Kingston police are looking for inmate Mason Jenkins, who was not accounted for during a morning count at the minimum-security Collins Bay Institution on Thursday.
Staff from the Correctional Service of Canada found out at 11:15 a. m. that Jenkins, 49, was missing during their formal count.
He is described as a white male, standing five-foot-nine and weighing around 255 pounds. He has a fair complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair that is currently shaved bald.
Jenkins was last seen wearing a light green jacket, blue jeans, and rubber boots.
Currently, he is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and trafficking.
When he was sentenced in Chatham on January 12, 2001, Jenkins denied killing his sister Jennifer. The 18-year-old was known as a kind student at Chatham Collegiate Institute with good grades and many friends; she was shot five times in the head and chest in her family room on January 6, 1998.
The trial drew significant attention when it began on October 4, 2000.
A mistrial almost occurred when defense lawyer Clay Powell quit while Jenkins was testifying. He left the case on November 24 because he feared he might mislead the court after learning new information from Jenkins.
Powell decided to withdraw just one day after Jenkins claimed in court that an earlier lawyer had told him to lie about possessing and firing the murder weapon.
By the end of the trial, Jenkins had cycled through five different lawyers.
During the trial, testimony revealed that Jenkins took a cab to the former Golden Tap shortly after his sister’s death.
He later escaped Chatham on horseback and was spotted by several witnesses who testified in court. They saw him riding along railroad tracks beside Taylor Avenue as well as crossing over Black Bridge above the Thames River.
He was also seen near Maple Leaf Cemetery in Chatham while on those tracks.
Chatham-Kent police found him sleeping in the back of a stolen Bronco truck near Blenheim the morning after his sister’s body was discovered.
Testimony from officers present at that scene indicated that Jenkins claimed to have a bomb and threatened to use it, prompting officers to take cover.
It turned out to be just a Sonic Boom firecracker.
In an interview recorded by police after his arrest-played for jurors-Jenkins spun an odd story about four thugs who invaded his family home on January 6, 1998, supposedly abducting him while killing his sister in the process.
In 2010, both Jenkins and his parents Brian and Leslie were featured in a documentary titled Life with Murder which explored their complicated relationship following their tragic loss caused by him.
If you have any information regarding Jenkins’ whereabouts, please contact Kingston Police at 613-549-4660 ext. 0.
Officials advise anyone who sees Jenkins not to approach him but instead call 9-1-1 immediately.
– With files from Maegen Kulchar
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