Nationality Canadian Occupation School Teacher | Name Paula Gallant Role School teacher | |
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Full Name Paula Ann Gallant Born 5 December 1969 ( 1969-12-05 ) Body discovered 27 December 2005(2005-12-27) (aged 36) Known for Amazing artist and local loved school teacher Died December 27, 2005, Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada |
Paula Ann Gallant (December 5, 1969 – December 27, 2005) was a Canadian school teacher that was murdered by asphyxiation due to strangulation On December 27, 2005, Gallant and her husband, Jason MacRae were in their basement arguing about a debt from online gambling. After MacRae walked back down to the basement where Gallant was sitting at the computer, he hit her in the back of her head with a two-by-four wood board. He then proceeded to strangle her to the floor until she stopped moving and then wrapped her head with Saran Wrap to make sure she was dead.
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Early life and education
Gallant was a grade three teacher at Beechville Lakeside Timberlea School. Gallant was actively involved in her school and community, and art was one of her passions. She was pursuing her Certificate in Visual Arts at NSCAD.
Disappearance
On December 27, 2005, Shortly after 7:00PM her husband had contacted his wife's sister Lana Kenny to see if she know of her whereabouts. At their house 45mins later MacRae contacted the Halifax Regional Police reporting that Gallant had not returned from Costco, since 2:00PM.
Searches
Family and friends search the community and called friends and neighbors trying to locate Gallant. At around 12:30 December 28, 2005, Gallant's car was located at the Beachville-Lakeside-Timberlea School where she teaches a Grade 3 art class. The car was locked and her body was found in the trunk of her green 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier. She was wrapped in a blanket in a fetal position.
Media coverage
Gallant's murder was covered locally and nationally throughout Canada. The family and MacRae were interviewed and profiled by the The National and The Fifth Estate, in 2006. Her death was one of Nova Scotia's most high-profile unsolved homicides.