- MISSING/MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN IN CANADA
MURDERED
Terrie Ann Martin-Dauphinais
She left behind 3 small children who were alone in the house with their mother's dead body for 14 hours. Terrie was beaten from head to toe, strangled and her neck was broken.
Since the early stages of the investigation police have believed Terrie knew the person who killed her. The home showed no signs of forced entry and two years ago they revealed the existence of evidence showing the killer knew the layout and went to the basement for some unspecified purpose.
Ken took out life insurance a few months priory to her murder. The only call he has made to anyone regarding Terrie Ann's death was to the life insurance company to see when he could collect on her policy.
"Since the initial investigation, (Ken Dauphinais) has not contacted myself or any other member of the homicide unit. He has never asked for any assistance or follow-up," Staff Sgt. Braig Cuthbert, a former Calgary homicide detective, told The Calgary Herald. Police have described Ken Dauphinais as a "person of interest" in connection with the case.
Shortly after her death, Ken took the three small children and moved to Saskatoon,SK. He also goes by the name Ken Person. He has denied Terrie Ann's family contact with the three children.
Her mother, Sue, states that the media coverage on the case in both Alberta and Saskatchewan alerted a woman he was then living with and may have saved her life. Ken was beating her and choking her, yet the police in Saskatoon have not charged him with assault on this woman because she loves him and probably won't be a good witness.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Calgary Police Services.
The following poem was written by Terrie’s father, Tony, in memory of his beloved girl.
To Terrie:
And what is the memory that’s valued so highly
that we keep it alive in that flame?
What’s the commitment for those who have died,
when we cry out they have not died in vain?
We have come this far always believing that
justice would somehow prevail.
This is the burden, this is the promise,
and THIS is why we will not fail.
Don’t let the light go out
It’s lasted for so many years
Don’t let the light go out
Let it shine through our love and our fears and Our tears
Love, Papa Bear
(published with permission by Sue Martin, Terrie's Mother).
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Marie Jeanne Kreiser
Marie was born Sept. 12, 1938 in Wabasca, Alberta to Pierre Saint Saveur and Adelaide Crow. She was Metis and a member of the Bigstone Cree Nation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Edmonton Police or Slave Lake RCMP.
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Patti Lynne Hele
Patti is originally from Saddle Lake, was adopted in Ontario and eventually ended back up in Edmonton. Her phone calls to family members stopped and her family is concerned for her well being.
Patti is described as about 5'8, approx. 230lbs Native, brown hair, beauty marks on her face.
Edmonton Police Services, Project Kare suggested to her sister that she might not be in the province of Alberta but possibly Vancouver. They had 'contact" with her in 2006.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Pattie AKA TRISH Hele is asked to contact me.
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Summer Hope
Jonathan and Lisa Hope, also known as Lisa Guerin, were arrested and subsequently charged months after their daughter died while sleeping in April 2006. Summer Hope was 16 months old. At the time, it was believed Summer was a victim of sudden infant death syndrome. But toxicology tests later showed she had overdosed on methadone. An autopsy revealed the drug in her system. It is alleged the little girl accidentally ingested the legal dose of the drug belonging to her father, Jonathan. Jonathan was charged in December 2006. Lisa was arrested in Redcliff, just outside of Medicine Hat, Alta. a few days later.
Last summer, Calgary police issued a warrant for Lisa after she did not appear at a preliminary hearing. She was arrested on Vancouver Island in June 2009 and appeared in a Nanaimo, B.C. courtroom before it was decided she would be returned to Alberta to face the charges.
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Christine Ackabee
Testimony during the trial was that Christine was so intoxicated at the time, and it was unlike her to be flirty. She passed out on the couch of the accused and was stabbed four times in her neck and jaw.
Christine, who had a 14 year old daughter, bled to death after the stabbings severed her jugular vein and common carotid artery.
Angela Joy Mosquito plead guilty to manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Karen Ewanciw
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Sandra Nipshank
The next morning Sandra's partially nude body was located in the backyard of the condo complex.
Autopsy reports did not show a cause of death and although police are saying they cannot say it was murder, Sandra's family feels it was murder.
They want to know where her personal belongings went to, such as her purse, which she always carried with her.
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Krystle Knott
Krystle is originally from Dawson Creek, BC.
Friends of the women told police the two were planning to hitchhike to either Fort St. John or Dawson Creek. Neither Gunning nor Knott have been seen since then.
Krystle is decribed as - Born in February, 1989, First Nations , 5'1" tall and weighing 121 lbs. She has black hair, but it may have been dyed dark blonde or may have blonde streaks. She has brown eyes. Krystle has a tattoo of a cherry heart on her ankle and piericing on her lower lip and ears.
Her known aliases are" Krystle Vankoughnett, Krystle Goulet, and Krystle Letendre.
She was last known to be wearing black pants, a black tanktop with a fishnet shirt, black boots and a white jacket.
Investigators are hopeful that someone will pass along valuable information for the investigation. Police are hoping to learn details on the two women's activities before and after Februrary 2005, how they may have traveled and of course any recent sightings.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or Project Kare at 1-877-412-KARE.
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Rene Gunning
. Rene is approximately 5'2" in height and 110 pounds, with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes.
Friends of the women told police the two were planning to hitchhike to either Fort St. John or Dawson Creek. Neither Gunning nor Knott have been seen since then.
Rene is described as First Nations, born in May, 1985, 5'2" tall, weighing 111 lbs. She has black chin length hair and brown eyes. Rene has a tattoo of a moon/star on her back a mole on her chin and upper lip and was last known to be wearing a hoodie, a black bracelet with silver spikes and pink and grey "Power" running shoes.
If you have seen Rene Gunning please contact the Fort St. John RCMPolice Detachment at (250)787-8140. or Project Kare at 1-877-412-KARE.<
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Alexis Marie Grant
David Hersey was convicted of second degree murder in her death.
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Lucie Tunnel
LUCIE TUNNEL, of Banff, AB was murdered on May 17, 1990.
Lucie, a cab driver was physically assaulted by a passenger. She was able to flee her taxi, but the attacker chased her down and killed her with 17 stab wounds. The murderer then drove away in the cab. When other cabs pursued, the killer abandoned it and successfully fled on foot.
The RCMP found a knife near the abandoned cab that contained blood and hair of the victim. They also found blood in the cab that was not that of the Lucie Turrnel, and that, on all the evidence, had come from her assailant. That blood was tested and the DNA profile of the murderer was known.
