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

[Woodland]

From article linked in post #360, article dated 17 June 2005 -

Along with at least eight deaths that the RCMP are calling confirmed homicides, they're also investigating the suspicious deaths of two other sex-trade workers since 1998.

The bodies of 20 women have been found in rural areas around Alberta's capital since 1983. Four were discovered in the first seven months of 2003 alone.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-rcmp-offer-100-000-reward-for-serial-killer-1.557283

In this early article, 20 women have been found and Kare is investigate 10 of them.


Article dated 19 Feb 2006 -

Investigators believe the unknown serial killer is responsible for the deaths of some of the 12 prostitutes whose bodies have been found on the outskirts of Edmonton since 1988.

... Project KARE's 50 team members, says Purvis has been a valuable asset. He joined the task force in late 2004, nearly a year after it was assembled.

In this article less than a year later, 12 have been found.

Simply questioning the number 83 in the title. There really is nothing to indicate that imo.

 

[sheshecanada]

From article linked in post #360, article dated 17 June 2005 -

Along with at least eight deaths that the RCMP are calling confirmed homicides, they're also investigating the suspicious deaths of two other sex-trade workers since 1998.

The bodies of 20 women have been found in rural areas around Alberta's capital since 1983. Four were discovered in the first seven months of 2003 alone.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-rcmp-offer-100-000-reward-for-serial-killer-1.557283

In this early article, 20 women have been found and Kare is investigate 10 of them.


Article dated 19 Feb 2006 -

Investigators believe the unknown serial killer is responsible for the deaths of some of the 12 prostitutes whose bodies have been found on the outskirts of Edmonton since 1988.

... Project KARE's 50 team members, says Purvis has been a valuable asset. He joined the task force in late 2004, nearly a year after it was assembled.

In this article less than a year later, 12 have been found.

Simply questioning the number 83 in the title. There really is nothing to indicate that imo.

Thank you for sharing some of the facts out there in MSM even though they really are all over the place. I am not one for conspiracy garbage.

 

[Woodland]

An article from page 3, post #45 dated 14 Aug 2012 -

Police are assuring the public that the RCMP will still have 20 officers working on the KARE team and the public will not notice a difference.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/project-kare-resources-moved-to-homicide-unit-1.1284400


So in Feb 2006, Kare reported 50 team members - dropping to 20 by 14 Aug 2012.

 

[sheshecanada]

An article from page 3, post #45 dated 14 Aug 2012 -

Police are assuring the public that the RCMP will still have 20 officers working on the KARE team and the public will not notice a difference.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/project-kare-resources-moved-to-homicide-unit-1.1284400


So in Feb 2006, Kare reported 50 team members - dropping to 20 by 14 Aug 2012.

Wow.....I think the public noticed a difference as there have been quite a few bodies found.

 

[Woodland]

A reference to the number 83 - article dated 5 March 2012. This thread was started in June 2005, so info is being repeated. While the article is primarily an interview with an RCMP Staff Sgt, I don't read the '83' as being quoted by him. The article also conflicts in the number of bodies found and when that began. We now have 30 bodies since 1975 in this article.

At the time of KARE's formation, there were 83 cases of women who had gone missing under suspicious circumstances, six of whom had met with foul play.

The evidence found in those six cases suggested the killings were committed by the same person or people.

Also,

During the height of the killings, there were more than 50 officers working with KARE, but those numbers have now dwindled to about 14 to 16 officers.

Yet in Aug 2012, Kare reports 20 officers.

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Crime/2012/03/04/19457556.html

Edit to add - link originally posted page 7, post #99.

 

[SweetT]

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

Police in Edmonton are looking for someone whom many people are calling a serial killer, targeting women. They have released a profile of a man they believe has killed several prostitutes and have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

The profile prepared by the RCMP's Behavioural Science Branch 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.

Since 1983, the bodies of more than 20 Edmonton women have been found. All are described by police as being prostitutes or having high-risk lifestyles and only five of the cases have been solved.


http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/10/20/edmonton-missing051020.html

Members of Project Kare – the RCMP task force investigating 83 cases of missing and murdered women living high-risk lifestyles in Alberta

If he's been doing this since 1988 I'm sure he's been through more than one vehicle.

 

[Woodland]

Unfortunately the article posted by norma is no longer available - but it is the same paper that re-quotes in 2012 that what happened to 83 women is under investigation.

 

[Woodland]

From page 10, post #146.

