Congratulations!! Edmonton "Murder capital of Canada"

On Apr 9, 7:24 am, ErnstZundholz
wrote:
And this story does not even include the 107 sex trade workers murdered by
some serial killer, believed to be a cop,lawyer or judge!!

Hey Grosvenor!!

Maybe the reason the story doesn't include 107 sex trade workers is
because there weren't 107 sex trade workers.

The CBC story, reprinted below, makes reference to 20 sex trade
workers slain in the Edmonton area since 1983.

Guess you gotta take some remedial reading classes.


Edmonton murders
Edmonton's murdered women
Last Updated January 4, 2007
CBC News


On May 8, 2006, RCMP in Alberta arrested Thomas Svekla and charged
him
with murder in the death of Theresa Innes, 36. Police accused Svekla
of killing the sex trade worker and transporting her remains in a
hockey bag.


Early in 2007, Svekla was charged in the death of a second
prostitute,
19-year-old Rachel Quinney. Police allege it was Svekla who reported
the discovery of Quinney's body in a wooded area northeast of
Sherwood
Park, an Edmonton suburb, on June 11, 2004.


Svekla is now charged with two counts each of second-degree murder
and
offering an indignity to a human body in the two deaths.


Since 1983, the bodies of more than 20 Edmonton women have been
found.
All have been described by police as either prostitutes or women with
high-risk lifestyles.


Police won't say if Svekla is being investigated in connection with
any the other deaths.


"We have maintained right from the beginning that we have reason to
believe that more than one person is responsible for more than one
death," RCMP Cpl. Wayne Oakes told a news conference in January 2007.


The situation has stoked the growing fear in the city's estimated
yearly population of 400 sex-trade workers.


The RCMP and other law enforcement agencies around Edmonton joined to
form Project Kare in October 2003 to investigate the murders of what
police call "high-risk missing persons."


The RCMP's Behavioural Science Branch released a criminal profile of
the killer of one or more of the women. The profile suggests he:


Drives a reliable, high-mileage truck, van or sport utility vehicle,
and is comfortable driving in rural areas.
Likes to hunt, fish, camp or participate in other outdoor activities.
Has a past or present connection to the area south of Edmonton,
including Leduc, Camrose and New Sarepta.
May clean his vehicle at odd times of the day.
Here is a list of women who have been found under similar
circumstances since 1983:


May 19, 2006
RCMP in Alberta identify the body of Bonnie Lynn Jack, also known as
Bonnie Lynn Loyie. She was found in a rural area east of Edmonton
near
Sherwood Park. Police said she lived a "high-risk lifestyle,
including
activities in the sex trade."


May 7, 2006
RCMP in Fort Saskatchewan responded to a call claimed a body had been
discovered in a home there. The body was identified after an autopsy
as Theresa Innes. Thomas Svekla was charged with second-degree murder
in her death. Police have accused Svekla of transporting Innes's
remains in a hockey bag.


Oct. 20, 2005
Edmonton police announce they suspect Delores Brower, who had been
reported missing five months earlier, may have been a victim of foul
play.


May 6, 2005
The body of sex-trade worker Ellie May Meyer, 33, is found near
Sherwood Park.


April 18, 2005
RCMP in Alberta identify the body of Charlene Gauld, 20, who burned
remains were found near Camrose.


Jan. 25, 2005
The body of 19-year-old Samantha Tayleen Berg is discovered under
snow
in a parking lot on Edmonton's North Side. The teenager worked in the
sex trade.


June 11, 2004
The body of 19-year-old Rachel Quinney is found in a wooded area near
Sherwood Park, an Edmonton suburb. Thomas Svekla was later charged
with second-degree murder in her death. Police allege it was Svekla
who reported the discovery of Quinney's body.