The accused was one of the many people in Banff to whom the police directed inquiries. In December, 1991, he told them the murder weapon was his, but they had no reason to disbelieve him when he told them it had disappeared before the killing. The investigators nevertheless asked him for a blood sample, and he responded that he would like to seek counsel. In early 1992, the investigators again met with him, his parents, and his lawyer about this request. The lawyer received a kit so that a sample could be taken by the family physician. That never happened, and in May the accused formally refused yet another request. Meanwhile, all other suspects had been cleared by DNA samples or other enquiries.
In May, 1996 he was arrested and charged with Lucie's murder.
Mr. Love (first name unknown) was convicted of second degree murder.
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Sharla Marie Collier
SHARLA MARIE COLLIER, aged 20, of Lethbridge, AB was brutally beaten to death and then raped by a 14 year old youth on November 16, 2002.
Sharla was working as a counsellor at group home in West Lethbridge Alberta. Ira Badger was a 14 year old young offender there.
During a trip outside Ira beat Sharla with a piece of tree repeatedly until she died. He then raped her.
Ira plead guilty and was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prision.
The Lethbridge College now has an annual $500 Scholarship "Sharla Marie Collier Memorial Scholarship" awarded to a graduate of the Rehabilitation program who has demonstrated demonstrated enthusiasm for working with people with disabilities with a caring and positive attitude.
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Annette Marie Janvier
Her boyfriend, Walter Dale Larson, 36, has been charged with first degree murder.
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Jordena Baptiste
JORDENA BAPTISTE, of Calgary, AB was stabbed to death on August 10, 2003.
Glenna Elissa Goodstoney and Roseanne Andrea Turningrobe was charged with first degree murder.
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Jacqueline Clara Crazybull
JACQUELINE CLARA CRAZYBULL, aged 44, of Calgary AB, was stabbed to death on July 11, 2007 in the area of 17Avenue and 11 Street S.W while on her way to visit a friend.. Jackie was one of 5 people stabbed in a random attack.
Jackie, who was the mother of a daughter, was raised according to Blackfoot traditions, taught to help others in need before herself.
Jacqueline had survived residential school and many tragedies in her life. She wanted to ensure her daughter enjoyed a better life.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers.
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Yvonne Crazybull
She had five children.
Jordan Simpson was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison.
Yvonne was the sister to Jacqueline Crazyblume who was murdered in 2007.
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Gloria Blackplume
John Jemel Karaibrahimovic was acquitted of second degree murder after a retrial of his case and was freed after spending three years in custody.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Calgary Crimestoppers.
Gloria was the cousin of Yvonne and Jacqueline Crazybull, who were also murdered.
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Bernice Soosay
Nelson Francis Bernard was convicted of second degree murder in her death.
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Valerie Cardinal
Stacie Lee Willier was charged with second degree murder in Valerie's death.
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Cheyenne Golden Eagle Stanley
Cheyenne is five-foot-six and about 130 pounds with brown hair.
Police say there is no reason to suspect Stanley lives a high-risk lifestyle.
Anyone who knows of her whereabouts is asked to call Cold Lake RCMP at 780-594-3302 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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Leeanne Lori Benwell
She was reported missing on April 15, 2007.
Leeanne, who worked as a sex trade worker in Edmonton, frequented the areas of 118 Avenue and 95 Street.
Connie Benwell said she knew something was wrong because her daughter didn't come back to pick up some money. The last time Connie saw her drug-addicted daughter, Leanne had a bruised and bloodied face. "Some guy had beaten her up. She had a mark right across the bridge of her nose," Connie told CTV Edmonton.
Benwell's remains were found near Pigeon Lake, about 80 kilometres south of Edmonton, on June 21.
RCMP Cpl. Wayne Oakes said the force's Project Kare task force is helping with the investigation. Mounties want public assistance and are interested in hearing any detail "regardless of how insignificant or how trivial," including:
Anything that may have put her at risk of harm
They ask anyone with information on Benwell or the circumstances surrounding her death to contact Wetaskiwin RCMP at 403-312-7267 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Project KARE, the RCMP-led unsolved homicide and missing persons task force, is assisting Wetaskiwin RCMP and RCMP Calgary Major Crimes Unit with this investigation.
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Sonya Ann Goodstriker
As a result of a newspaper article in Lethbridge, Alta, Emily Goodstriker contacted me to see if I might be able to help her with the suspicious death of her daughter, Sonya.
Sonya left behind two young sons, aged 11 and 13 who need to have answers regarding how their mother died. The grandmother, Mrs. Emily Goodstriker, is now left raising her daughter's two young sons.
The circumstances surrounding Sonya's death are suspicious yet Mrs. Goodstriker does not feel she has been given upfront information from the police who are investigating. She understands that while the case is being investigated there may be some information that the police cannot share with anyone, however, she reports that they are suggesting that her daughter somehow ended up in that spot, naked, as a result of tearing her own clothing off as she hallucinated as she walked down that gravel road. This is absurd.
She reports to me that she was actually told by investigating police, that forensic evidence is only found on tv shows and not in reality.
Her daughter left their home on Aug. 6, 2005 to meet a man on Blood Tribe, named Clifford (Butch) Plume aka Clifford Twigg, who had allegedly been, as Mrs. Goodstriker describes, "stalking her for some time", via daily phone calls to their home, and to calls to their neighbour asking if Sonya had been seen around. Mr. Plume apparently was an old friend of Sonya's older brother.
On the evening she disappeared she apparently hitchhiked into town and got a ride to Blood Tribe and attended Mr. Plume's home. He phoned Mrs. Goodstriker to say that she had arrived with a case of beer and he did not allow beer in his home. It gets real shady at this point. Mrs. Goodstriker admits her daughter had a problem with alcohol and gravel and codeine, and claims she told Mr.Plume he was aware of Sonya's problems and asked why he wanted her there.
She received another call early the next morning from Mr. Plume saying that Sonya had left his home at 6:30 AM, and he told her to take his dog with her because of coyotes in the area.
Sonya was terrified of wild animals, and her mother feels she never would have left at that hour because of this.
When Sonya did not arrive home, the Goodstriker family reported her missing to Blood Tribe police, since it was on Blood Tribe territory that she was last seen. She was told that fliers would go up all over the place and that her disappearance would be in the news. When Mrs. Goodstriker checked with police a few days later she was assured the fliers were up. They looked however, and saw that none were up. Neither the postering of fliers or reports of her disappearance was done for several days.
Apparently when police interviewed Mr.Plume he refused to allow them into his home, and he refused to take two lie detector tests. The police report to Mrs. Goodstriker that they cannot force Mr. Plume to take a lie detector test.
Eventually search teams did go out, covering very little of Blood Tribe territory.
