GUILTY Canada - Alexandra Flanagan, 33, strangled, dismembered, Barrie, Ont, 8 July 2007

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http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1228883--bayfield-ramp-closed-for-police-investigation
(This link has some good pics.)
"In October 2007, Barrie police searched 175 Rose St. in connection with the disappearance of Flanagan, about 1.5 kilometres from today's scene.
Today, Dufour said the Barrie Police Service's criminal investigations division is heading the investigation, and said they are releasing information slowly with strict restrictions.
A media release is expected this afternoon, with a press conference scheduled for Friday morning.
OPP canine officers and Barrie police's identification unit was scouring the scene just before noon today.
Dufour said about 20 officers are involved."


Evidence found on a hill at Bayfield and Rose streets near the OPP station and Highway 400 is "a big deal" according to Barrie police.
Barrie Police Service Const. Toni Dufour couldn't say how police came about the evidence on the hill, home to a communications tower and an impromptu trail often used by pedestrians as a shortcut to access Bayfield Street from Rose Street."
 
Alexandra worked at a Wal Mart in Barrie - by coincidence? Penny Warne, missing since February 2009 worked at the Wal Mart in Wasaga Beach.

I truly hope this is more than coincidence, and the Warne family receive some well deserved answers soon.
 
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3341295


Alexandra Flanagan's mom speaks out
'It didn't have to happen'
By MARG. BRUINEMAN, Barrie Examiner
Updated 43 minutes ago
There was relief in her voice when Wendy Flanagan talked about the arrest of a 29-year-old man in connection to the killing of her daughter, Alex.

She's been waiting for answers for more than four years.

But she couldn't help but think about the senselessness of it all.

"It didn't have to happen," she kept saying.

Alexandra Flanagan's life was cut short at age 33. She was last seen July 8, 2007.

It wasn't until the following October that some of her remains were found, a kilometre apart, at Lackies Bush in the city's south end, that her death was finally confirmed.

And then, four months later, on the opposite end of the city, more of her remains were recovered in February 2008.

Police were actively looking, and clearly they had leads.

They searched a home on Rose Street, near St. Vincent Street, where they stayed for a few days that first October.

A year later, in November, officers with the major crime unit searched the Faurecia automotive plant on Bayview Drive, near Lackies Bush, for clues.

What finally led to the arrest Thursday, police haven't said.


There was a promise of some kind of revelation later, possibly at a press conference scheduled for Friday morning.
 
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3342324

Suspect faces first-degree murder, indignity charges
Posted 1 minute ago
Andrew Keene has been charged with first-degree and indignity to a human body in connection with the killing of Alexandra Flanagan.

The 29-year-old Innisfil man was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder four years ago as officers conducted a ground search, looking for more of the Barrie woman's remains.
 
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3342324


Flanagan suspect a person of interest early on:

police
Investigators shed some light on case
By CHERYL BROWNE – Barrie Examiner


Updated 17 minutes ago

After a long wait, an arrest in the Alexandra Flanagan murder case turns the page on a new chapter in the investigation.

The spirit of Alex — as well as her family — might finally find some peace, after four years of waiting for the rest of the energetic young woman's remains to be uncovered, and a suspect caught and brought forward to face justice.

Andrew Keene, 29, of Innisfil was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and performing an indignity to a human body.

"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts," said Flanagan's mother Wendy, as she thanked both the police and the community for their diligence and unwavering support during the last four years.

Flanagan was 33 years old when she went missing after waving goodbye to a man at Sunnidale Park on July 8, 2007.

Some of her remains were found in Lackies Bush later that fall, and yet more were discovered along the walking trail near Johnson's Beach in February 2008.

At the news conference at Barrie police station on Sperling Drive, Friday, police would not discuss the relationship between Alexandra Flanagan and Keene, only to say that they'd interviewed him a number of times and spent several days searching his apartment on Rose Street in the fall of 2007, where evidence was seized that later helped them with the investigation.

In the ensuing years, Det. Mike Winn said they continued to canvass neighbours and friends, search and revisit the scenes where her remains were found, and finally determined they had enough evidence to go ahead with an arrest.

Keene was arrested without incident at approximately 8 a.m., Thursday, at his workplace in Innisfil.

"He was interviewed in the past — he was a person of interest early in this investigation," Winn said, adding he doesn't believe Keene has a criminal past.

After speaking to Keene, "we were able to come up with a location (to search for Flanagan's remains)," the detective added.
 
Barrie murder suspect remanded into custody


http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111021/111021_barrie_murder/20111021/?hub=CP24Home

A 29-year-old man accused of murdering a Wal-Mart hairdresser has been remanded into custody after making a brief court appearance in Barrie Friday morning.

Andrew Keene, an Innisfil resident, was arrested Thursday by homicide detectives investigating the murder of 33-year-old Alexandra Flanagan.

He appeared via video link at the Superior Court for a bail hearing. His next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 2.
 
