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Ottawa Police Chief Vern White issues warning to sex-trade women thats short on details
The Ottawa Citizen - December 9, 2011
VIDEO: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/careful+Chief+White+warns+Ottawa+trade+workers/5836852/story.html
The Ottawa Citizen - December 9, 2011
VIDEO: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/careful+Chief+White+warns+Ottawa+trade+workers/5836852/story.html
OTTAWA After issuing an unprecedented public safety warning to women Friday, Ottawa Police Chief Vern White refused to rule out the possibility that a Jack the Ripper-type serial killer is targeting the citys street prostitutes.
With the downtown aboriginal womens centre Minwaashin as a backdrop, White urged all women to be increasingly aware, vigilant and safe but refused to say what had prompted the sudden warning.
He did reveal to reporters that investigators have identified a pattern in the homicides of city prostitutes but repeatedly refused to go into detail, suggesting instead that an investigation into the murders was still in its early stages.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/careful+Chief+White+warns+Ottawa+trade+workers/5836852/story.htmlIn light of recent murders and injuries to various women there is a sense that there is someone who is targeting women, said Mansfield, who figures only 25 per cent of violent attacks against prostitutes are reported to police.
White said he wasnt ready to discuss the police investigation.
I am here at Minwaashin Lodge to speak to Ottawa residents about concerns the Ottawa Police has for womens safety, he said. Our major crime investigators have recently identified a pattern with homicides involving sex trade workers in our community.