Here are 60 missing/murdered victims from Edmonton. I still have names of approx 100 victims to find details for, so they are not included here. Whether they will be from Alberta/Edmonton or not is yet to be seen. In the meantime, the following are all from Edmonton and include the immediate surrounding area (i.e. Leduc, Bonnyville) and excluding other areas of Alberta (i.e. Calgary, Lethbridge).


19750423 Karen Ewanciw
19830000 Gail Cardinal
19830120 Tania Marie Murrell
19831218 Charlotte Baas
19860921 Melody Joy Riegel
19870000 Delores Whiteman
19870902 Lillian Berube
19880913 Georgette Flint
19890927 Bernadette Ahenakew
19901025 Mavis Mason
19901221 Lorraine Wray
19920526 Mandy Tremblay
19930211 Elaina Louise Ross
19931100 Joyce Marie Cardinal
19951115 Michelle Jeanette Harmer
19961222 Joanne Ghostkeeper
19970614 Jessica Cardinal
19970728 Caralyn Aubrey King
19971019 Joyce Anne Hewitt
19980805 Lisa Kopf
19990103 Sherry Ann Upright
20000830 Jutta Bentz
20010127 Kelly Dawn Reilly
20010426 Ginger Lee Bellerose
20020800 Deanna Marie Bellerose
20020922 Edna Bernard
20021104 Debbie Darlene Lake
20030101 Monique Pitre
20030110 Melissa Munch
20030427 Katie Sylvia Ballantyne
20040509 Corrie Renee Ottenbreit
20040513 Delores Dawn Brower (nickname Spider)
20040518 Cheryl Lynn Black aka Ford
20040604 Rachel Liz Quinney
20040720 Unknown victim
20041013 Lisa Marie Willier
20041203 Unknown victim
20041209 Maggie Lee Burke
20041227 Unknown victim
20050125 Samantha Tayleen Berg
20050218 Krystle Ann Julia Knott
20050218 Rene Lynn Gunning
20050408 Charlene Gauld
20060209 Michelle Louise Mercer
20060226 Daya Diane Gregory
20060302 Bonnie Lynn Jack (aka Bonnie Lynn Loyie)
20060417 Sangeeta Khanna
20060605 Unidentified
20060614 Melissa Ann Jondreau
20060720 Nadine Robinson Creary
20061029 Dazi Maria Max
20070314 Leanne Lori Benwell
20070408 Stephanie Rae Butler
20070613 Jessy Alain Lessard (male)
20070701 Norma Jane McNeil
20071200 Shannon Maureen Collins
20080221 Brianna Danielle Torvalson
20080628 Chantel Brittnay Robertson
20080827 Unidentified male/female
20100106 Leslie Ann Talley

Where a name is shown as unknown or unidentified, that is because LE has not released names/details for some reason.

I suppose if we had access to RCMP/KARE files, we'd know how they came up with the 83 cases. And as for files being "reclassified", that certainly doesn't make them any less disappeared or dead. Sorry if I'm not big on the semantics of numbers or how many might be black, white or green ... but I do care deeply about the lives of these victims, their names, faces, families, and finding who is responsible for their disappearances and deaths.

ETA: FWIW, the one male victim in the above list, Jessy Alain Lessard, was at one time a KARE file. Don't know if he still is or not.

 

[dotr]

Alberta RCMP offer $100,000 reward for serial killer

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-rcmp-offer-100-000-reward-for-serial-killer-1.557283

*snippet. "The person that killed the women is moving amongst the community."

Thanks for the good article, this snippet was also interesting, imo.

"Now they are referring to one or more "serial offenders," who may or may not be working together, in the hope that someone will come forward to stop the crimes."

Statistics.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/mmaw-faapd-eng.htm#sec3

"Unsolved murdered and missing

Criminal intelligence analysis of collected data will be necessary to ensure there are no previously unknown suspicious clusters of occurrences. While it is preliminary to draw any conclusions from the data, it appears that multi-agency task forces on missing or murdered women have been established in several of the highest volume areas of unsolved murdered and missing Aboriginal female incidents.

The total number of unsolved missing and murdered Aboriginal women occurrences as of the time of data collection was 225. This includes 105 cases of missing Aboriginal women categorized as "unknown" or "foul play suspected" and 120 unsolved Aboriginal female homicides. The RCMP is the police force of primary jurisdiction for about half of these cases (121), including 53 of the missing and 68 of the murdered".

 

[Woodland]

Noting that the 225 is from across Canada.

 

[Woodland]

Moving this list of 4 from the 1980's forward to continue on with 7 from the 1990's.