Mrs. Goodstriker sought the advice of a Medicine Man and was told that her daughter had been murdered and would be located near the bush on a road near where the tall grass was down due to rain. He also mentioned a horseshoe and a rock.
Another family member was told by another Medicine Man in Calgary that Sonya's body would be found and that she had been murdered.
Twenty two days after she disappeared, Sonya's naked body was located not far from Mr. Plume's home, on Blood Tribe Territory, laying next to a rock in what Mrs. Goodstriker describes as a horseshoe-shaped area. Sonya's naked body was found laying near tall grass that was down due to being rained on .
She reports that tire tracks were seen next to Sonya's body.
Also found was a clump of hair on a barbed wire fence which not far from and is directly en route from Mr. Plume's home to the gravel road. It was this piece of evidence that Mrs. Goodstriker asked the police about DNA evidence, and was told that only happens on tv.
Mrs. Goodstriker was not told by police about DNA possibly being found under fingernails, etc. She assures me that although her daughter was of small build, if she were being attacked, she would have fought back, meaning there may well have been DNA under her nails or on other parts of her body.
The body was autopsied and toxicology results are not yet back. Mrs. Goodstriker was not given any other information about findings of the autopsy, although was told that due to the condition of her daughter's body, they recommended that Sonya's body not be viewed by family members. For this reason, they have no way of knowing if Sonya had, in fact, been beaten, strangled, raped, etc.
When Sonya left her home that evening, she took with her a bag containing a change of clothing, some makeup and a few hygiene products such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. None of these items have been located, neither has the clothing was wearing when she arrived at Mr.Plume's home.
Mr. Plume is disabled - the result apparently of being tossed off the hood of a car that his ex girlfriend was driving while attempting to escape him, following an act of violence upon her by him in the 70's, apparently.
He does drive an old truck and was seen driving it in the Goodstriker neighbourhood while he was "stalking" Sonya, according to Mrs. Goodstriker. Apparently at the time of her disappearance, this truck was not in working order. Mrs.Goodstriker witnessed Mr. Plume at one time manage to get his wheelchair out of his truck and hoist himself out of the truck into the chair. She describes him as " a strong man".
Mrs. Goodstriker has not been told if molds of the tire tracks found near Sonya's body were taken and compared with Mr. Plume's truck or with other vehicles in the area.
It has been suggested that perhaps because Mr. Plume works for Blood Tribe as an adoptions counsellor, he may not be viewed as a possible perpetrator of violence - however he does have a history of violence against at least one other woman. In addition, Mrs. Goodstriker reports that he was persistent in ongoing, daily phone calls to her home, despite Sonya repeatedly telling him she was not interested in getting together with him, or even speaking with him on the phone. Mrs. Goodstriker believes that Sonya was somehow lured to his home that evening.
Apparently Mr. Plume told Sonya's older brother that he personally watched her leave and go down the road until she could no longer be seen the morning she disappeared.
Sonya Goodstriker was buried and not cremated which is good in as much as she can be exhumed at a later date for further testing if the need arises.
Anyone with information regarding the death of Sonya Goodstriker is asked to contact Blood Tribe Police at (403) 737-3800 or contact me via email.
Source: Goodstriker family
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Samantha Evelyn Belcourt
Samantha is Native, 5’ 2” (157 cm) tall, 120 lbs. (54 kg) She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She has a stocky build.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Samantha Evelyn Belcourt is asked to contact the EPS dispatch line at 423-4567.
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Mary Ida Periard
MARY IDA PERIARD, aged 70, of Saddle Lake First Nation, Alberta was found dead in her residence on February 25, 2005.
Mary was a well loved member/Elder of her community.
Michel Leo Joseph PERIARD, 37, of Cold Lake, Alberta was detained at the scene and later charged with Second Degree Murder.
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Maggie Burke
At the time of her disappearance BURKE was engaged in the sex trade industry, a high risk lifestyle, in the area of 118th Avenue in Edmonton. The Project KARE Proactive Insurgence Team in cooperation with Edmonton Police Service and community organizations in the Edmonton area have been following up on investigational leads, all of which have been met with negative results. Project KARE and the Edmonton Police Service are treating this case as a missing person where foul play is suspected and as such are issuing an appeal to the public for any information that might assist in locating BURKE.
Police are requesting anyone that has any information on the location of Maggie BURKE or may have seen her after December 09, 2004 to call Project KARE, toll free at 1-877-412-KARE(5273) or the Edmonton Police Service at 423-4567 or Crime Stoppers, toll free 1 - 800 - 222 - 8477 ( TIPS ).
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Lisa Marie Willier
To date, her family has been unable to contact her.
Lisa Marie WILLIER is described as an Aboriginal Female, 160 cms (5'3"), 54 kgs (118 lbs), brown eyes, shoulder length brown hair. Lisa was last seen wearing blue jeans, and a black ‘hoodie’
If anyone has any information as to the exact whereabouts of Lisa Marie WILLIER they are being asked to contact the Bonnyville RCMP Detachment @ 780-826-3358 or 780-826-3350.
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Nina Courtepatte
"She was taken out, misled, given information and then suffered a very violent death,'' Albers told reporters. "It's disturbing to all our investigators and probably to almost everybody in our communities.''
Nina was an aspiring model and loved dearly by her family. Autopsy reports that there was no drugs or alcohol in her system and she died of blunt force trauma.
liked to hang out at the West Edmonton Mall, Canada's largest shopping centre and a popular teen hangout. The girl was last spotted in a security video in the mall April 1, and her parents last heard from her on the phone shortly after midnight April 2.
Her body was found April 4 near the fourth hole of the Edmonton Springs Golf Course. An autopsy indicated the cause of death was "blunt force trauma."
Courtepatte's family say the young girl's future held promise. She aspired to become a model, and a family friend says Nina recently won a $500 scholarship to a modeling school.
Nina's sister, Trandis Arsenault, was one of the many in the family who showed up at court Wednesday to see the accused.
"I had to come out here," Arsenault said, "to see who would do such a thing to a beautiful young girl."
The four accused -- Michael Erin Briscoe, 34, of Edmonton, Joseph Laboucan, 19, of Fort St. John, B.C., and a 17-year-old youth and girl from Edmonton - face first-degree murder charges.
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Monique Pitre
MONIQUE PITRE , aged 30 of Edmonton. Monique's body was discovered in a field south of Fort Saskatchewan on Jan. 7, 2003. The 30-year-old Edmonton woman was known to be involved in the sex trade, Strathcona County RCMP said Sunday.
An autopsy determined her death was a homicide.
