Just came across a story how justice failures are disgraceful
written by Alan Shanoff
Disgraceful!!
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=925912
Monday, March 03, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Answers In The cards!
“Cold Case Homicide Playing Cards”
Another state welcoming the "Coldcase Homicide Playing cards"..Maybe in time the cards will head up North ...
Another state welcoming the "Coldcase Homicide Playing cards"..Maybe in time the cards will head up North ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
robotic analysis of DNA from convicted criminals
Using the robots, the CBI processes an average of 114 DNA samples from known criminals every day.
I wonder if Canada uses this procedure ?
New technology..Hope...
Read about how a crime was solved through DNA
I wonder if Canada uses this procedure ?
New technology..Hope...
Read about how a crime was solved through DNA
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It was 25 years ago today Sharin' Morningstar Keenan
We can only imagine what the two officers saw that day!
To think Howe is still out there, who knows how many other Sharin's there are?
Read here
Open your eyes, Try to remember 1975 something small..someone in Point St Charles neighbourhood, maybe someone visiting. Easter weekend...maybe you over heard someone talk, Did someone move away almost immediatly after Sharron's body was found.
Maybe a car was seen..someone acting nervous,suspicious.
Just try.
To think Howe is still out there, who knows how many other Sharin's there are?
Read here
Open your eyes, Try to remember 1975 something small..someone in Point St Charles neighbourhood, maybe someone visiting. Easter weekend...maybe you over heard someone talk, Did someone move away almost immediatly after Sharron's body was found.
Maybe a car was seen..someone acting nervous,suspicious.
Just try.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Canada should follow this story
DNA tests flush out old crimes
Imates here in Canada should be DNA tested!
A RAPIST, a carjacker and a serial burglar are among hundreds of criminals facing more time in prison after NSW Police secured 300 cold-case convictions in a year through DNA testing.
Police Minister David Campbell said more than 2400 inmates were DNA tested in 2006-07, allowing investigators to compare those samples with evidence collected at the scenes of unsolved crimes.
He said more than 10,000 samples had been collected in the testing regime, which began in 2001 and was securing good results for victims of crime and their families.
"These inmates will be spending more time in jail than they thought," Mr Campbell said. "This program is making criminals pay, and providing justice for victims."
The minister said the database to which criminals' DNA was compared contained samples from crime scenes dating back to the early 1990s. The DNA testing had led to 300 new convictions and more would follow, he said.
Among the inmates convicted of previously unsolved crimes are:
■ A 36-year-old who was serving four months for assault received another eight years after his DNA identified him as the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 40-year-old woman in a Lewisham park in 1997.
■ A 34-year-old serving three years for armed robbery received another seven years after his DNA matched samples left after a man was forced from his car, stabbed and robbed by a carjacker in inner Sydney in 2003.
■ A 36-year-old on six months periodic detention for breaking and entering had his DNA tested in 2006 after police set up a strike force to investigate 58 burglaries in Sydney between 2003 and 2006. His sample came up positive at all 58 crime scenes.
Mr Campbell said the cold-case convictions should remind "criminals that they can't relax … the NSW Police Force will track you down, and you will be caught".
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/dna-tests-flush-out-old-crimes/2008/01/12/1199988650431.html
Imates here in Canada should be DNA tested!
A RAPIST, a carjacker and a serial burglar are among hundreds of criminals facing more time in prison after NSW Police secured 300 cold-case convictions in a year through DNA testing.
Police Minister David Campbell said more than 2400 inmates were DNA tested in 2006-07, allowing investigators to compare those samples with evidence collected at the scenes of unsolved crimes.
He said more than 10,000 samples had been collected in the testing regime, which began in 2001 and was securing good results for victims of crime and their families.
"These inmates will be spending more time in jail than they thought," Mr Campbell said. "This program is making criminals pay, and providing justice for victims."
The minister said the database to which criminals' DNA was compared contained samples from crime scenes dating back to the early 1990s. The DNA testing had led to 300 new convictions and more would follow, he said.
Among the inmates convicted of previously unsolved crimes are:
■ A 36-year-old who was serving four months for assault received another eight years after his DNA identified him as the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 40-year-old woman in a Lewisham park in 1997.
■ A 34-year-old serving three years for armed robbery received another seven years after his DNA matched samples left after a man was forced from his car, stabbed and robbed by a carjacker in inner Sydney in 2003.
■ A 36-year-old on six months periodic detention for breaking and entering had his DNA tested in 2006 after police set up a strike force to investigate 58 burglaries in Sydney between 2003 and 2006. His sample came up positive at all 58 crime scenes.
Mr Campbell said the cold-case convictions should remind "criminals that they can't relax … the NSW Police Force will track you down, and you will be caught".
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/dna-tests-flush-out-old-crimes/2008/01/12/1199988650431.html
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Monday, December 17, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Some more Good news..
This is a story that has grabbed our attention
"Throughout the ordeal, I needed to stay with my family. It was an enormous stress. I needed to follow the trial. I wanted closure," Ms. Janelle-Gervais said.