Here are the only 4 women from the 1980's that I can find anything on regarding possible investigation by Project Kare. The info has been gathered from numerous sources as not one article seems available that includes all pertinent or meaningful info - so no links.

Gail Cardinal 21 - reported missing April 1980, found 1983 10 kms south of Fort Saskatchewan AB, north of Sherwood Park area

Melodie Joy Riegel 21 - last seen 20 Sep 1986 Edmonton, found 21 Sep 1986 strangled in motel room at 10630 Kingsway Ave Edmonton (was or is called Pan American Motel)

Georgette Flint 20 - found 13 Sep 1988 in or west of Elk Island National Park - east of Sherwood Park, half naked. No last seen date available - her mother had tried to report her missing for at least a month

Bernadette Ahenakew 22 - last seen Oct 1989 Edmonton. Found 24 Oct 1989 in a ditch in Sherwood Park.

 

[Woodland]

7 victims from the 1990's Edmonton.

Mavis Mason 29 - found 25 Oct 1990 rural road west of Edmonton - she had been stabbed. Unable to find reference for last seen date

Lorraine Wray 46 - found 21 Dec 1990 strangled at her place of business - a massage parlor on Stony Plain Road, Edmonton - likely last seen same day

Elaine Louise Ross 25 - found 11 Feb 1993 in a motel near Stony Plain Road, Edmonton (183rd Street) stuffed under the bed - likely last seen same day

Joanne Ghostkeeper 24 - last seen mid Dec 1996 Edmonton, found 25 Dec 1996 strangled in her apartment Edmonton

Jessica Marie Cardinal 24 - unable to find a last seen date, found 14 June 1997 Edmonton - strangled in an alley behind a commercial building on 111 Ave

Caralyn King 22 - last seen 2 Aug 1997 Edmonton, found 1 Sep 1997 Strathmore Way in a field in Sherwood Park

Joyce Ann Hewitt 22 - last seen unknown, found 19 Oct 1997 17th St and 89th Ave Sherwood Park - a farmers field at the time

 

[dotr]

Lengthy article, lots of detail.
rbbm.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-killing-fields-of-edmonton/article1122521/?page=all

"The 'killing fields' of Edmonton

KATHERINE HARDING
Last updated Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009"

"Not much has been said about whom the police think they are looking for. Officers have divulged only that they suspect he has a connection to the rural area east of Edmonton; that he likes to hunt, camp, fish or farm; that he drives an SUV or truck; and that he may clean his vehicle often or at odd hours.

The fact that many of the bodies have been left in easy-to-find places could be a telling detail about what type of person police are seeking, according to Elliott Leyton, a Newfoundland-based forensic anthropologist and expert on serial killers.

"It's just a contempt for what they are dumping, a contempt for the police and tremendous respect for themselves," he said. "That's a significant part of the kick these guys get out of this is the cockiness: the feeling that they are fooling and taunting the authorities. The whole 'Look, I did it again, you morons.' "

Snip>

"Like the police, Ms. King is desperately searching for anything to bring her closer to her daughter's killer.

She wonders why most of the dead women were petite and why many were found with few or no clothes; does that mean the killer is taking trophies?

She is also confused about why at least two of the women were burned while the majority, including Cara, were not.

According to Mr. Egger, the U.S. criminologist, that piece of information tells him the task force could be looking for at least two killers because of the different ways the bodies have been left. Project Kare has never ruled out that possibility".

Found this intriguing... " two unsolved Calgary homicides involving prostitutes in 1991 have been tied to Project Kare."

 

[Woodland]

6 victims between 2000 and 2003

Kelly Dawn Reilly 23 - last seen 15 Jan 2000 Edmonton, found 27 Jan 2001 Villeneuve gravel pit northwest of Edmonton

Edna Bernard 28 - last seen 22 Sep 2002 Edmonton, found 23 Sep 2002 east of Leduc on fire

Debbie Lake 29 - last seen 4 Nov 2002 Edmonton - at home went out to use a payphone, found 12 April 2003 Micquelon Lake (south of Leduc)

Monique Pitre 30 - last seen 24 Nov 2002 at the Transit Hotel in Edmonton, found 8 Jan 2003 south of Fort Saskatchewan (north of Edmonton) trauma to entire body

Melissa Munch 20 - last seen 10 Jan 2003 Edmonton, found 12 Jan 2003 Ardrossan (north of Sherwood Park)

Syliva Ballantyne 40 - last seen 27 April 2003 Edmonton, found 7 July 2003 Leduc

 

[Woodland]

