Montreal's killer waitress

Louise-Therese Desnoyers

   Louise-Therese Desnoyers, 31, waited tables at the Klimataria restaurant on 4441 St. Lawrence, until one night in 1979 when she plunged a knife six inches into the midsection of owner Peter Savopoulos, 48.
   Desnoyers had stayed up late the previous night, working until 4 a.m. on January 15, 1979. She had the rest of the day off, so she popped in on owner Savopulous at 10 p.m. to ask him to allow her to switch an evening shift for a day shift, as she had a doctor's appointment  She pointed out that the other waitress involved in the swap already agreed, but the boss (in another report his name is spelled Savapopoulos) nixed that idea.

Peter Savopoulos

   Desnoyers then hit a couple of other joints, the Capitol, Hellas, Rialto, had a couple of beers and returned to the Klimataria at around 2 a.m. with other restaurant guys named Frank and Tommy.
   Bossman Savopoulos bought them a cognac and sat and drank one with them and. He may or may not have been a bit tipsy.
   Desnoyers ordered some food to share at the table, the three gobbled it up, so she ordered another plate but the boss said she had to pay for it before ordering a second, so that's when the friction began. 
   She reassured him that she had already paid for the first serving.

The restaurant is now the Licari furniture shop

   To add to the hilarity, she brought up the story about how boss Peter had wanted to stab a bus boy named Claude two days earlier and she had stopped him by grabbing the knife from his hands as Claude dashed out to safety.
   Desnoyers picked up a pair of knives to demonstrate or re-enact the tale. She put one of the two knives back, but boss didn't much like her display, so he punched her in the face and next thing you know, she plunged the other knife into his chest, killing him quickly.
   Desnoyers later said that Savopoulos had fallen on the knife when he lunged at her to hit her again.
   Louise-Therese Desnoyers was convicted of manslaughter on March 27.