OUR ANGEL

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Sharron Prior Memorial Award

Once again Sharron's memory was honored...What a wonderful day!

On Saturday September 17th 2011 our family had the privilege to Present the Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship award the sum of $2000.00 to a special young woman.

What a wonderful surprise to be able to present the award to Our Bother Jo-Jo's daughter Jinny Lee Savard (Sharron's Niece).

Jinny is in studying nursing. Congratulations Jinny-Lee Hugs....

Follow your Dreams
xoxox

March 29th 1975

*The TRUTH is out there*

Justice....

In cemeteries all over, victims lie sleepless in their caskets, waiting for somebody to bring their killers to justice.

"Our Angel"

MARCH 29th 1975

“Never let go of hope...

Jolene Riendeau

Little Jolene who had disappeared April 12th 1999.. her remains were found today May 4th 2011....
Please say a prayer for her family..to have strength.. Another Angel was taken and murdered from Point St Charles.. But Now her family can have some kind of closure..
Hug your children..hold them tight.

Detectives are still investigating..

Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear...

It has been 36 years now that Sharron was murdered March/29/1975 still unsolved: Could you please write a short note to America Most wanted to air Sharron's case on T.V. A.M.W.

Prior Family

1974...Cold Case! "Karen Caughlin"

1974 homicide...new tips have been received

SARNIA -- Investigators and family members are more optimistic than ever about cracking the unsolved homicide of Karen Caughlin, the 14-year-old Sarnia CI student who was killed 36 years ago Tuesday.

"Delicate Beauty"

Some people make things happen...some watch things happen....
While others wonder what has happened...

"Delicate Beauty"

~ Sharron ~

February 9th 1959 - March 29th 1975

Our "Pixie in Blue Jeans"

We love you!

Candace Derksen

Suspect interviewed 23 years before arrest
A retired high-ranking Winnipeg police officer says he didn't view Mark Edward Grant as a suspect when he interviewed him in 1984 while investigating the disappearance of 13-year-old Candace Derksen.


Grant, 47, is now on trial for first-degree murder in Candace's death.

She disappeared Nov. 30, 1984, and her bound and frozen body was found in a brickyard shed Jan. 17, 1985.

Menno Zacharias, a detective sergeant in the youth division in 1984, said when he talked to Grant, it was to check out claims by Grant's girlfriend that she had seen Candace after she disappeared. Please read about Candace Derksen's Murder

Joe Giacalone and Vidster

Joe Giacalone and Vidster are teaming up to explore the Canadian cold case of Sharron Prior.Their observations and initial reactions. Please see the link below

Defrosting Cold Cases - Sharron Prior

New link

We now have a new link at the right side of the page

QUEBEC UNSOLVED MURDERS

There are still many unsolved murders to add

The page is still under construction
These cases are unsolved we need to have these cases in QUEBEC solved, 2011 ,Brand New Year

Never let go...

MARCH 29th 1975

“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together...

Frances E. Esqueda

Frances can NOW! rest in peace!


Someone found the nude and grease-smeared body between a trailer and a wall next to some auto parts at a Cadillac dealership on north Bush Street early in the morning of Sept. 23, 1974.

"Frances was a good person, strong-willed and independent," Joe Esqueda said.

Sharron Grade 1 Riverside School

Sharron Grade (1) Riverside School Point St. Charles
She is in the middle row second to the end.
Look at that smile!

In Sharron's Memory

This past Saturday, September 18th 2010, our family was once again delighted to be able to award a young lady the "Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship " for the sum of $2000.00.

It was an honor to present Kaylah Dupuis this special award.

Kaylah's dad (Robert Dupuis) was a very good friend of Sharron's, and Kaylah's mom (Kim Dryden), Moreen and I went to school together.

Congratulations and best wishes for the future

Prior Family

If anyone has any information please do the following.

email information at www.sharronprior.com OR
send your information to this address.. C.P. 28550 CSP de Verdun
Verdun H4G-3L7

we DO NOT need your name just your information.

We will not rest, we will leave no stone unturned.

UNSOLVED MURDERS OF CANADA

Unsolved Murders of Canada By Lisa Wojna

Please go here to read the Face Book page of UNSOLVED MURDERS of Canada written by Lisa Wojna. What a wonderful person Lisa is!

Take a look at how many unsolved cases there are across Canada. Someone might just remember something.

I will add Lisa's link

Police getting tips in Harrington death

Newly discovered forensic evidence

Morgan Harrington disappeared from a Metallica concert at University of Virginia in October ,but was later separated from her friends and went missing.

