GUILTY Canada - Raquel Junio, 42, Brampton, Ont, 18 Aug 2011

Investigators believe Junio was abducted by 43-year-old Macdermid Ermacora, who was arrested at Queen Street and Rutherford Road in Brampton shortly before 7 a.m.

Police located Ermacora inside his pickup truck in a parking lot, but Junio wasn't inside the vehicle.

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The couple has a three-year-old child. Police said the child is now in the care of other family members and wasn't in danger. Police wouldn't say if the child was in the home with Junio when she was abducted.

Junio is Filipino, 5-foot-2, 120 pounds and has shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes.

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Macdermid Ermacora, 43, of Brampton was arrested, police said, but his wife was not in the truck.

“We’re very concerned for her wellbeing at this point and we’re just hoping that she is safe and that he’ll tell us where exactly she is,” Const. George Tudos said this morning.

Police were told a man had forcibly confined a woman at 15 Deerfield Cres., in the Torbram Rd. and Balmoral Dr. area, shortly after 1:30 a.m.

Witnesses saw a struggle as the woman was forced into a vehicle, police said.

“She was taken against her will,” said Tudos. “She was struggling not to get taken away.”

Next door neighbour Sarah Duhart said she was awakened by a commotion about 1:30 a.m.

“I heard a little bit of yelling, but I didn’t think anything of it,” said Duhart, 23, a student at Sheridan College.

She said she went back to sleep, but just briefly, because police came knocking on her door about 3 a.m.

“There’s really not much I could tell them,” she said.

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Mother of two Rachel Junio can’t be found after she was allegedly abducted by her estranged husband early Thursday.

But Macdermid Ermacora, 43, apparently isn’t telling Peel Regional Police detectives where she is, or if she is safe. And as the hours pass, detectives fear for her wellbeing.

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A friend who knows the suspect’s family and didn’t want to be identified, said she doesn’t believe he would do “anything drastic.”

“He’s had a problem for several years with health issues,” she said. “Psychological. When he’s on his meds, he’s great.”

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No charges have yet been laid against Mr. Ermacora, but "one way or another," he will be charged, said Const. Ruttan. The nature of those charges will likely depend on the state of Ms. Junio when she is found. "We're looking literally everywhere, we're leaving no rock unturned," Const. Ruttan said.

Neighbours say Mr. Ermacora, known by many as "Mac," grew up at the Deerfield Crescent address and may have been related to a Toronto police officer, although authorities could not immediately confirm or deny the link.

Neighbour Paul, who did not want his last name used, said he has known the Ermacora family for decades, and the arrest came as a shock.

"As far as I'm concerned, Mac wouldn't hurt a mouse," Paul said, noting he never saw signs of conflict or tension at the home.

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A Crown attorney today urged a Brampton man accused of abducting his wife to tell police where the missing woman is.

Macdermid Ermacora was charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault after his wife was abducted from their Brampton home early Thursday.

Ermacora appeared briefly in a Brampton court today where he was remanded in custody to appear again next Wednesday.

Crown counsel Steve Sherriff told the court investigators need “three clear days” to continue the hunt for Raquel Junio.

Sherriff also told the court that Ermacora “should come to his senses.”

“I’ve never seen such a serious bail hearing,” he said, explaining the need for a delay.

“If he has any good news about her being alive, now is the time to talk to law enforcement.”

Sherriff told the court the Crown could seek a life sentence against Ermacora and that he could be convicted of second-degree murder even if police do not find a body.

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The news comes after police arrested a second suspect in connection with the kidnapping of 42-year-old Racquel Junio earlier in the day.

Gary Murray, 42, has been charged with kidnapping, assault and forcible confinement, police said in a release issued Saturday.

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Hazel said:

In the SV's thread some of you were wondering about both the victim's and Ermacora's line of work.

- Ermacora is a mechanic by trade and his brother is a Toronto police officer. His father worked for the Ontario Provincial Police. (link here)
- RJ worked at a Brampton thrift store.

Seems to me the "motive" could be the impending divorce, and she was planning on taking the kids with her, JMHO.

Would be interesting to know what is the relationship with Murray.

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This other link contains lots of CTV VIDEOS, one of which shows a pond.

link: http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110819/charges-laid-brampton-woman-missing-110819/20110819?hub=TorontoNewHome

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No_Stone_Unturned said:

I believe that LE *know* the body is that of Raquel, but an autopsy must be done to legally prove the identity.

Oh, I feel so badly for Raquel.

And I'm still wondering if LE will link these two men to the SV and SL cases.

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