Domestic Violence, Four Murdered Indigenous Women, and an Accused Serial Killer

Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki is Headed for Trial, Which is Good News For All Canadian Women

Joni E. Johnston, Psy. D.
6 min readDec 8, 2022
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In 2019, on the first anniversary of her marriage, Erin Leszkovics received the best gift she could imagine; a three-year restraining order against her unpredictable control freak of a husband. She had spent a year living in hell with thirty-five-year-old Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki, who could fly into a rage over the slightest infraction of his “rules.” He controlled her cell phone, monitored and restricted her movement, and beat her so often and hard that she still suffers from migraines and double-vision.

Skibicki also had scary sexual interests. He shared with Erin his fantasies of raping and choking her to death. On several occasions, he held a pillow over her face. And he forced her to take “bed meds,” pills that knocked her out. He liked to rape her while she slept.

Erin was terrified; things were bad and getting worse. She had called the police several times, but nothing fazed him. But finally, after months, in September of 2019, she got some help; a judge believed she had good reason to be afraid and ordered Skibicki to stay away from her for three years. Furious, Skibicki tried to get the…

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Joni E. Johnston, Psy. D.

Forensic psychologist/private investigator//author of serial killer book. Passionate about victim’s rights, the psychology of true crime, and criminal justice.