Harrington's remains were found on an Albemarle County farm outside Charlottesville in January after a massive police search.
Investigators are doing their jobs..

please read How people/strangers/ media and investigators are working together.

Family secrets...

Families DO keep secrets

It took 22 years before the son of the Killer of 28 year old Lysandra Marie Turpin finally went to the Police to inform them of what he had witnessed when he was 16 years of age. Turpin's life came to an end after weeks of physical abuse, and before the eyes of her murderer's son. And Turpin was apparently not the only victim of such abuse, Quenell said the son told him recently.

After Christie supplied the sheriff's office with a map of where the body had been dumped, a team of detectives, evidence technicians, and sheriff's deputies found teeth, clothing and charred bones. A forensic odontologist positively identified the remains as Lysandra Turpin on Wednesday, according to Philp. The man told deputies his father, Ernest Samuel Christie Jr., kidnapped Turpin, held her hostage in their home in Fieldbrook, and then killed her after weeks of abuse.
The man said his father forced him to help her dispose of Turpin's body in a ditch, cover it with tires and set it on fire. Deputies went to the area and found teeth, clothing and charred bones. On Wednesday, forensic scientists positively identified the remains as Turpin. Christie, Jr. died in June of 2006.

What this young man did after all these years... and then coming forward!!
Christie's son, Ernest Samuel Christie, III is not facing any charges.

Bless you Lysandra Marie Turpin

February 9th, 1959 - March 29th, 1975

Only 16 years between the Crib + the Grave

"Hope"

HOPE

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Emily Dickinson

Sharron's Story written by Michelle McNamara

Sharron's Story

Thirty years later, Yvonne Prior and her twin daughters, Moreen and Doreen, tracked the beekeeper down. He wasn’t a beekeeper anymore; he’d long since left behind the small field where he kept his beehives. But the Priors remembered enough vague details about him to find a possible email address. It took a while. Messages bounced back and were forwarded. Finally, a message appeared in their inbox.

“I’m your man,” it said.

He agreed to meet them at a restaurant. He brought his wife. What were the Priors hoping for? Recollections. Clues. He had always been “the beekeeper” to them, an essential but abstract figure in the most important event of their lives, and here he was, polite and solemn and real. He searched his memory and answered their many questions the best he could.

A couple of hours later the meeting was winding down, the silences between sentences growing longer.

“Would you take us there?” Yvonne asked suddenly. She had not been able to visit the place when it happened. Could not. Would not.

The man didn’t owe them anything. He’d already done more than most people would. Still, he didn’t hesitate.

“Of course,” he said.

The area was different. The woods were gone. A truck covers factory had gone up nearby. The small piece of land where the man had once kept his bees was now vacant.

He took them straight to the spot. Yvonne knew from newspaper photographs and maps she’d pored over that he was exactly right about the location. She marveled at his accuracy after all this time.

“It really affected him,” his wife said quietly.

A friend had called him that cold Tuesday morning. Did he know the gate to his beehives was open? That evening he walked over to check out the muddy field.

Yvonne stared at the spot. So many things had changed over the years. Suspects. Buildings. Faces. Memories.

One thing had not changed: the pain.

“Like an amputation of my soul,” Yvonne says...

please read on...

Murderer caught by his son's DNA

A brute who raped and killed a teenager 26 years ago was jailed yesterday...trapped by his son's DNA.

Twisted Paul Hutchinson, 50, was caught when his son gave a sample after being arrested for a car offence.

Police found it was a partial match to evidence left after the 1983 death of Colette Aram, 16.

Father-of-four Hutchinson admitted the murder 25 years after the case became the first killing to appear on BBC1's Crimewatch.

Passing sentence, Mr Justice Flaux said the attack was "violent, twisted and perverted" and subjected Colette to "unimaginable terror and degradation".

He added: "It was a terrible act which has torn Colette's family apart and left a community haunted. "The killing was clearly premeditated.

You concealed your guilt for more than 25 years and only pleaded guilty when the evidence became overwhelming."

Hutchinson showed no signs of emotion and gazed at the packed gallery where Colette's family sat.

Her mother Jacqui Kirby, 62, now re-married and living in Greece, was comforted by exhusband Tony Aram, 68, and Colette's brother Mark, 45.

Outside Nottingham crown court she said: "We have spent 26 years wondering who murdered Colette. You could see Hutchinson has no remorse. There are still a lot of questions only he can answer."

Colette vanished in Keyworth, Notts, in October 1983 as she made the mile walk to the home of her boyfriend.

Her body was found in a field next day. She had been dragged at knifepoint into her killer's stolen car before being strangled, raped and beaten.