July 7, 2003
The body of 40-year-old Katie Sylvia Ballentyne, who worked in the
sex
trade, is found in Leduc County, about 20 km south of Edmonton. She
is
the fourth female found outside Edmonton in 2003, the fifth in 10
months. Her body was located in a field near Range Road 235, just
north of Township Road 500.


April 12, 2003
The skull and remains of 29-year-old Debbie Lake, a former
prostitute,
are found near Highway 623 near Miquelon Lake Provincial Park,
approximately 70 km southeast of Edmonton.


Jan. 12, 2003
20-year-old Melissa Munch is found dead in a stand of trees on a
farmer's field west of Range Road 220 and south of Highway 16 in
Strathcona County. The discovery is made four days after the body of
Monique Pitre was found less than 10 kilometres away.


Jan. 8, 2003
The frozen body of Monique Pitre, 30, is found in a field south of
Fort Saskatchewan (Range Road 222 and Township Rd). There is trauma
to
her entire body.


Sept. 23, 2002
The burned body of 28-year-old Edna Bernard is found in a field east
of Leduc, near Range Road 245, north of Highway 623.


April 26, 2001
Ginger Lee Bellerose is found in the courtyard area of Edmonton's
International Hotel (since razed). The 26-year-old mother had been
beaten to death. On March 14, 2003, Richard David Douglas, 52, of
Medicine Hat, was charged with second-degree murder. Edmonton police
do not suspect this murder was connected with the others.


Jan. 27, 2001
24-year-old Kelly Dawn Reilly is found dead behind a gravel operation
in the area of Range Road 264 and secondary highway 633, near
Villeneuve.


Sept. 1, 1997
22-year-old Cara King is found in a canola field in Sherwood Park
(Highway 214 and Hwy. 16), east of Edmonton.


June 14, 1997
The body of 24-year-old Jessica Cardinal is found in an alley behind
a
commercial building at 9325-111th Avenue. Her body is discovered
behind a discarded shelving unit. Edmonton police have no suspect in
her death.


Oct. 19, 1997
The body of Joyce Hewitt is found in Sherwood Park, near 17th Street
and 89th Avenue. RCMP spokesperson Roxanne Beaubien says Hewitt had a
"high-risk lifestyle." The circumstances of her death were not
available.


Dec. 25, 1996
24-year-old Joanne Ghostkeeper is found strangled in her Edmonton
apartment at 11925-34th Street East. Police have no suspect in her
death.


Feb. 11, 1993
The partially decomposed body of 25-year-old Elaine Ross is found
stuffed under a bed in a motel room on 183rd Street near Stony Plain
Road, Edmonton. Autopsy results were inconclusive and a cause of
death
is unknown, but police are treating it as a homicide.


Dec. 21, 1990
Lorraine Wray, a 46-year-old masseuse and mother of one, is found
strangled in the bathroom of her Edmonton business, West End Studio,
at 15526 Stony Plain Road. According to Edmonton police spokesperson
Dean Parthenis, several autopsies were performed, leading
investigators to determine "manual strangulation" as the cause of
death.


Oct. 25, 1990
29-year-old Mavis Mason is found stabbed to death on a rural road
west
of Edmonton.


Oct. 25, 1989
Bernadette Ahenakew, a 22-year-old mother of three, is found dead in
a
ditch alongside a rural road near Sherwood Park.


Sept. 13, 1988
The body of 20-year-old Georgette Flint is found in Elk Island
National Park. An exact cause of death is not determined.


Sept. 21, 1986
The body of 21-year-old Melodie Joy Riegel is found on a hotel-room
bed. She was last seen entering the hotel with a client.


1983
The skeletal remains of 21-year-old Gail Cardinal are found 10
kilometres south of Fort Saskatchewan. RCMP spokesperson Roxanne
Beaubien says Cardinal had a "high-risk lifestyle." No cause was
determined in her death.


Sources: Edmonton Police Service; RCMP; Prostitution Awareness and
Action Foundation of Edmonton; Canadian Press


http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/edmonton_murders/