor does it attempt to create any compelling atmosphere or paint a portrait of the area and time period - which is less good - and it's mostly just a bunch of old men talking. I swear to god it's like listening to a college lecture or AM radio or a podcast on the minutae of police work.

There are bright spots, mostly with the mother figure who hosted young Alain at her home in Canada, who actually describes him as a person, showed regard for his well-being while he was still living by sending him to relatives throughout his journey, and conducts herself with a level of respect and dignity which in my opinion makes her the star of the show. That might sound like a horrible thing to say in a documentary about a brutal murder, but it was refreshing to see someone so substantially focused on the living victim and his parents following his death.

I can tell you very much that I have pretty strong ideas about who I think did it, but you'll have to watch for yourself and decide, but before you do that just know that they have convicted zero people in 2023. I had to stop around the 1 1/2 hour mark because I was so tired of hearing some old guy's opinion about an unrelated crime related to some of the suspects.