This just in on Twitter:

CTVBarrieNews CTV News Barrie

Barrie Police searching the water of Kempentfelt Bay for clues in murder of Alexandra Flanagan again today.


Thanks for starting this thread, Valleyboy! :tyou:

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ETA: Quoted from Valleyboy:

Flanagan suspect a person of interest early on:


You know, I have to give LE credit - I really believe that the "early suspects" are usually where LE find all killers. We, the public, merely are impatient until LE makes an arrest.
 
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3346022

Cops wrap up bay search for Flanagan clues

Police won't say whether any evidence was found
By STAFF

Posted 1 hour ago
Police divers have completed their search for evidence on the northern side of Kempenfelt Bay in the ongoing Alexandra Flanagan investigation.

Barrie police and divers with the Ontario Provincial Police underwater search and recovery unit began looking at an area near Kempenfelt Drive and Nelson Square in the city's east end, near St. Vincent Park, on Monday.

Police say they will not release any details about whether any evidence was located.
 
I have been wondering about the method the accused, AK, used to kill and dismember Alexandra.

When the first part of her remains were found, the police spent 3 days searching his apartment and found no evidence that she had been killed there. If she had, it seems some blood traces would have been found as it's very hard to erase. A woman apparently lived in the apartment with him as well, so unless she was involved it would not have been a place to dismember this poor woman.

When the second part of her remains were found, AK's place of employment at the time was searched, which happens to be near where the first set was found.

An arrest was made when the last portion of her remains were found in a bush area behind an OPP station and up the street from AK's residence at the time.

Did this guy take a chainsaw or other cutting instrument to her in the bush near the OPP station? If so, I question that this is his one and only murder as it's so gruesome, harsh and cruel. What type of person dismembers their victims? Pickton was one.
 
Woodland said:
An arrest was made when the last portion of her remains were found in a bush area behind an OPP station and up the street from AK's residence at the time.
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I believe that he was arrested before the last of the remains were found.

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Keene was arrested without incident at approximately 8 a.m., Thursday, at his workplace in Innisfil.

"He was interviewed in the past — he was a person of interest early in this investigation," Winn said, adding he doesn't believe Keene has a criminal past.

After speaking to Keene, "we were able to come up with a location (to search for Flanagan's remains)," the detective added.

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I also believe he told them where the tool(s) were that he used to dismember the body and that was why the police were searching the bay.
 
I stand corrected on the order of events - arrest then search of the wooded area near the OPP station on the same day, leading to the water search near the second set of remains.

My main question though, was did AK allegedly take Alexandra to the bush area near the OPP station and dismember her there? He doesn't appear to have taken her to the seclusion of his home or workplace when no one else was around. What kind of person dismembers someone much smaller than themselves?
 
Woodland said:
I stand corrected on the order of events - arrest then search of the wooded area near the OPP station on the same day, leading to the water search near the second set of remains.

My main question though, was did AK allegedly take Alexandra to the bush area near the OPP station and dismember her there? He doesn't appear to have taken her to the seclusion of his home or workplace when no one else was around. What kind of person dismembers someone much smaller than themselves?
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I don't think the dismemberment took place in the bush near the OPP station.

That is a very busy section of town.
 
Valleyboy, thanks for this thread. I lived in the midland / Balm Beach areas in the early to mid 70s, and have family in Wyevale, Midland, Barrie and surrounding areas. I had not heard of this particular case, but have heard of one in Midland of a young man who just seemed to have vanished.
 
Man accused of killing, dismembering Alexandra Flanagan now faces second-degree murder charge
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/20...lanagan-now-faces-second-degree-murder-charge



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Wendy and Gerry Flanagan, the parents of murder victim Alexandra Flanagan, leave court in Barrie, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, following the start of the preliminary hearing of the man accused of killing their daughter. TRACY MCLAUGHLIN/PHOTO

An Innisfil man charged with murdering and dismembering Alexandra Flanagan had his first-degree murder charge tossed and changed to a lesser charge of second-degree murder, Thursday.

Andrew Keene, 31, was charged almost five years after the 29-year-old Barrie woman went missing in July 2007.

While Keene was a suspect from the beginning, he was only charged and arrested after her body parts began to show up in different parts of the city.

One year ago, provincial court judge Justice James Crawford found there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial for first-degree murder.

However, in an unusual move, Keene's lawyer Mitch Eisen brought the case to a higher court where he argued that the judge erred in his ruling and that there was not enough evidence to try the case on first-degree.

Superior Court Justice Michelle Fuerst agreed, and found the case should go to trial on the lesser charge of second-degree murder. Her ruling was released to lawyers in the case by private email rather than in open court, which meant Keene did not even know about the reduction in his charge until his lawyer whispered the news to him as he sat in the prisoner's box, Thursday.

While both charges carry a life sentence in prison if he is convicted, the parole eligibility varies greatly. People convicted of first-degree murder cannot apply for parole for 25 years, while a person convicted of second-degree murder can get parole anywhere from 10 to 25 years, depending on the final sentence.
 
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