Another DNA case

Male DNA test yields clues in Texas criminal cases

An advanced type of DNA testing that is male-specific is helping Texas law enforcement solve sexual assaults and other crimes that previously netted inconclusive results.

New Technology!

The Y-chromosome detection analysis is able to extend the evidence collection time from 48 hours on up to 120 hours, experts say.

It separates male DNA profiles from those belonging to females and hones in on tiny bits of saliva, skin cells, semen or other biological evidence.

Although the test has existed for at least eight years, some of the state's larger law enforcement crime labs have only recently become equipped to conduct their own analysis as the courts have become more accepting of newer kinds of technology.

"It's not a common kind of test you use all the time, it takes a considerable amount of work to get those systems up," said John Planz, associate director of the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification in Fort Worth, which has been working to refine the testing kits.

The Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab, which handles forensic testing for a various agencies across the state, including the El Paso Police Department, started conducting its own male-specific DNA tests in the middle of last year, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said.

The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office biology lab also began using the test around the same time. Since June, it has obtained positive results in 20 sexual assault cases — most involving children — though none of those cases have gone to trial yet.

"Everyone recognizes (this) testing will work when traditional testing doesn't," Dr. Roger Kahn, the Harris County medical examiner's forensic biology director, told the Houston Chronicle. "The number of successes is up. Even we're surprised at some of these."

In the case of a 9-year-old girl who told authorities that a male relative molested her while she slept, there were no witnesses and no semen recovered. Harris County's supervisory forensic investigator Dan Morgan said testing using traditional DNA tests yielded inconclusive results. But testing using the new analysis found a partial DNA profile on swabs and portions of the girl's clothing that matched the suspect's.

Like a black light that causes white clothes and teeth to glow in the dark, the technology in the new test essentially makes the female DNA profile invisible and amplifies any male DNA, no matter how small, that may not have been seen before.

The male-specific DNA tests can also be used to solve crimes involving people of the opposite sex, such as burglaries or homicides that do not involve rape.

But the advanced tests only work in cases where a suspect has given a DNA sample to investigators looking at a specific crime, Kahn said.

All in DUE Time!

Jessica Neilson Memorial

Our family attended Jessica's Memorial. Please keep Jessica's name out there! Keep her memory alive! Someone knows something!
She was a beautiful young woman.

We left a Little White Bear with a note saying

"Stop The Violence Against women"

In cemeteries all over, victims lie sleepless in their caskets, waiting for somebody to bring their killers to justice.

How To Run Your Own Cold-Case -TOP 11

John Allore has written this up, with some input from me and Bill Widman, and suggested that we all post this in our blogs.

Indeed!

I made an interesting comment recently that I was equally dialed in to
unsolved cases in the Montreal region from the 70's. I have been
advocating a long time for a resolution to the unsolved death of my
sister, Sharron who was murdered in 1975. As well as me. John Allore,
and Bill Widman know the process that one must go through,
heartaches,sleepless nights, trying to find the truth. Bill Widman has
been actively seeing to solve the murder of his friend, Debbie
Key. John Allore has been working endlessly trying to find out who
killed his Sister, Theresa in 1979..

In the interest of helping other families who may be trying to conduct their own investigations, John, Bill and I offer these top ten suggestions for conducting your own cold-case investigation:

1. Information Management – The Internet: If you can afford it, get a subscription to Lexis-Nexis. This will allow you to data mine old newspapers back to the early 80s. There’s gold in them hills.

2. Information Management – Your local library: Most major libraries keep copies of all regional newspapers on microfiche. For Theresa’s case I was able to have the Provincial Library in Quebec mail me microfiche of old newspapers like the Montreal Star, Photo Police, Allo Police to my local library in North Carolina! I know Doreen Prior also accessed local libraries for Sharon’s case. Newspapers offer you good information about activities in the area of investigation leading up to, and immediately after any murder.

3. Google is your best friend: I have Google Alerts set up for all key words associated with my sister’s death (names of regional towns, suspects’ names, the name of each regional police force). This is a good way to stay a step ahead of anything that may be relevant to your investigation.

4. Accessing public records: Things like medical records and autopsy reports… these are public information and readily available from your local medical examiner or coroner.

5. Makes friends with the appropriate law enforcement agency: In many circumstances a case grows cold due to perceived ineptitudes of the investigating police force. Despite the frustration you must ultimately make peace with the investigating force. Ultimately they are the only body that can bring the case to justice. Despite friction, you must work to find an understanding. This doesn’t mean you can’t continue to challenge the force, just realize that you must retain balance. Crime scene reports? Evidence? Primary information? All of this is in the hands of the investigating force. You must make amends if you hope to gain access to this information.

