Wilbert Coffin, 41, (1915 - 1956) was a Canadian prospector who was convicted of murder and executed in Canada.
Montreal journalist, editor, author and politician Jacques Hebert raised doubt in Coffin's guilt in his book J'accuse les assassins de Coffin, which was published in 1963.
The book led to a royal commission which upheld the conviction. On July 15, 1953, the remains of Eugene Lindsey were found in the Gaspé region of Quebec a month after his disappearance. The body had been torn apart by bears.
On July 23, 1953, the bodies of Lindsey's 17-year-old son Richard and 20-year-old Frederick Claar were also found, four kilometers away. The three men had last been seen going into the woods to hunt. Coffin was accused of ambushing the three men and stealing more than $600 (about $5,000 today).
