Crime-writer, Nate Hendley, will be releasing with Five Rivers Publishing a fascinating, painstakingly researched book July 1, 2018, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto. 

On the night of September 15, 1956, seven-year-old Wayne Mallette, was brutally murdered on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The chief suspect was a “boy on a bicycle” seen pedalling away from the CNE.

Investigators zeroed on 14-year-old Ronald Moffatt, a former CNE employee who had the poor timing to run away from home shortly after the murder.

Moffatt was located, arrested and interrogated. He eventually confessed and was convicted.

The problem was, Moffatt couldn’t ride a bike and didn’t commit the crime. The real killer abused and murdered two more children, using his bike as a lure.

Nate Hendley reveals the shocking true story, about a coerced confession, fumbled police investigation, a miscarriage of justice, and the star lawyer who fought to free Moffatt from custody.

The Boy on the Bicycle is based on police files, interviews, original newspaper coverage, reports, books and documentaries.

Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime books. His website (www.natehendley.com) offers more details about his books and background.

A compelling story of 14-year-old Ronald Moffatt who was wrongly charged and convicted of murdering seven-year-old Wayne Mallette in 1956 Toronto. Nate Hendley weaves facts and narrative to cover all bases –flawed police procedure, the legal system, the hidden psyche of the real killer and Moffatt’s story of his childhood before and his terror during and after his ordeal.

—Sharon Crawford, crime author of Beyond Blood and Beyond the Tipping Point.

The Boy on the Bicycle will be available in both print and eBook directly from Five Rivers Publishing, and your favourite online bookseller. Watch our website for further details.