6. Make sure your case is registered in the appropriate national police cold case database: In the U.S. they use either ViCAP or CODIS. In Canada the system is called ViCLAS (in French SALVAC) . Even though these databases are maintained by the RCMP and FBI, it is the responsibility of regional forces to be trained on their use and to enter the data. Contact your regional police force to ensure your case is in the system.

7. Psychics: Useful? As secondary evidence, possibly. Just realize that anything psychic / medium offers is not admissible as evidence. It can be a great resource (myself and Bill have used them), but be aware of their limitations. And don’t get strayed into kooky theories: you can see patterns in any amount of randomness. Remember that some things are a coincidence.

8. Network: Read everything. The internet is an incredible resource. Become familiar with advocacy and justice initiatives. Make friends, get educated, attend conferences.

9. Publicity: The media can be a great tool to get your story out. Remember one thing: ultimately they are exploiting you, so feel free to exploit them. “If it bleeds it leads”… and the stories the media usually are attracted to in cold cases are something gruesome or something very personal ( perhaps too personal for a crime victim… I always hated when they asked me about “closure”). Be professional, cautious and guarded. Don’t offer up anything you feel is crossing a line. You have a right to say, “no, that’s too far” with these people. Also, don’t feel bad if they don’t want to cover your story. I have spent many hours offering up angles to media (suspects, new information, a personal-interest moment, a tidbit that is relevant to a current case), if they aren’t interested, don’t take it personally. Move on. It’s a business. One of the main reasons myself, Doreen and Bill started blogs was to control the distribution of information. So you can start one too! That too is media attention!

10. Get support: Guess what? You’re only human. And very quickly you will reach a burnout threshold. Get help. Find something positive other than this cold-case that gives you energy ( a hobby, your family, a sport, your shrink). We’ve all been to the bottom. It’s no fun, but we will support you on your journey back up. One of the best things I did? Made friends with fellow victims and investigating colleagues on Facebook. At first this seemed counter-intuitive: I wanted to isolate my personal life from my cold-case life. In the end it was the right decision because it was healthy to see these people without the victim stigma, in a normal light: families, loves, interests.

11. If all else fails: Contact the Vidocq Society, a group out of the Washington area comprised of retired forensic and investigative experts dedicated to solving old cases. Slightly pretentious, but if you’ve exhausted numbers 1 – 9 at this point you have nothing to lose. A word of caution: Vidocq will only consider your case if you have support from your local police jurisdiction (so no coming here if you’ve got a beef with how the police screwed up your case).

Go forth and solve!

In Sharron's Memory



This year, on September 26, 2009 a young lady was awarded "The Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship award" in the sum of $2,000.00

Our family were honored to present this award to Julia Munden, a beautiful young lady with bright dreams..and a wonderful smile!
Julia's Parents are very proud of her achievements, and we were thrilled.
"Good Luck to you Julia"
Follow your dreams.

Prior Family

Vigil for Murder Victims

A cold case murder, on the shelves for nearly half a decade, remains unsolved and the victim's family is left to wonder why. This, as family and friends of other murder victims gather to remember their loved ones.
In Niagara Square, a group of people come together who share one thing in common - they've all lost a loved one to homicide. The shoes of the dead stand empty next to photos at this vigil, a reminder of lives snuffed out by violence. "This seems to become sort of a public therapy opportunity where people get a chance to speak collectively, to tell what's on their minds.

This story is from Buffalo New York...

But Here in Montreal/Quebec there are Many UNSOLVED homicide cases..and families are waiting for their loved one cases to be solved...Many empty shoes...

There are flyers being distributed throughout Point St. Charles. Sharron Prior Coldcase. If anyone has any information please do the following.

email information at http://www.blogger.com/ OR
send your information to this address.. C.P. 28550 CSP de Verdun
Verdun H4G-3L7

we DO NOT need your name just your infomation.

We will not rest, we will leave no stone unturned.

Sharron Prior was 16 years old when she left her Point St. Charles,Quebec home on March 29/1975, off to meet her boyfriend and friends at a local restaurant,only five blocks from her home.She never made it.Her body was found 3 days later in a field.

Cause of death was asphyxiation caused by blood in her lungs.Police believe this happened when her attacker crushed his knee into her chest.She had been raped and her autopsy showed she had several bruises on her face,two fractures on her jaw,on both sides of her mouth.A broken nose and a hole in one cheek,when a tooth come loose during her struggle.

