CANADA CANADA - 83 Missing & Murdered women of Edmonton, Alberta

[Alta]

The one thing about Alberta is it is such a go go go Province.The oilfiled work is so rapid here, people in all different fields of careers are steady on the move.Whether it be travelling out of town for work,transferring or having a good time in a different city when you have a little down time.I don't claim to be smart about things like this,but it could even have been a salesman who would come into Edmonton every so often and would set himself up for a good time and murdered these women.I used to live in Grande Prairie,which is now a larger city than when I first moved there.But at that time in the late 80's and for quite a few years many businesses main offices were in Edmonton.Now G.P. is large enough to have their own,it just shows the amount of people who had to travel to Edmonton for work purposes.I think in the light of the Robert Pickton/Vancouver Police(in denial for so many years) fiasco,Edmonton had to step up to the plate.
I actually have a relative who works with Pickton daily.My relative is in the medical field and is in a position where he is being held while awaiting trial.
I sure hope they catch this guy soon,he has either moved on or is keeping a low profile waiting for the roar to die down.And I totally agree Pondering who knows what will be found with the spring thaw.

 

[Rle7]

More than 400 women linked to Edmonton's sex trade have volunteered their DNA to police in order to spare their families the anguish of uncertainty, should they ever go missing. And the list keeps growing, says the head of the Prostitution Action and Awareness Foundation of Edmonton.

While the practice of giving genetic and next-of-kin information might seem macabre, said Kate Quinn, it really shows the prostitutes' humanity. "They're saying, 'If I was murdered I would want my family to know,' " Quinn explained.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2006/03/27/1507279-sun.html

 

[docwho3]

It's been 10 months since the body of Ellie-May Meyer was found in a Strathcona County farmer's field.

The grisly discovery was the third time in 2005 that the body of someone connected to the city's sex trade was found.

It was also the last.

An expert on serial killers, who's followed the case, suspects it's because whoever was stalking local prostitutes has moved on to greener pastures. Steven Egger, a University of Houston-Clear Lake criminologist, says the killer has likely "moved on and is killing where the ground is more fertile."

http://edmsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/03/10/1481405-sun.html

This certainly begs the question of where the possible SK has moved to?

I hope he didnt move to Florida. They seemd to have a serial killer there now.

 

[blueclouds]

He could be the same man... I think it's highly likely.


B.C. pig farmer pleads not guilty on 27 counts of first-degree murder
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Robert Pickton pleaded not guilty today to 27 counts of first-degree murder in the disappearances of women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

The pleas by the 56-year-old Pickton in British Columbia Supreme Court came at the formal start of his trial, which is to be followed by several months of hearings on the admissibility of evidence.

Pickton, a pig farmer in suburban Port Coquitlam, is charged with killing 27 women, mostly drug-addicted prostitutes from a slum area east of downtown Vancouver. More than 60 women have vanished from the area since the early 1980s.


More: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002771856_webpickton30.html?syndication=rss

It isn't Pickton as a few of the women have been located since he's been behind bars. And Robert Pickton generally stayed in BC which is about 14 hour drive from here.

About 5 of the women have been found within a 10 mile radius of my home. It's insane. Chances are it's a SK that is "normal" and has a family. Not unlike Robert Yates, Gary Ridgway or BTK. Since the late 70's, 80+ women with the province of Alberta are either unsolved murder or unaccounted for.

 

[joanofarc]

They might have him!!! Note how arrogant and condescending he is!!!!!!! .....is this the moment he's been waiting for all his life.....slime....:furious:

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=b294ce2d-9e42-490d-a5cc-4fb081b74214&k=16445

FORT SASKATCHEWAN - The man charged with murdering a prostitute and transporting her body across northern Alberta in a hockey bag posed in front of news cameras Thursday as he was led into court.

Thomas George Svekla grinned, waved and gave a thumbs-up to reporters before his first appearance in Fort Saskatchewan provincial court.

When he later stood in the prisoner's box to hear the charges, the divorced mechanic scanned the crowd, then, bouncing on his feet, stared up at the ceiling.

 

[blueclouds]

They might have him!!! Note how arrogant and condescending he is!!!!!!! .....is this the moment he's been waiting for all his life.....slime....:furious:

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=b294ce2d-9e42-490d-a5cc-4fb081b74214&k=16445

FORT SASKATCHEWAN - The man charged with murdering a prostitute and transporting her body across northern Alberta in a hockey bag posed in front of news cameras Thursday as he was led into court.

