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!