Steve Lillebuen. Journalist.

EDMONTON — The Devil’s Cinema, my forthcoming non-fiction book detailing the Mark Twitchell case and trial, has received its first review. Journalist and author Robert Remington read an early draft of the manuscript and has come back with the following critique: “A detailed, well-constructed account of a diabolical real-life Dexter. Lillebuen has written a riveting, [...]

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EDMONTON — My book research in the city on the Mark Twitchell case and trial is coming to an end next week. I’ve spent the past six months in Edmonton conducting interviews, finding documents and sitting in on every minute of the murder trial. My last day in the city will be June 14th so [...]

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EDMONTON — Jury selection has been completed in Mark Twitchell’s lengthy court proceedings, leading the way for a criminal trial to begin later this week. Twitchell is charged with the first-degree murder of Johnny Altinger, a 38-year-old who vanished in October 2008. After seven hours of deliberations today, a jury of 12 people and two [...]

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