Police believe Sharron had been kept alive for a time and disposed of in the field, in Lonqueuil still alive.When found Sharron was wearing her sweater,shoes & socks and a three quarter length brown suede jacket.

Her jeans and panties were found about 6 feet away from her body.

Also found near Sharron's body were tire tracks,a shoe print and a mans 3/4 arm length shirt,collar size was 17.The impression from the shoe print makes the man about 6' tall weighing about 200 lbs.

The police believe the killer knew the area well.

The field where he dumped her had a padlock which was locked.Only two people had the key,both were questioned by police but not suspected.The question has always been how did the person unlock the gate,the lock was left hanging on the gate afterwards.

The same evening of March 29th within a fifteen minute time span when Sharron left her house another woman was attacked,in the same area where Sharron was heading.Her attacker tried to drag her away,but was saved when some children heard the commotion and came running to help.He was scared off by the kids and ran away.He was described as being about 29 years old, 6'1, 200 lbs with blue eyes and a squared off cut moustache.The man was never caught.

someone knows something.... why can't you do the right thing..

34 years ago ... We Love You Sharron

TIME STANDS STill

To loose a child from murder
Is the hardest pain to bear
One falls in that dark deep pit
with nothing but despair

Drowning in your sea of tears
struggling with the shock
please, please, you beg
please turn back the clock

You think of her terror
and think of her pain
and can't bare the thought
of not seeing her again

This just could not happen
Why, Why, Why
She was only sixteen too
young to die.

New DNA test gives cold case hope

It allows scientists to obtain individual DNA profiles from crime scenes which contain a mix of genetic material from several people.

This is outstanding news..Sharrons case will be 34 years "cold"
A new technique which can decipher previously unintelligible DNA samples has been made available to all police forces in England and Wales.

The Forensic Science Service (FSS) said the DNAboost method may shed light on "many thousands" of unsolved cases.

It allows scientists to obtain individual DNA profiles from crime scenes which contain a mix of genetic material from several people.
But some experts have warned that it could lead to miscarriages of justice.
During the pilot, DNAboost was used on about 2,000 samples in four police forces -Humberside, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire.
The FSS said it helped police to identify suspects and build evidence for cases, and was now "fit for purpose" to be used by all forces.

'Cold cases'
Previously, it was impossible for scientists to accurately separate out DNA from different individuals at one crime scene, for example, where two or three suspects handled the same weapon.
Now, DNAboost can use computer technology to do just that and provide identifiable DNA profiles for each suspect.

more to read here

40 year old Coldcase...SOLVED

Katherine May Wilson

The 61-year-old was arrested in January and initially charged with first-degree murder, abduction and forcible confinement.

London, Ont., man pleads guilty to murder in 1970 missing girl case

Barry Vincent Manion, appearing in a Haileybury, Ont., court, received a life sentence for second-degree murder with no possibility of parole for 10 years in Katherine May Wilson's 1970 disappearance in Kirkland Lake.

Her body has never been found.

The 61-year-old was arrested in January and initially charged with first-degree murder, abduction and forcible confinement.

Manion, who most recently lived in London, resided in Kirkland Lake when Katherine went missing on Oct. 10, 1970. He is a distant cousin of the missing girl, her family has said.

The girl had been picking up groceries for her mother, Aline Wilson, on the afternoon she went missing on the town's outskirts. Katherine called home just before 5 p.m. to ask whether she could buy a can of pop or a bag of chips with the leftover change.
Her mother agreed, and Katherine said she was going to walk home. Katherine's two sisters walked out to meet her halfway, but the girl never showed up.
An exhaustive police search that included dogs, helicopters and boats lasted for several weeks.

40 years later

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/kirkland-lake-disappearance.html

Some Tunnel Vision

Barrett's Arrest Raises Question: Why 32 Years Later?
Barrett Charged In 1975 Slaying Of Vanderbilt Student.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The arrest of Jerome Barrett in the Sarah Des Prez case and his accusations of involvement in the Marcia Trimble case have led some to ask: What took so long?

"Quote" “I guess (it’s) what I call tunnel vision,” said retired Metro official Sherman Nickens. “I had an informant tell me that a black Muslim could be involved in this. I do remember going to the mosque on Jefferson Street"

“Case files were kept by individual detectives except what was turned in to Central Records. So there was actually no central database for us to go to,” he said. “We could not bring up cases the way that they can now.”

