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Gasps of joy and tears from the families and friends of three murdered women and a teenaged girl followed the conviction of Canada’s youngest serial killer.

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An eight-man, four-woman jury in Prince George, B.C., found Cody Legebokoff guilty on Thursday of the first-degree murders of Cynthia Maas, 35, Jill Stuchenko, 35, Natasha Montgomery, 23, and Loren Leslie, 15.

Outside of BC Supreme Court about 70 people gathered, many solemnly striking drums and singing traditional First Nations songs, before family members walked up to a podium to speak.

Montgomery’s mother, Louanne, was at a loss for words as she fought through her tears, thanking the jury for the verdict but reminding observers the tragedy wasn’t over because she doesn’t have her daughter back.

Doug Leslie said he wanted to thank the RCMP and others for their role in bringing the killer of his daughter Loren to justice.

He said he was not surprised at how quickly the jury reached its verdict nor was he offended by Legebokoff’s story that persons identified only as X, Y and Z carried out the murders of the three women.