In American movies, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been misidentified as the "Northwest Mounted Police," who supposedly "always get their man." The RCMP motto is actually Mantiens le Droit, "uphold the right," but that vigilance was not on display in the recent murder spree of Gabriel Wortman.
The Nova Scotia denturist, 51, began his killing spree at approximately 10:30 pm on Saturday, April 18, ended at about 11.26 am on Sunday, and involved 16 crime scenes with five residences set aflame. The death spree lasted nearly13 agonizing hours, and claimed 22 lives but fewer might have died had the RCMP responded in timely fashion.