Barrett's DNA linked him to Des Prez, but it took 32 years to make the connection!!! hummmm

http://www.wsmv.com/news/14794393/detail.html

Wednesday Marks 34 Years Since Trimble Disappearance

After 34 years police have finally charged someone with Marcia Trimble's death.
Marcia's Mothers words,

"Every year, for 34 years now, Virginia takes time to observe a horrible anniversary, but Wednesday, "I'm not burdened down with anything. I feel free."

Virginia's daughter, Marcia, disappeared in Green Hills on February 25, 1975. The 9-year-old's body was found a month later. For years, the murder went unsolved, but on the 34th anniversary there was finally a suspect, Jerome Barrett. "I've always wanted to know who killed her? When she died and how she died?" This is the first time Virginia's talked since Barrett was charged with her daughter's murder, and she hopes for answers when he goes to trial this July.

How Wonderful after all these years!

Another Missing 16 year old

When our family hears about missing people/teens..Our hearts just die and we think even More about Sharron.

Here is another teen who has vanished, please say a prayer..please keep your eyes "open"

Read about this beautiful young lady, Jordan Knelsen- long 16 years old. IS MISSING.

For Sharron Prior

FOR SHARRON Born February 9th 1959.... Murdered March or April 1975

Words Spoken at "Family Prayers"

On Friday April 4th, 1975 by Rev.
Dr. Charles C. Cochrane
................................

Dear Friends,

These are some of the things said about little children. Many of them are recorded in Matthew's Gospel, chapter 18.
Who so shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me." Gods own son puts himself in the place of a little child, and is not ashamed to do so. You and I should receive (accept) little children as we accept Jesus--with love; bearing them no ill-will, meaning them no harm, but only good.

"Who shall offend one of these little ones......it were better for him to be drowned in the depth of the sea." Dear Friends, I Fear for for the man who did this. No matter whether we catch him; he cannot escape God's anger and wrath. In another place in scripture we learn that " Vengeance is mine, says the Lord, I will repay." We need not to be anxious; God will avenge his little children.

And now, about Sharron. You and I saw a very great number of people come in to the chapel yesterday to pay their respects. But even if the casket were open, we would not have seen her. She is not here. This is Sharron's earthly body. Do you remember that on the first Easter morning, the three women came to Jesus' grave looking for their Lord?
They were met by the angel, who said to them: " He is not here; he is risen.........he is going before you into Galilee" (Mark 16:6).

She is not here; she is risen. Sharron has gone before us into heaven; and as Jesus said of little children " Always beholds the face of the Father which is in Heaven."

This does not happen "naturally"; mankind is mortal---we die. It happens only because God's own Son--who also died at the hands of violent men----was able to conquer death for us---for you, for me, and for Sharron.

Death may indeed be our fate----Whether it come at 16 or 64---but God is our destiny.

Let us pray together: O God, our merciful heavenly Father, our prayer is brief, but our need is great. We are ashamed of our lack of faith in your compassion and goodness. Please forgive us.We thank you for Sharron's life among us, brief though it was; for the beauty and strength of her character, and gentleness of her spirit. And now grant us your peace, which passes understanding; through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen

"Garden of Hope"

View the "Garden Of Tears" The "Garden of Hope"

Jessica Neilson Is Still Missing

It's been almost l month since a young woman vanished from Lasalle. Jessica Neilson IS MISSING ..She was last seen December 8th 2008. Jessica was driving an automatic, white, 4 door ,1994 Acura Integra the model with the circular lights in the front. the licence plate number 284 WNF.
If anyone sees a car that has been abandoned with this licence plate please dont hesitate to call the police.


Jessica's family is appealing to the public to help find her. Relatives put up poster, friends have been on the radio stations. There is also a facebook site. Donald and Robena Nielson last saw their 25-year-old daughter on December the 8th. Jessica said she was going out with co-workers and then disappeared. Anyone with information is asked to call 514- 393-1133.

Missing an Angel

Yet Another solved case with DNA

Yolanda Hernandez "COLDCASE"

Yolanda was from Boston..Murdered in 1984
Boston cops follow DNA trail to Atlanta in teen’s murder.

Evidence kept for 24 years helped nab a suspect in the brutal sexual assault and strangulation death of a teenage girl, a crime that had remained unsolved since she was found in a vacant lot in Roxbury in 1984.
A revived Boston police cold case unit cracked the case, and yesterday Sultan Omar Chezulu, 60, formerly known as Robert Scott, was arrested in Atlanta for the murder of Yolanda Hernandez, who was 18 when she was killed. Genetic material from the old evidence that predated police DNA tests led to Chezulu, a career criminal.
read here how the Boston Cold case squad solved this case.

Another Murderer is off the streets!