Thomas George Svekla grinned, waved and gave a thumbs-up to reporters before his first appearance in Fort Saskatchewan provincial court.

When he later stood in the prisoner's box to hear the charges, the divorced mechanic scanned the crowd, then, bouncing on his feet, stared up at the ceiling.

THE BIGGEST LINK WITH THIS GUY IS THAT HE "FOUND" A DEAD WOMAN (don't like calling them prostitutes as they're so much more than that)... ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO.

SO COINCIDENCE THAT HE HAS KILLED A "prostitute" WOMAN AND ALSO CAME ACROSS ONE IN A DENSELY WOODED AREA 2 YEARS AGO? AMERICAN FBI PROFILER HAS CALLED THAT A HIGHLY UNLIKELY COINCIDENCE!!!

 

[Rle7]

Police continue to narrow down the time frame for when the killing of a 36-year-old sex-trade worker found dead in a Fort Saskatchewan house took place.

Alberta RCMP said yesterday that Theresa Merrie Innes was seen alive in High Level as recently as early January this year.

They previously said she was last seen alive on Sept. 5, 2005.

Mounties said the January date was established as a result of tips from the public, and they still want to hear from anyone who may have had contact with Innes more recently.

Innes, who worked as a prostitute to support a drug addiction, was formally reported missing by her family on March 16, 2006, though by that time they hadn't heard from her for about a year. On May 7, RCMP responding to a tip discovered Innes's body in a Fort Saskatchewan house.

Police allege she was slain in High Level and that her dead body was transported to Fort Saskatchewan in a hockey bag.

Thomas George Svekla, 38, is charged with second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body in connection with Innes's murder.

As the Svekla case slowly winds its way through the courts, the families of other missing and murdered women are waiting to find out whether Innes's accused killer is suspected of killing their daughters, sisters and mothers.

Since 1988, the bodies of more than a dozen sex-trade workers have been found in the Edmonton area and police believe a serial killer could be at work.

Kathy King, whose 23-year-old daughter Cara was found dead in a Strathcona County canola field in September 1997, said she immediately "did the math" when Svekla was arrested.

"He's 38 ... I would really like to know where he's been for the last 10 years.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2006/05/27/1600627-sun.html

 

[wondering22]

I wonder how close that he fits the profile that was posted here almost a year ago:


http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24973&highlight=edmonton

 

[Rle7]

Accused prostitute killer Thomas Svekla appeared to listen intently Monday as the Crown began to roll out its evidence against him.

A preliminary hearing is now underway in a small courtroom here, 42 km east of Edmonton, to determine whether Svekla, 38, must stand trial for the slayings of prostitutes Rachel Quinney and Theresa Innes.

He’s charged with two counts each of second-degree murder and interfering with a human body in the two deaths.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/01/08/3236734.html

 

[Rle7]

RCMP say they will conduct an investigation to see where Thomas Svekla, of Ft Saskatchewan was when a number of women disappeared along the Highway 16 corridor in this province.

Svekla is charged in the deaths of two prostitutes in the Edmonton Alberta area.

Svekla was originally charged with murder in connection with the death of 36 year old Teresa Ennes whose body was found stuffed in a hockey bag at a residence occupied by Svekla.

He has now been charged with murder in connection with the death of street worker Rachel Quinney, 19 whose body was discovered by Svekla, who informed police.

Both women were from the Edmonton area and police say, as a matter of routine, they now will piece together where Svekla was during the time that a number of women disappeared from cities and towns along Highway 16 , which now has been dubbed the "Highway of Tears".

http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/4551/3/alberta+man++in+custody+to+be+looked+at+by+highway+of+tears+investigators

 

[Rle7]

Pat Reilly will spend Valentine's Day marching to honour her slain daughter.

"I'm doing it in memory of my daughter mostly, but also for all of the other dead and missing women," said Reilly.

She's expected to be joined by hundreds of others for the second annual Memorial March for All the Missing and Murdered Women of Edmonton, which will wind its way through Edmonton's notorious prostitution strolls Wednesday evening.