The cause of death is not being made public, said Const. Darren Anderson, a spokesman for the detachment. "For the sake of the investigation, certain evidence is being held back at this time."
The police would also not reveal how many days Monique's body remained undiscovered in the field.
An area farmer made the grisly discovery late Wednesday after observing coyotes and other predators in the area.
Anderson said Monique's immediate family lives in eastern Canada. She was never reported missing.
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Joanne Ghostkeeper
JOANNE GHOSTKEEPER , aged 24, of Edmonton, found strangled in her fourth-floor Edmonton apartment Boxing Day 1996.
Her father, Don Ghostkeeper said in an interview with the Edmonton Sun , "It bothers me a lot. How did these women get killed? I don't care what kind of lifestyle these girls led, they're still human beings. It doesn't mean they can be murdered freely. It's getting terrible."
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Joyce Marie Cardinal
JOYCE MARIE CARDINAL, aged of Edmonton, 1993.
Ms. Cardinal was beaten, doused with Gasoline and burned alive in 1993. She was doused with so much gasoline that flames from her body were five feet high and she was still burning when fire trucks arrived some time later to put out what had been reported as a rubbish fire. Fire fighters put out the flames by packing snow on her body (water would have been fatal if it had been used on the frigid November Alberta night).
Amazingly, Cardinal lived for 22 days before succumbing to her injuries just before Christmas in 1993.
Original media accounts of the savage crime against an unidentified woman sparked powerful outrage from the community. However, when she was identified a few days later as a "mentally disabled native woman," community interest in the case dropped rapidly. A police spokesperson remarked that sudden community loss of interest in the case was making it difficult to investigate.
Joyce Cardinal's family were quick to point out that Joyce was not mentally impaired but that many people who did not know her thought that she was because she had a severe speech impairment. This distinction was important to Joyce's family, probably because it had been important to Joyce. Ms. Cardinal is again identified as "mentally-handicapped" in the August 11, Edmonton Sun newsstory of the arrest.
Without much public help, the police made little porgress on the case.
Joyce had left a party at a cousin's apartment shortly before midnight, about 45 minutes before her burning body was discovered. A man had been seen running not far from the fire carrying a gas can.
Now, police believe that they have that man in custody. On August 10, 2000, Police indicated that they had arrested a suspect in the gruesome 1993 murder of Joyce Marie Cardinal.
The case had been invstigated since 1998 by Edmonton's three-person Historical Homicide Unit (AKA the cold case squad). Todd Christopher Elliot, 25, was arrested in Abbottsford, BC. He is believed to have been a stranger to Ms. Cardinal.
Several members of the Cardinal family have expressed relief that a suspect is finally in custody.
Outcome of trial is not yet known.
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Kelly Dawn Reilly
KELLY DAWN REILLY, aged 24 of Edmonton . On January 14, 2001, Kelly burshes off her mothers pleas to stay home and heads out to Edmonton's seedy 96th Street, where another prostitute sees her get into a sports car with two men. That night, her mother, Pat has an eerie feeling she will not see her daughter alive again.
Two anguished weeks later, Kelly is found dead behind a gravel operation in the area of Range Road 264 and secondary highway 633, near Villeneuve. on Jan. 27, 2001.
Her mother faults the police for not seriously investigating her daughter's disappearance before Kelly's body was found, and believes that if Kelly had been a teacher or a businesswoman, they would have taken her disappearance seriously.
When Kelly was little, Pat Reilly often felt as though she were talking to a teenaged midget. The precocious girl, who was always bringing "cats home and dogs home and people home," had a way about her that was far beyond her years.
She struggled at school and was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder when she was 9.
"They timed her attention. It was five seconds. That's how long you could hold her attention on one thing," said Ms. Reilly, a 53-year-old welder. "Her workable time in an hour was 12 minutes. And they were really amazed at what she did know."
But Kelly was an exceptional jazz dancer who could play the guitar or piano just by watching someone else.
Ms. Reilly found out her daughter was using drugs after she threw away little silver pieces of paper, thinking they were garbage. Kelly, who was 16, later asked where her drugs were.
She went to detox programs "a million times" but was hard to treat, her mother says, because of her ADD. After she was released, she would inevitably start using cocaine again.
She started working the streets at about 17. "A friend of a friend was doing that and she seemed to be impressed by the money that she had all the time."
And at a party on her 17th birthday, Kelly, who never knew her father, was raped and became pregnant. She named her little girl Aphracia, and Ms. Reilly took care of her. When Aphracia was 3, Ms. Reilly sent them to Calgary — one of several times she had Kelly go out of town in hopes of a fresh start. When they returned, mother and child had finally bonded.
For a while, Kelly settled down and attended a job-training program. She had a boyfriend, an apartment and held a Christmas celebration. And she got pregnant again.
Halfway through the pregnancy, she broke up with her boyfriend and starting using drugs again. In September, 1999, she gave birth to a boy, who was taken away from her at the hospital because there were traces of cocaine in his system.
"She couldn't stop. She was always saying, 'Like, why don't you understand me?' " Ms. Reilly recalled. "I said, 'I can't understand you,' "
For Pat Reilly, her daughter lives on through eight-year-old Aphracia, now in her custody.
"Aphracia told me that, 'If you're going to take the place of my mother, then you're going to have to take me to the park. You're going to have to take me to the zoo and you're going to have to take me to McDonald's. And you're going to have to give me lots of hugs, because that's what my mom did.' "
Despite getting on with their lives, every time a woman's body is found in rural areas outside Edmonton, Ms. Reilly's heart grow a little heavier.
"There's just too many [killings] happening," Ms. Reilly said. "I find it hard because it brings back a lot of memories and a lot of pain."
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Ginger Lee Bellerose
With the assistance of the Medicine Hat Police Service, the Edmonton Police Service homicide detectives have arrested and charged a 52-year-old man, Richard David DOUGLAS, in relation to the murder of Ginger Lee BELLEROSE in 2003.
He was convicted with 2nd degree murder.To read his trial transcripts go to .
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Deanna Marie Bellerose
Her birthday is October 29th.
Deanna is the mother of four children. She loved her children very much and always did her best to provide for them. At the time she disappeared, Deanna was trying to get into a treatment centre so she could have custody of her children full time. She wanted nothing more than to get clean so this could happen.
She is the sister of Ginger Bellerose who was murdered. Ginger's story is directly above this one. Deanna and Ginger were very close, always protecting and looking out for each other.
A family member wrote saying, "these women, were more than "hookers" they come from good families. They are women who are loved and thought of everyday. They did not deserve to die these tragic and horrible deaths. Somebody or I guess, "we their families" need to keep fighting the fight to ensure they are not forgotten or belittled and degraded even after they are gone. Something has to change, the police, the media and the public, have to change their attitudes and realize that these women have families and people who care about them.