Cold case website set up in TORONTO

Police in Toronto, Canada have set up a 'cold case' website in the hope that new information could help crack unsolved murder cases.

"The traditional means of communication has sometimes been inadequate," Toronto Police Chief William Blair told the city's Globe and Mail newspaper.
"A very significant portion of our population, in particular young people in our city, get most of their information on the web," he added.
The cold-case website contains details of murders that date back decades.

Information from the investigations – including detectives' reports, photos and maps – are all on the site.
One unsolved murder is the case of Christine Prince a nanny from Wales, working in Canada.

She was murdered in June 1982 on her way home from a night out with friends. The murderer's identity is still unknown.

According to the cold-case website: "Murder investigations are made up of many pieces of information. Perhaps your piece of the puzzle is what is needed to complete the picture."


www.torontopolice.on.ca/homicide/unsolvedcold.php
www.theglobeandmail.com
Maybe just maybe Quebec will see this and follow in their footsteps?

Is it too much to ask?

check out the link here

"Garden of Hope"

Within the last few years we have come across some pretty special people. Friends who have helped us with this Web site,People who have just emailed us privatly to say that they remember Sharron. We have had nice mesaqges and not so nice. We have had strangers who have written in Sharrons GuestBook just letting us know that they care.
We have known a special woman who emailed our family wanting to place a plaque on the wall of the "Garden Of Hope" which is in Vancouver.
This special lady emailed our family back and forth to ask what we wanted on the Plaque we told her and she went there to B.C and got the plaque engraved, the plaque will be placed on the Garden of Tears Memorial Wall which is located in the Garden of Tears Lillie's Garden .

Please read here the heart breaking story of Lillie and the unsolved murder of her young daughter Kathryn-Mary Herbert who was murdered in 1975 , her mom has made a Garden Of Tears~Garden Of Hope.


and to our special Friend who took the time to place this beautiful plaque on the WALL of HOPE (you know who you are) Thankyou



Prior Family

Alexandra Wiwcharuk

Alexandra Wiwcharuk COLDCASE / May 18th 2008 marked the 46th anniversary of the Murder of Alexandra.

May 18, 1962:
On May 18, 1962, around 8:00 p.m., Alex Wiwcharuk told her roommates she was going for a walk. She was seen at several locations: Mead's drugstore, near her home, between 8:30 and 8:45 p.m. and later, by a group of boys fishing on the riverbank between 9:00 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. But, Alex Wiwcharuk didn't show up for her shift at the hospital that night, nor did she come home.

Her body was found may 31st Alexandra was murdered....
dedication of her family and friends have kept her story alive.

watch her story..maybe someone will "need and want to say something"
No need to keep it inside any more.

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/main_beautyqueen.html

www.sharronprior.com

Sharron Prior Scholarship Award

September 20th, 2008. The Fifth Annual Hall Of Recognition


What a wonderful day to Celebrate Sharrons Memory.

Once again our family was honored to take part in the presentation of the Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,000.00. This year it was presented to Kayla Krushelnyski. We must add that Kayla's Aunty Susan Batty James was one of Sharrons friends back in the 70's.
She is so modest.. Quote..

"I am only the Aunty and I am so proud of her. She has accomplished so much in the last couple of years. She sure will go places in life. GOOD For her, we are all so very proud of her, she works & worked very hard for where she's got. "

It was also an honor for our family having your niece,Sherri's daughter receive the Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship to further her education. A beautiful young lady.






Prior Family

Brenda Pikala: another case solved with DNA

19 years after Minneapolis slaying, a DNA match

Brenda Pikala was stabbed in '89 while sitting beneath a footbridge across Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis; now, skin under her fingernails has led to murder charges..

"I want people to just remember Brenda's smile," she said. "It has taken a lot of years to find this man, a lot of years."

Here is another crime that has been solved with DNA!

Please read here

Sharron Prior Memorial Scholarship Award

September 20, 2008


For those that are unaware. Each year for the last four years Point st Charles holds a recognition day to honor those who have left a mark... for those who make a difference in our community. Also every year a scholarship is presented to a deserving young lady in honor of Sharron Kim Prior memorial scholarship award. This will allow her to continue on to her dreams. Dreams Do come true if you work at them.

Good luck

Prior Family

More New Technology!

move on to Canada!


The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is dramatically expanding its ability to test DNA samples with the purchase of three robotic analyzers, replacing a time-consuming process that today is performed mostly by hand.

The robots can test samples far faster than humans. When the state of Florida, for instance, bought its first robotic analyzers in 1986, a technician could hand-test about 80 samples in a week. The robots, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, could test more than 180 samples a day.