8 victims between 2004 and 2005

Corrie Renee Ottenbreit 27 - last seen 9 May 2004 Edmonton, found 19 April 2015 Leduc

Delores Dawn Brower 32 - last seen 13 May 2004 Edmonton, found 19 April 2015, Leduc

(Corrie and Delores were found together in same location - missing 4 days apart)

Rachel Elizabeth Quinney 19 - last seen 4 June 2004 Edmonton, found 11 June 2004 Sherwood Park by Thomas Svekla - later acquitted of her murder - he was found guilty of murdering Theresa Innes 36 - last seen 7 Aug 2005 High Level, AB, found 5 May 2005 in a relatives home in a hockey bag in Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Lynn Minia Jackson 35 - last seen unknown - worked as a chambermaid in Wetaskiwin, AB (Leduc area) not reported missing, found 21 June 2004 northeast of Wetaskiwin

Samantha Tayleen Berg 19 - last seen 31 Dec 2004 Edmonton, found 25 Jan 2005 in an industrial parking lot Edmonton

Rene Lynn Gunning 19 - last seen 18 Feb 2005 hitchhiking from West Edmonton Mall, found 21 May 2011 south of Grand Prairie, AB

Krystle Ann Julia Knott 16 - last seen 18 Feb 2005 hitchhiking from West Edmonton Mall, found 21 May 2011 south of Grand Prairie, AB

(Rene and Krystle were hitchhiking together and were found together a long distance northwest of Edmonton)

Charlene Marie Gauld 20 - last seen 10 April 2005 Edmonton, found 16 April 2005 near Camrose, AB (south of Leduc) body burned

 

[Woodland]

5 victims from 2006 to 2010

Bonnie Lynn Jack 37 - last seen 2 March 2006 Edmonton, found 16 May 2006 Sherwood Park

Leanne Lori Benwell 27 - last seen 12 March 2007 Edmonton, found 21 June 2007 west of Wetaskiwin (Leduc area)

Shannon Maureen Collins 29 - last seen Dec 2007 Edmonton, found 5 June 2008 Belvedere Heights area of Sherwood Park

Edit to add - there has been arrest in Shannon's case - no info found yet on conviction

Brianna Torvalson 21 - last seen 7 Feb 2008 Edmonton, found 21 Feb 2008 Sherwood Park

Amber Tuccaro 20 - last seen 18 Aug 2010 Nisku, AB motel (north of Leduc), found 1 Sep 2012 Beaumont (north of Nisku)

The 5 separate lists total 30 unsolved murders from 1980 to 2010 involving victims known to have been in Edmonton when they disappeared.

 

[Woodland]

Joseph Laboucan was convicted of murdering Ellie May Meyer 33. Ellie was lured from Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan on on 1 April 2005, found 6 May 2005.

Laboucan also murdered a 13 year-old girl in Edmonton 3 days later. His DNA from this conviction led to his conviction for Ellie's murder.

Edit to add Laboucan was convicted in 2011 for Ellie's murder and prior to that for the 13 year-old. Unable to find original arrest date.

 

[Woodland]

Thomas Svekla was convicted of murdering Theresa Innes 36 - last seen in High Level, AB in Aug 2005. She was found trussed up in a hockey bag 5 May 2006 in Fort Saskatchewan at his sisters house.

Svekla reported to LE that he found Rachel Elizabeth Quinney 19 on 11 June 2004 in Sherwood Park. Rachel was last seen 4 June 2004 in Edmonton. Trail ended in acquittal.

Edit to add Svekla was arrested 8 May 2006 and has been behind bars ever since.

 

[Woodland]

Shawn Lee Wruck was arrested 4 April 2013 in Kelowna BC for the murder of Shannon Maureen Collins 29. Shannon was last seen Dec 2007 in Edmonton, found 5 June 2008 in Belvedere Heights area of Sherwood Park.

Wruck had lived in Edmonton.

“They knew each other, I think I’ll leave it at that,” ...

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/man-charged-in-2008-strathcona-county-slaying-1.1226233


Mounties arrested Shawn Lee Wruck, 39, in Kelowna, B.C. on Thursday in connection with the slaying.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/04/...ke-arrest-in-five-year-old-cold-case-homicide

 

[Woodland]

Before continuing with Edmonton missing and murdered news, want to share this o/t Alberta RCMP father with his son - a video making the rounds as 'The Dancing Mountie'. The reason for making the video is very heartwarming imo.

This guy is a true leader imo - if he can get this job done, pretty sure he can do many things. Way to go dad and what a lucky kid!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dancing-mountie-rcmp-1.3262608