Deanna was the kind of person who joked around all the time and made you laugh. She had a big heart and cared about others.
Deanna has two brothers and a large family who are clinging to hope that she will be found someday soon, a family who misses her and prays for her every day. A family who wants justice and closure, and something done to stop these crimes, so other families don't have to face the same pain and anguish. I wish she would walk through the door at my work and say "come on Aunty let's go for coffee" as she did so often before she went missing. "
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF DEANNA MARIE BELLEROSE, PLEASE contact EDMONTON POLICE.
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Jessica Cardinal
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Lorraine Wray
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Sherry Ann Upright
SHERRY ANN UPRIGHT , aged 25, found dead at the scene of an auto accident near Fort Saskatchewan Jan. 3, 1999. A friend last saw Upright, a prostitute, on the corner of 104 Avenue and 95 Street in Edmonton at about 3 a.m. Jan. 3, police say.
The friend saw Upright get into a small white car. She was to meet the friend again at 3:20 a.m., but failed to show up.
Later that morning, at 8:30 a.m., Fort RCMP were called to a single vehicle rollover crash east of Fort Saskatchewan. A white 1990 Honda was found in the ditch. Upright's body had been thrown out of the car, as well as the driver, who was badly injured and had to be air lifted to the University of Alberta Hospital.
Because there had been a death, the special collision analysts were called to the scene. Upright's body was taken to the Fort Saskatchewan hospital where it was examined.
By Jan. 5, the medical examiner had confirmed that Upright had died from strangulation some time before the car crash. On Jan. 9, the driver of the car, Richard Benjamin Spencer, age 26, of Edmonton, was charged with first degree murder.
The judge found that Mr. Spencer ingested cocaine then picked thie victim up for the purpose of sex, then strangled her with his tie. He was found guilty, and lost his appeal.
To read some trial reports click Here
MURDERED
Edna Bernard
EDNA BERNARD , aged 28, whose burned body was found Sept. 23, 2002 near Leduc, left behind six children, all under the age of 10, including a newborn, all of whom are now in are in foster homes.
Edna's parents have said she was trying to get out of prostitution.
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MISSING
Delores Brower
DELORES BROWER, aged 33 of Edmonton, Alberta, was last seen on 118 Avenue and 70th Street by Project KARE members on the 13th of May, 2004 at 05:40 in the morning. At that time, she was hitch-hiking, attempting to get a ride west-bound on the avenue. Delores was wearing a black sweater and black jeans and her hair was down and long.
Delores is described as a 33 year old Metis woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5'3' tall and weighs approximately 110 pounds. She has scarring on both her left and right forearms.
Delores also goes by the nickname “Spider” and was engaged in a high risk lifestyle, in the sex trade industry on 118th Avenue.
The Project KARE investigators and insurgence team have worked in concert with the Edmonton Police Service as well as with other community social agencies in an effort to locate Delores. Numerous efforts have been made to locate Delores but have met with negative results. Project KARE and the Edmonton Police Service are regarding this case as a missing person where foul play is suspected and, therefore, are pursuing all avenues of investigation.
Police are requesting that anyone who may have any information on the location of Delores BROWER or who may have seen her after the 13th of May, 2004, to call (780) 495-KARE (5273) locally or toll free at 1-877-412-KARE (5273), or the Edmonton Police Service at (780) 423-4567 or CrimeStoppers, toll free, at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). If Ms. Brower becomes aware of our interest, she is encouraged to contact the investigators.
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MURDERED
Debbie Lake
DEBBIE LAKE, was last seen in Edmonton on November 4, 2002 when she left her home to make a call from a phone booth down the street and reported missing to Edmonton Police Service November 5, 2002. Debbie was a sex trade worker.
Her skull was found on April 12, 2003, north of Camrose, near Miquelon Lake, and through DNA it was was identified as Debbie's. The rest of her remains have not yet been found. Without a body, experts have been unable to determine how she died.
She was the mother of four young children.
Three other prostitutes remain missing, according to city police.
Investigators have been concerned for months that a serial killer could be on the loose but so far have no evidence to confirm the theory.
"There's similarities here, there's no question about that, because you've got another sex-trade worker found in a rural area," said Fraser. "But we have to work on the basis of fact, and until we have something that presents itself to say conclusively there's one or more people involved in one or more deaths, we have to remain objective. "We have to maintain our objectivity and treat them all as individual investigations."
Lake's mother, Mary Lake of Moose Jaw, Sask., said Wednesday she doesn't believe her daughter was working as a prostitute.
"It's not true," she said. "I know my daughter."
She lived a hard life, marred by drugs and physical abuse, Lake said. "But she wasn't a prostitute."
When she learned her daughter had disappeared, Mary Lake hoped she had gone into hiding.
"I was thinking eventually she'd give us a call and she would be fine."
Lake, who has raised three of her daughter's four children for the past two years, said Debbie had reconciled with her husband before she went missing. They were living in a converted bus behind a house near 105th Avenue and 78th Street that was known for its loud parties.
Two weeks before Debbie Lake disappeared, her father paid the couple a visit.
"She was happy-go-lucky," said Mary. "Never had a worry in the world."
Police are requesting the public's assistance in providing any information regarding Debbie's disappearance, last known whereabouts or associates. If you have any information please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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MURDERED
Barbara Eyapaise
BARBARA EYAPAISE , aged 24 , Reported missing January 17, 2002.
The last known person to see a missing Calgary woman said two men are responsible for her disappearance.
"She got in the car with them at her house and they left, " said Fred Abma.
Police want anyone at the Renegades bar at 3745 Memorial Dr. E., on the evening of Jan. 17 who remember Eyapaise being there to contact them.
"We are anxious to hear from anyone who saw her there, who may remember any conversations she had, or any disputes, or who saw her leave, " said Det. Len Howland.
Investigators know before reaching the Renegades bar, Barbara had earlier been drinking at the Cecil Hotel at 401 4 Ave. S.E.
Barbara's remains were found in the Bow River, about 40 miles from Calgary on April 27, 2002. The area is downstream from McKinnon Flats, a popular fishing area south of Highway 22X that was searched in February.
Calgarian Frederick Richard Abma, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder. "It was a relief as we had laid our daughter to rest just a few hours before" Barbara's mother said.