The Florida department was one of the first crime labs in the nation to get the robots.

read more here

A Tribute to Sharron

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

very special Thanks to Glendene & Cathleen
Glendene has a website for her missing daughter Jessie

Traces of tissue lead to profile

The man accused of killing a 90-year-old woman was visiting someone else in her Hopkins apartment building the day of the slaying and had recently been released from prison after serving time for aggravated robbery.

another case Touch DNA



Sharrons case

Someone visiting, maybe someone was visiting someone that Easter weekend March 1975! In Point St. Charles
It's very simple, try to remember
Did a relative or friend borrow your vehicle? Car Van truck?
Bring a vehicle back to you dirty...or maybe a fresh wash? Inside and out?
There was a car seat found at the crime scene...the kind that truckers use.

Touch DNA

A Blogger posted this in the Guest book...


What I don’t understand is this; They (the police) were supposed to have checked any dna that was left, and to this there was no match. After all these years this one monster who committed this crime has committed no other crimes? Nothing to compare his dna to? I find that hard to believe. That horrific of a crime to be just one time. Now, with this new Touch DNA are they going to test again with this new technology? Read on Touch DNA www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73827&catid=158

Here’s hoping one day the Prior family will get justice.

Crime scene DNA is typically recovered from blood or semen stains. This so-called "touch DNA" is left behind when people touch things, because they naturally shed skin cells that contain the genetic material. To find such DNA, "you have to have a good idea of where someone has been touched, or in this case, where you think the suspect would have touched. That somebody pulling down her pants would have touched the waistband and the sides.

Seeking clues

Suzanne Lyall missing

Never give up! those playing cards are out there.
After Suzanne’s disappearance, Doug and Mary Lyall began helping families searching for missing loved ones and getting laws passed to better deal with missing-persons cases.

read about Suzanne-Lyall and her parents hope!

The Computer will get you

yet another mystery

CHRISTINE ZIOMKIEWICZ

read here

Marcia Trimble

Child Disappeared From Green Hills Neighborhood,

Here is another case that has been solved! How many years ago?? 33 years ago (1975) Marcia Trimble
disappeared while delivering Girl Scout Cookies, Marcia was 9 years old, she was found 33 days later murdered...
For the past 33 years, more than two generations of police officers have worked tirelessly and invested thousands of hours of investigations into bringing solutions to this terrible, terrible crime," .....this continious hard work has seen Marcia's killer caught and indited by a Grand jury.

"never say never"

"all is quiet"
before the storm
how quickly the scene is changed..

calm before the storm...

sometimes the quietness is nice...
But the storm will come again..

Mothers of Murdered Children

Mother's Day is bittersweet for mothers of murder victims.Some say they approach the holiday with dread. Some find a quiet comfort in this time set aside for a role they cherish. Weeks leading up to the day are tougher than the rest of the year. The second Sunday in May is never the same once a son or daughter is killed.Women whose children are murdered suffer a lifelong pain — a testament to how precious motherhood truly is.

If we had a flower for each time we think of our Mom, We will walk in our garden forever.
~ Unknown

"Enjoying Life"

March 29th 1975............33 years ago




Through a special friend, our family has had the opportunity to correspond with a True crime writer Michelle McNamara.
Michelle resides in USA

please read her True Crime Diary "Sharron's Story"
at the following link

http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=49

Sharron "Our Angel"

"Beautiful Smile"

Easter

Although Easter weekend falls on a different date this year 2008, (in 1975 it was the 29th of March) it is still
strong in our memories and we are still pushing foward.

A BUDDING FLOWER FROM THE FAMILY TREE,
IS NO LONGER WITH US-----FOR US TO SEE.
WE LOOK AT THE PHOTO'S OF TIME GONE BY,
WE SMILE ON THE OUTSIDE
BUT INSIDE WE CRY.

Beverly Lynn Smith...

Murder solved! 33 year old case

More than three decades later, dedicated detectives say they've finally found the answers . They NEVER gave up! The story generated great coverage, including on CityNews.ca, and cops say that led to new tips and helped them decide who to re-interview.

Read about a Beautiful Young Woman (Beverly Lynn Smith) who's life was taken away .......

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_20753.aspx

"Lifers’ group inc” ??????

Their agenda is not only to get a “get out of jail free card”, but they support a concept called “restorative justice”, which they say “brings offenders and their victims together to make them whole.” Oh, how touching! That is such a compassionate intellectual idea! Barf, I doubt any of the victims families want to hold hands with these murderers and dance around a tree and sing “Kumbaya.”

You can read all about these poor innocent imates... here