Mr. Boisvenu won a major victory yesterday when the Quebec government tabled a bill that requires employers to grant a leave of absence of up to two years to employees whose child or spouse is slain. Employees or their children who suffer serious bodily injury as a result of a crime will also have the right to a two-year leave of absence.
"Throughout the ordeal, I needed to stay with my family. It was an enormous stress. I needed to follow the trial. I wanted closure," Ms. Janelle-Gervais said.
Mr. Boisvenu won a major victory yesterday when the Quebec government tabled a bill that requires employers to grant a leave of absence of up to two years to employees whose child or spouse is slain. Employees or their children who suffer serious bodily injury as a result of a crime will also have the right to a two-year leave of absence.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Story behind the Story
While reading up on some cases on the internet I came across this one.
No secret files -- just taking dozens of calls from victim's families; following up any lead; and sometimes sitting quietly with a grieving mom. Cold cases get solved because officers still care.
No secret files -- just taking dozens of calls from victim's families; following up any lead; and sometimes sitting quietly with a grieving mom. Cold cases get solved because officers still care.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
It is Her!
It is Her!
by: Doreen Linda Prior
She helps me to remember
and begs me to forget
she's the star in the sky
that winks me goodnight
It's time to rest
and lets me not fear
she whispers I Love You
I feel her so near
she touches my shoulder
I know she is saying
"One Day at a Time"
continue praying
just follow your heart
and continue to sing
live life to the fullest
And accept what it brings
Take time to sit back
and enjoy the sun
re-group..and think
Gods will will be done
Copyright ©2007 Doreen Linda Prior
by: Doreen Linda Prior
She helps me to remember
and begs me to forget
she's the star in the sky
that winks me goodnight
It's time to rest
and lets me not fear
she whispers I Love You
I feel her so near
she touches my shoulder
I know she is saying
"One Day at a Time"
continue praying
just follow your heart
and continue to sing
live life to the fullest
And accept what it brings
Take time to sit back
and enjoy the sun
re-group..and think
Gods will will be done
Copyright ©2007 Doreen Linda Prior
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Conscience...
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Playing cards help net FM cold case arrest
By news-press.com
Originally posted on October 19, 2007
Fort Myers man was arrested today in connection with a murder that occurred in 2004.Derrick Hamilton, 27, of 11 Castlebar Circle, was charged with felony murder of James Foote, who was 53 at the time of his death. Foote was found shot to death in a parking lot in front of 1958 Grove Street in Fort Myers. The murder appeared to be drug related.Fort Myers police were able to make the arrest because of a tip they received from inmates in Florida prison. Cold case playing cards are distributed to those inmates in hopes that they can provide information.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS0110/71019059/1075
Originally posted on October 19, 2007
Fort Myers man was arrested today in connection with a murder that occurred in 2004.Derrick Hamilton, 27, of 11 Castlebar Circle, was charged with felony murder of James Foote, who was 53 at the time of his death. Foote was found shot to death in a parking lot in front of 1958 Grove Street in Fort Myers. The murder appeared to be drug related.Fort Myers police were able to make the arrest because of a tip they received from inmates in Florida prison. Cold case playing cards are distributed to those inmates in hopes that they can provide information.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS0110/71019059/1075
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sharron Prior Scholarship award
Our family once again were thrilled to be at the Hall of recognition in point St. Charles.
Moreen and I were honored to assist in the Scholarship presentation.
Celina was the young woman who received the Scholarship in Sharrons name. We spoke for a bit and she met mom. Good luck Celina with your future dreams...
Prior Family
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Place where Sharron was found
We took the photo of the place where sharron was found 32 years ago. Longueuil Quebec.
We just have to say that of course there were no buildings around no cars ,Just bush, trees forest...and then the Apairy. If you look at the bottom of the photo and go about 75 ft. in....that is where her body was found... But a gate with lock had to be opened, the gate would have been situated not too far from the road.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sharron's Dog Sandy!..
We were going through some photos recently and came across this photo of Sharron's Dog "Sandy".Sharron posed her at the organ....and laughed so hard.
Sandy was our family dog..but Sharron took her and cared for her the most! Sharron and her girlfriends would dress Sandy up in baby clothes and take her for walks.... Sandy loved it!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Some very moving words...
Our family had a private email sent to Sharron's site. It was a gentleman who is a manager of a Website www.debbiekey.org His friend was murdered Deborah Leigh Key. This gentleman Got me thinking how hard it is to say "I'm sorry about the loss of your sister.... daughter....or even if it is right to say anything at all.... I never want Sharron to be forgotton..Seems the years go by and she is forgotten about a little more each year. Her friends still get together I'm sure..and even maybe remember her...these memories are special memories. But memories that I would love to hear. Maybe Sharron's friends do not know how to start a conversation with her Family..afraid of what we will think! Afraid of saying something that would offend us...
I think some days..I would like to hear special moments that Sharron's friends had. Special silly things that they did together...Places that they hung out..country places....swimming holes.
I know that Sharron had many special friends but it's a shame that we do not hear from them.
I think some days..I would like to hear special moments that Sharron's friends had. Special silly things that they did together...Places that they hung out..country places....swimming holes.
I know that Sharron had many special friends but it's a shame that we do not hear from them.
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