Police have said Eyapaise was last seen leaving Renegades bar on Memorial Drive N.E. with Abma, who was working as the bar's doorman at the time. Police are searching for clothing Eyapaise was wearing that evening, including a brown plaid jacket, beige turtleneck sweater, black dress slacks, dark brown/black calf-high high heel boots and undergarments. They are also looking for a black cloth purse with two handles, a gold bracelet and a wristwatch with a Velcro strap. ( Calgary Herald )
On November 28 2003, Abma was found guilty of first degree murder.Queen's Bench Justice Peter McIntyre called the 26-year-old man a serial liar, and found him guilty of first-degree murder. Abma has been automatically sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Article on conviction and sentencing can be found by clicking Here
MURDERED
Roberta Okeymow
Okeymow broke away from her original confinement in the car of the two accused, but was caught and forcibly returned to the car by the appellant. Held against the driver's side of the car, she was brutally beaten by Cardinal. She pleaded that she was an epileptic and was needing her medication. Her body, examined later, showed wide receipt of force trauma.
Matthew Colin Cardinal and Douglas Paul Parenteau were charged and convicted of her murder. Cardinal's appeal report can be read by clicking Here . Parenteau died in prison before his appeal.
MURDERED
Rebecca Boutilier
She had been stabbed to death.
Barry Thomas Niedermier, a 43-year-old convicted pimp, was arrested in Lethbridge and faces more than a dozen charges in connection with assaults on seven Vancouver prostitutes from 1995 to 1997.
"The CPS is certainly interested in any possible links between (Niedermier's) alleged activities in the Vancouver area and any unsolved crimes of a similar nature here in Calgary," said city police Insp. Harvey Cenaiko.
Niedermier is well known to both Vancouver and Lethbridge Police.
Niedermier was sentenced to 14 months in jail for being a pimp to a 14-year-old girl 10 years ago. Niedermier met the girl in Calgary as a customer. He then took her to Vancouver and put her to work on the streets there. The B.C. officer who arrested Niedermier said the girl was so frightened she wanted her teddy bear from the grimy east-side room where she was being kept before she agreed to turn in her pimp.
Police there said Niedermier was known for the succession of bedraggled women who passed through his door and manic behaviour police say was fuelled by an out-of-control drug addiction.( Calgary Sun, Top Story Aug 9/99)
MURDERED
Hazel Ann Coombs
HAZEL ANN COOMBS, aged 10 weeks old was found outside her crib, on the floor when police responded to a disturbance call by neighbours on July 4, 2001.
This happened in Edmonton Alberta.
The baby's father, Mike Krywohyza, said the family had just returned from a camping trip and he left the woman and baby at home while he went to his father's house to return some borrowed camping gear. He said he had decided to spend the night at his fathers house and was shocked to learn his daughter had been harmed.
Hazel Ann was taken off life support a few days later and died.
Her mother, Krystal Coombs, 18 was convicted of manslaughter in her death.
The prosecutor suggested that a penitentiary sentence in the range of 5 - 7 years would be appropriate. Ms. Coombs urged the court to use infanticide as the model for sentencing which would then focus on her diminished responsibility for this crime; and given that she has already spent a considerable period of time in jail, she proposed that she should now be sentenced either to a conditional sentence of imprisonment to be served in the community, or probation.
Ms. Coombs was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment followed by 3 years probation. The judge felt she had served the custodial portion of her sentence awaiting trial, and gave her 1 day in custody plus 3 years probation.
To read trial reports click Here and Here
MURDERED
Vivian Rose Paddy
VIVIAN ROSE PADDY, aged 33, of Edmonton Alberta, was found beaten to death on the back steps of the vacant Alex Taylor school near Jasper Avenue and 93rd Street. Police were called around 5:30 in the morning after a woman reported hearing a man yelling.
Paddy, a mother of four young children who live in other Alberta communities, had recently moved to Edmonton from Wetaskiwin, 75 km south of Edmonton, and was originally from Saskatchewan.
"We're taking it hard," said Pamela Horse, 31, just hours after her family in Turtleford, Sask., heard about Paddy's murder. "We want the people who did it to be caught - to pay for what they did. "They made her kids orphans."
Edmonton Police are trying to retrace Vivian's steps before she died.Police Sgt. Guy Kinney said while police haven't pinpointed the victim's exact time of death, she appeared to have died shortly before police arrived on scene.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything strange around the school late Friday night or early Saturday to call them at 423-4567.
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MURDERED
Brittany Bearspaw
She was hit by one car which did not stop, and then hit by two more drivers.
The drivers of the second two cars, reported to police, but the driver of the car who hit and killed Brittany has not come forward.
The two drivers who have come forward say they thought it was an animal that they hit at the time.
She attended Morley Community School. Brittany Bearspaw was one talented 16-year-old. An accomplished student, avid athlete and mentor to her four younger siblings, Brittany was on life's fast track with ambitions of becoming a lawyer.
McFarland Powder Face of the Stoney First Nation said his nephew tried to wave down the drivers, but "people just kept driving by, driving by."
There is no light on that stretch of the Trans-Canada, it's possible, police say, drivers thought they hit a deer, or they may not have even realized they hit something at all.
"That's the part that really gets to us. How can you not feel running over a person?" said John Sebo, Brittany's father. "If even one of them had pulled over -- but both of them took off."
Cochrane RCMP received several reports, starting at around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, that a person was walking in traffic near the Morley exit.
"We got a few calls from people saying that they had almost hit this person," said RCMP Cpl. Roger Waidson, of the Cochrane detachment.
When the responding officer arrived 15 minutes later, he found a man walking by the side of the road, and pulled over to speak to him.
The man, who had seen what looked like a body on the road, had been trying to prevent more cars from hitting it.
"He saw her on the road and saw at least three vehicles drive over her," Waidson said. "He was quite shaken by what he had seen. He didn't want to move her, so he was trying to stop the cars and get someone to help."
Police have little to go on. A few pieces of plastic and metal, but no vehicles to match them to.
Bearspaw's family hopes someone will turn themselves in. "I want justice because the people who did this treated her like an animal. I want these people to come and show themselves," said Tasha Bearspaw, the victim's cousin.
Brittany's family returned to the place where she was hit. They gathered pieces of the cars that hit her, and picked up clothing and anything that was part of incident. Everything will be placed in a bag and buried with Bearspaw, helping to release her spirit to the heavens, said her father.
"We went this morning and did a prayer. We had an elder come with us," said Sedo. "But even after we bury her . . . how can we live life when two people who drove over her are having a gay old time in the mountains?"
Sedo said the family has been through this before. Five years ago, Brittany's second cousin, Oliver Rollinmud, was killed along the same stretch of highway by a hit-and-run driver. No one has been charged in connection with Rollinmud's death.