According to organizer Danielle Boudreau, it's patterned after a similar event in Vancouver, also held on Valentine's Day, which draws thousands of participants.

Reilly's daughter, Kelly Dawn Reilly, a 23-year-old prostitute, was found dead in a gravel pit near Villeneuve on Jan. 27, 2001.

Her murder remains unsolved.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/02/12/3596647-sun.html

 

[Rle7]

After a reprieve of more than a year, another victim has been added to the grim list of prostitutes found dead in the Edmonton area.

Leanne Lori Benwell, 27, missing since March, was identified yesterday as the woman whose remains were found June 21 west of Wetaskiwin.

Mounties, assisted by the Project KARE task force, say her body had been there at least six weeks before it was found by a man fixing a fence off Highway 795 near Township Road 470.

Police say Leanne was leading a high-risk lifestyle of prostitution and drug use in the 118 Avenue and 95 Street area when she vanished.

Still, her tight-knit family had been holding out hope she was alive.

"I thought maybe she wanted to get away from her boyfriend and went away somewhere," said her anguished grandmother Elizabeth Bourke, 85, from her home in Fort Smith, N.W.T., yesterday. "And all this time (the body) was Leanne."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/12/4333098-sun.html

I wonder if this is an isolated incident or that the SK took time off while someone else took the heat and now he's active again?

 

[Rle7]

Of the many painful lessons learned on the long and slow path that led to Robert Pickton's arrest and conviction, this may be the saddest:

In Edmonton, where another serial killer is preying on women, sex trade workers are voluntarily giving police samples of their DNA so their bodies can be more quickly identified if they're killed.

The discovery of human remains at the Pickton pig farm in Port Coquitlam, B.C., hit home for many. "It was a war zone out there at the Pickton farm," said Carol-Lynn Strachan, a sex-trade worker and advocate in Edmonton.

"There are war zones still all over cities in the west. Killing fields where women's bodies are found."

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/291360

 

[ohwell1971]

http://lastlinkontheleft.com/e2006svekla.html

 

[Patience]

Friday, August 28, 2009 12:24 PM

Prince George, B.C.- Investigators from the "E" Division Provincial Unsolved Homicide Unit are continuing their search of a property located at 31645 Pinewood Road in the District of Isle Pierre, west of Prince George.
Investigators have now confirmedwhat opinion 250 reported last night, namely that they are searching for evidence on the property that will help further their investigation into the 2002 disappearance of Nicole Hoar.

http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view...irm+search++is++for+remains++of++nicole++hoar

 

[Salem]

Bumping for Salem.

 

[Sillybilly]

Not a Project KARE case, but Melanie Jerome went missing from Edmonton July 14 and her remains were found Nov 12 approx 220 kms northeast of Edmonton. Her vehicle was found in south Edmonton ... LE says "Foul play is not suspected" :waitasec::innocent::silenced:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/11/22/edmonton-jerome-remains-identified.html

New articles and interesting comments made shortly after Melanie disappeared:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/s...-missing-melanie-jerome-husband-reaction.html

 

[cocytus]

Not a Project KARE case, but Melanie Jerome went missing from Edmonton July 14 and her remains were found Nov 12 approx 220 kms northeast of Edmonton. Her vehicle was found in south Edmonton ... LE says "Foul play is not suspected" :waitasec::innocent::silenced:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/11/22/edmonton-jerome-remains-identified.html

New articles and interesting comments made shortly after Melanie disappeared:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/s...-missing-melanie-jerome-husband-reaction.html

This case does sound odd.
They may be trying to protect the family by not reporting a suicide.Or she may have underestimated the weather and simply died of exposure.

Sorry to hear about something like during the holidays. My thoughts go out to the family.

 

[Sillybilly]

This case does sound odd.
They may be trying to protect the family by not reporting a suicide.Or she may have underestimated the weather and simply died of exposure.

Sorry to hear about something like during the holidays. My thoughts go out to the family.

But, why on earth was she found 220+ kms from her vehicle?

 

[Sillybilly]

Project KARE has sealed off parts of the river valley until tomorrow after determining there may be evidence vital to a case or cases currently before the joint police investigation unit.

full article at:
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/855847--police-close-park-to-work-unique-case

Another article with video:
http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/Project+KARE+taskforce+searching+river+valley/4751560/story.html