GUILTY Canada - Teresa Robinson, 11, found murdered, Garden Hill, MB, 5 May 2015

[otto]

The RCMP are supposed to release some details tomorrow (Friday).

“While we understand that this arrest will generate a lot of questions, we are not in a position to provide further information at this time, as there are a number of investigative steps currently being taken,” RCMP spokesman Sergeant Bert Paquet said in a statement. The Manitoba RCMP are expected to provide additional details Friday.
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Teresa’s killing came almost exactly one year after the RCMP released an unprecedented report that found 1,181 indigenous women and girls were killed or went missing in Canada between 1980 and 2012. The report and several high-profile attacks on indigenous women, including an assault that nearly killed a Garden Hill-born woman in Winnipeg in the fall of 2014, reignited calls for a national inquiry into the violence. The federal Liberal government has said an inquiry will be under way by the summer.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...orthern-manitoba-girls-death/article29274867/

BBM

How can it be a surprise to aboriginal people that one of their own community is responsible for another missing/murdered aboriginal female? Do they not realize that an inquiry is going to spell that out in very clear words? When the inquiry concludes that it is an internal community problem, will there be a demand for yet another inquiry?

"CTV News has been told the community is in shock, and there was a strong belief among many on the First Nation that someone from outside the community was to blame for the murder.

... a youth from the Garden Hill First Nation community has been charged in connection with the slaying of Teresa Robinson"

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/youth-fr...821727#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=MA33eTW

 

[matou]

I always thought it was someone from within the community. I also think people knew who it was but didn't say anything. I'll wait to see what information will be allowed to be released. RIP Teresa.

 

[otto]

I always thought it was someone from within the community. I also think people knew who it was but didn't say anything. I'll wait to see what information will be allowed to be released. RIP Teresa.

That seems to be a common problem. First, missing people are not reported missing until long after they were last seen, and second, those with information do not report to police. Even though police are handicapped by the community, they still manage to solve some of the cases.

 

[matou]

Careful. Many people do not rat out people who commit common to violent crimes. Not just in this community. This is a problem of many communities. JMO

 

[bluenoser]

http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2821824

 

[dotr]

Wondering if LE narrowed down the suspect because of the collected DNA, or if he became a suspect because he would not provide DNA ?

Last month, RCMP took the unusual step of asking all males in the community age 15 to 66 to give DNA samples as part of the investigation.

Human rights advocate slams collection of DNA samples in Manitoba First Nation

RCMP announced Thursday that a male from the remote community had been arrested.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teresa-robinson-homicide-arrest-rcmp-manitoba-1.3497310

 

[matou]

Presser notes:

-is still an active investigation
-1st degree murder against 15 year old youth
-arrested yesterday without incident in Garden Hill

 

[ttcRider]

omg.. 15 yr old charged. News conference on now CBC News.

 

[matou]

-arrest was due to cooperation between RCMP investigators and the community
-10, 000s hours on this case with 400+ interviews
-officers are still gathering evidence
-details can't be shared

 

[matou]

Questions:

-motive? did they know each other?
can't speak to that, both reside in the community

-Did DNA lead to the suspect?
can't discuss, DNA has relevance to this investigation

-Charges against others?
nothing to show that others are involved

-DNA samples are destroyed

-Can't comment on whether suspect submitted his DNA

-Has the family given their consent to still use victim's name in this case? Since a youth was involved in her death?
Family has been involved and can respond to this in the future.

-No extra charges need to be stacked in this crime, so no 'indignity to a body' charge

 

[dotr]

Wonder if dna not collected from underage persons, but connection made through familial dna?
speculation, imo.

 

[matou]

DNA was collected voluntarily from males 15-66.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...orthern-manitoba-girls-death/article29274867/

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Teen pleads guilty to 1st-degree murder in death of girl, 11, on Manitoba First Nation

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/garden-hill-guilty-plea-1.4437999

A Manitoba teen has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2015 killing of 11-year-old Teresa Robinson.

The accused will return to court for sentencing Feb. 5, at which time Crown and defence lawyers will jointly recommend he receive the maximum youth sentence of 10 years custody and community supervision.

Vanderhooft said a more detailed account of the killing and its circumstances will be included in an agreed statement of facts to be provided to court prior to sentencing.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Manitoba teen sentenced in killing of 11-year-old Teresa Robinson

The youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was sentenced to 10 years in a Winnipeg court Monday.

Six years are to be served in prison, minus two years already served, plus another four under court supervision.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teresa-robinson-murder-garden-hill-sentencing-1.4520370

Judge Chris Martin called Robinson's murder a "stunningly cruel" act.

"There was no humanity at play whatsoever in what happened here.… You didn't treat her like a person, you treated her like a thing," he said.

Family members of both Robinson and the convicted teen packed the courtroom for the sentencing hearing. One person cried out as details of the autopsy report were read aloud.

None of Robinson's family members or members of the community read victim impact statements.

"It is simply too hard for [them] to put into words" how the crime has affected them, Vanderhooft said.

 

[always reading]

Manitoba teen sentenced in killing of 11-year-old Teresa Robinson



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teresa-robinson-murder-garden-hill-sentencing-1.4520370

Wonder why they didn't charge him as an adult.

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