For Sedo and his wife, Geraldine Bearspaw, they want nothing more than to have the drivers who hit their daughter come forward and accept responsibility.
"What I want is closure. I want these people to know what they've taken from us," he said, adding his daughter had just been accepted to Canmore Collegiate High School. "Brittany left behind little ones who loved her. I was proud of her all the time. She impressed me. I was always amazed."
Police are asking motorists who were travelling westbound on Highway 1 near the Morley exit on Sunday between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. to contact the Cochrane RCMP detachment at 932-2213 if they have information about this case.
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MISSING
Rhonda Running Bird
RHONDA RUNNING BIRD , aged 25. DOB: November 22, 1969. Missing since March 30, 1995 in the Swan Lake Recreational Area, near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. WEIGHT: 125lbs. Rhonda wears glasses. HEALTH: poor. She was using a kidney colostomy bag due to a severe beating. She was scheduled for surgery March 31, 1995.
Rhonda disappeared under suspicious circumstances during a day long hunting trip she took with her husband, her 18 month old baby, and her husband's aunt. Their truck allegdly got stuck in mud and her husband states he was angry that the truck was stuck and went stomping into the woods with his shotgun. After some time, Rhonda left to get help, leaving her baby with her husband's aunt in the truck.
There are a lot of discrepencies in this story. The aunt claims Rhonda was dressed in two sets of clothing and put her running shoes over her husbands. Rhonda wore a size 8 and her husband, a size 10. It would be impossible for her to do this.
She claims Rhonda walked off after dark, into the bush trying to reach a store they had seen on the way in. Rhonda, however walked off to the north-northwest and the store was northeast of where the truck got stuck. Rhonda was experienced in the outdoors and would not have made this mistake. It is also strange that Rhonda would attempt to walk the 30 miles considering her poor health. Rhonda's mother reports that when she had seen her daughter just a few days before she went missing, Rhonda was barely able to walk because of her medical condition. Rhonda was scheduled for surgery the day after she disappeared.
The husband states he found his way back to the truck the next morning as the result of his aunt repeatedly beeping the horn. They both claim they were stranded there another night as they were unable to find their way out. Rhonda's family find this strange as they where only about a mile off the road. After the first half mile you can see and hear the road. Also this road is used year long.
They then stated they spent ANOTHER night out on that road. Eventually they flogged down a truck and used the drivers cell phone to call a relative to come get them. Once they were safely home, her husband asked another relative to report Rhonda missing. Then he and his relative went back out, supposedly to get the truck.
The police were unable to locate the husband for three days. He then led them to where the truck was.
At that time a massive search and rescue mission took place, involving police, dogs and professional search and rescue teams. They searched the entire area and found only an unused colostomy bag and a set of clothing that were Rhonda's. A pair of eyeglasses were also found. These items were found hear the truck. Her family said they belonged to Rhonda but the police say they were not Rhonda's. IF the police were correct and they were not hers, WHO'S were they?
After searching for several days, The Medical Examiner decided that Rhonda could not have survived in those weather conditions and presumed she was dead. The search was called off.
Rhonda's family then began their own search, which lasted five years. They were never able to find Rhonda's remains.
Rhonda's husband has never participated in searches for his wife. Anyone with any information is asked to contact: missingrhondarunningbird@yahoo.ca
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MURDERED
Georgette Flint
GEORGETTE FLINT , aged 19. Her her half-naked decomposed body was found in September 1988. Her cause of death was never determined and her killer never found.
Georgette's mother, Lynn Karpetz , of Edmonton, is outraged that Alberta's child prostitution law was struck down, saying the legislation could have saved her daughter's life. She says the decision will only benefit pimps, drug dealers, and johns. Her daughter began prostituting at age 16, and she was actively trying to find help for Georgette. The judge ruled it is unconstitutional to allow police to lock suspected young hookers in safe houses for 72 hours without an arrest warrant.
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MURDERED
Jennifer Janz
Jennifer was last seen leaving the Calgary Rockyview Hospital emergency department on July 12, 1991, the same day her parents reported her missing to the police. They had last seen her July 10 at the Peter Lougheed Centre (hospital). She called her mother on July 12 and said, "I'll phone you next week. I'm coming home for supper."
Jennifer "had gotten involved with the wrong crowd" according to her father. -
She had graduated from Glenmore Christian Academy (grade 9) and moved out of her father's home. She had been living in the Avenue 15 Runaway-Homeles Care Shelter for a week in 1990, and was living on the streets otherwise.
A friend, Jeff Van Bloomestein, doubted that Janz was working as a prostitute. In September 1990, she tried to quit life on the streets and attended a Christian camp in Texas for two months; when she returned in November, she moved in with her mother, Trudy Shaner.
In February 1991 she started at James Fowler High School but after six weeks "her troubles began again"; she moved into her own place but after two months she started drifting to friends' places again.
Jennifer's body was found August 13, 1991; workers at a construction site uncovered it at around 11 a.m. and called police. An autopsy showed that she died of a chest injury consistent with a blunt trauma.
Police refer to her as a "chronic case" in the Calgary Herald on October 17, 1991; they note that about 20 teenage girls "who fit the unsettled lifestyles" are on the streets of Calgary at that time.
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MURDERED
April Lambert
APRIL LAMBERT, aged 12 disappeared from the Bushie River Reserve near Edmonton on Aug. 29, 1998.
Robert Chris McKenzie ran over her that day, killingher. He admitted later that in an attempt to hide her body, he mutilated her and burned her body, digging a hole and putting her remains in it, and throwing some off a bridge.
He was convicted of manslaughter and interference of humane remains, and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
To read his appeal report, click Here
MURDERED
Bernadette Ahenakew
BERNADETTE AHENAKEW, aged 22, the mother of three, was found dead in a ditch alongside a rural road east of Edmonton on Oct. 25, 1989. UNSOLVED.
MURDERED
Mavis Mason
MURDERED
Gail Cardinal
GAIL CARDINAL, aged 21. Gail's skeletal remains were found in 1983 10 kilometres south of Fort Saskatchewan. RCMP spokesperson Roxanne Beaubien says Cardinal had a "high-risk lifestyle." UNSOLVED.
MURDERED
Rachel Quinney
Rachel's body was found in a wooded area east of Sherwood Park, in a grove of trees, RCMP say.
Rachel, the sixth woman to be found murdered in the Edmonton area, was found on June 11, 2004. Her death has led police to admit that there may be one person repsonsible for some of the deaths, but RCMP won't use the term "serial killer."
Police suspect that the killer of at least some of these women is a john, a man who pays to purchase sexual favours from prostitutes.
Delhia Quinney, Rachels mother wants her daughter's death to serve as a warning to other girls on the streets.
"You young girls, you ladies out there, please. It is time to get off the streets, because you don't know what you put your loved ones through," she said as she buried 19-year-old Rachel.
She also begged her daughter's killer to turn themselves in.
Rachel's aunt, Virginia Lajimodiere, says if some women leave the street because of her niece's death, some good will have come from it.
"And even though Rachel is gone, she is still talking and what she is saying is a powerful message, more or less directed to the young people, to the women out there, to better their lives," Lajimodierie said. "She is a great teacher." UNSOLVED.
MURDERED
Lynn Minia Jackson
Ms. Jackson's remains were found on June 21, 2004, east of Wetaskiwin in an aggressive hiking area.
Police became aware of Lynn's’s identity through a tip received indicating that Lynn had not been seen for some time. JACKSON had not been reported to the Police as a missing person.
The Edmonton Medical Examiner’s Office was able to positively identify Lynn by way of dental records obtained by Police. The cause of death has not been determined and the Police continue to treat this as a suspicious death, due to the location in which she was found.
Anyone with information regarding Ms. Jackson's murder, or any information about her days leading up to her death are asked to notify The Wetaskiwin / Hobbema General Investigation Section at (780)312-7200 or Crime Stoppers, toll free, at 1-800-222-TIPS ( 8477 ) UNSOLVED.
MURDERED
Cheryl Lynn Black
They believe that the fire was set deliberately, and that Cheryl Lynn Black was alive when it started.
Cheryl recently moved to Edmonton, and was living on the street. She had received a ticket for public drunkeness three days before she died.
Her body was found May 18 in a dumpster behind the Walterdale Playhouse in Old Strathcona. She was so badly burned that it took three months to identify her. Police interviewed homeless people and looked through missing persons' reports. Hospital X-rays were finally used to confirm who she was.
Cheryl, who had been convicted of murdering her partner, and sentenced to seven years, had been out of prison a short time, lving in shelters and on the street. Cheryl lived in fear that her victim's friends may one day seek revenge.
Geraldine St. Germain, Black's aunt, said her niece was "haunted" by her husband's killing and had gotten threats she would be tracked down for revenge.
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MURDERED
Francesca Laboucan
Dallas Rueben Wade Chalifoux plead guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in prison, and a lifetime order to not have in his possession any weapon of any kind.
MURDERED
Brenda Moreside
Brenda was involved with a violent man, and had called police just months before, when he abused her but for some reason did not press charges.
On February 13th, 2005, Brenda called RCMP to report he was outside her home attempting to get in. The dispatcher told her he had the right to go into the home since he had lived there. Police chose to go for a donut and ignored her call. An inquiry has been called to address why they did not respond to her call. She lay dead in her home for 12 days before her body was found.
Her ex boyfriend has a long and violent criminal history, including dozens of convictions ranging from assault with a weapon to threatening death and second-degree murder.
Stanley Willier, of High Prairie has been charged with second degree murder.
MURDERED
Carmen l'Hirondelle
On that day, apparently Carmen was shopping in Kinuso, when she at some point, met up with Randy Cardinal.
Her body was later discovered laying next to her car in an abandoned wooded area approximately 25 kilometers from where she was last seen.
Randy Kendall Cardinal, 25, is charged with second degree murder for her death.
MURDERED
Madeline Noskey
MURDERED
Shirley Lyne Laboucan
MURDERED
Geraldine Letendre
MURDERED
Jessica Leah Noskey
MURDERED
Andrea Grey
MURDERED
Rhonda Whitehead
MURDERED
Arlene Thunder
MURDERED
Virgina Johannsen
. MISSING
Roberta May Ferguson
Terry Arnold was suspect in Roberta's disappearance.
Terry Arnold --a suspect in several murders of women and girls and a convicted sexual molester-- was released from prison in 2002. Arnold confessed to the murder of 16 year old Christine Browne in 1997. After serving 5 years of a life sentence for that murder he was granted a new trial on appeal because of court procedure mistakes by defense. Crown decided not to retry him despite his confession to the murder setting him free to kill again.
He was convicted for sexually assaulting (in 1988) a teenage girl in BC. He spent 8 years in prison for sexually assaulting 4 Newfoundland girls.
He committed suicide in prison before being convicted of Roberta and other murders.
MURDERED
Name not yet released
The victim involved in this incident has been identified as that of a 16 year old female from the Morley First Nation Reserve. The name is not being released at this time as the family continues to locate and inform other family members.
The police are asking any motorists who were traveling west bound on Highway #1 near the Morley exit on January 1, 2006 between 6:30 am and 7:30 am and who may have seen anyone walking on the roadway to contact the Cochrane Detachment at 403-932-2213.
MURDERED
Bonnie Joanne
Jack
Bonnie was last seen on the morning of March 2, 2006, at the office of the Prostitute Action Awareness Foundation of Edmonton.
Two weeks later, on March 16, two high school students out for a walk discovered Jack's body in a wooded area east of the city, about a kilometre south of Township Road 542 and Range Road 225 - just one km northeast of where Rachel was discovered by a young couple out for a walk near Sherwood Park.
According to a police statement issued Friday, Jack lived "a high risk lifestyle, including activities in the sex trade," and had ties to both Edmonton and Vancouver.
Jack's death is being treated as a homicide and the investigation is being led by the RCMP-led Project Kare task force.
Her case is similar to 26 other deaths in the Edmonton area in the past 23 years.
Police said that Jack was a mother, but would not say how many children she had. The last time Jack was in touch with her family was about two months ago.
Her relatives are said to be devastated.
RCMP are appealing to the public for any information regarding contact or sightings of Jack.
There is a large reward from Project KARE in Edmonton for information leading to the arrest(s) of those responsible for the murders of Edmonton's women.
MURDERED
Shawna Lee Bird
SHAWNA LEE BIRD, aged 16, of Hobemma First Nation, Alberta, was beaten by three other women near Mameo Beach Alta on August 21, 2001. SHawna died the following day August 22, 2001 in hospital. There was no motive for this attack on Shawna, other than the three accused had been drinking. She was beaten and kicked repeatedly throughout her body but it was blows to her head which caused her death.
Two of the accused, Jasmine Rowan D.O.B. Aug 17, 1983, and Kimberly Paul D.O.B. Feb 8, 1980 were charged with second degree murder. The third, a 17 year old named AJS applied to be tried in juvenile court due to the fact that she was 8 months younger than the other accused. She lost this appeal and will be tried in adult court.
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