GUILTY Canada - Taylor Van Diest, 18, beaten to death, Armstrong, BC, 31 Oct 2011

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Since the arrest of Matthew Foerster in Collingwood, Ontario on 5 April 2012, a report began to surface on 9 April 2012 of a missing woman from Clearview Township (east of Wasaga Beach).

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3538550

Kelly Nichelle Coleman was last heard from by family on 3 January 2012 - seems to be the norm though as she was last seen by family in August 2011. It's not clear when the family reported her missing.

She was added to the OPP missing persons website in the last few days, case no 20120020OPP.

http://www.missing-u.ca/MPDetail.aspx?PersonID=2093

The latest news report is she may have gone to Nova Scotia, according to LE. Last seen in Barrie August 2011.
 
dotr said:
Charges against the B.C. man accused of killing 18-year-old Taylor Van Diest in Vernon have been raised to first-degree murder.

Investigators with the RCMP Southeast District Major Crimes Unit and the B.C. Crown prosecutor's office said Thursday that charges against Matthew Foerster have been upgraded from second-degree murder.

Neither the police nor the Crown prosecutor provided information on why the charges were upgraded.

University of B.C. law professor Isabel Grant said there are several criteria that must be met for a first-degree murder charge.

"The ones that strike me as likely relevant [in this case] ... are if the murder takes place during the course of a sexual assault, if the murder takes place during an enforceable confinement and if the murder is planned and deliberate," said Grant.

"Any of those would make it first degree," she said"


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ch...Taylor+Diest/6485889/story.html#ixzz1sXDE4jBr
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Glad to hear the charges were upgraded. That's what I had questioned earlier why it wasn't first degree in the first place. In her own words, Taylor was being "creeped", and it only takes a few minutes to constitute premeditation.
 
What if find disturbing about this case is that once the composite drawing was released people in Cherryville suspected it was this creep. Its just too bad that this drawing was not made more public when the woman at the Escort service in Kelowna was attacked. And what about time frame between the known attacks? Hearing that there is a woman missing from the town Matthew was arrested in is certainly food for thought as well. Very glad that the charges were upgraded but it also shows how dangerous this guy is!
 
tarabull said:
Cherryville man granted bail
May 14, 2012

snipped...A Cherryville man charged in connection with a 2011 murder in Armstrong has been granted bail.

Read more: http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/151453025.html

:banghead: :furious: :silenced:
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The father, charged as accessory after the fact, was granted bail. The son, accused of first degree murder, is still in jail and was not granted bail.

The father still has to come up with $100,000.
 
Trail serves as memorial to Taylor
August 15, 2012

snipped...Some good is coming out of an Armstrong tragedy.

The City of Armstrong, in partnership with the Van Diest family and the cooperation of Kelowna Pacific Railway, has announced the creation of the Taylor Jade Van Diest Memorial Trail.

Read more: http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/166168426.html
 
Bail sought in van Diest murder
October 10, 2012

snipped...The family of 18-year-old Taylor van Diest, who was beaten on Halloween night last year while walking to a friend&#8217;s house in Armstrong, will have to wait at least another day before hearing the outcome of a bail hearing and application for venue change for the accused, 26-year-old Matthew Foerster of Cherryville.

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/81665/Bail-sought-in-van-Diest-murder
 
Trail garners support
October 28, 2012

snipped...Construction of the Taylor Van Diest Memorial Trail in Armstrong has been given a financial boost.

...The trail is located on the west side of the railroad between Rosedale and Pleasant Valley Road.

Building a fence separating the trail from the railway will be completed by the end of the year.

http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/community/176023521.html
 
Remembering Taylor on Halloween
November 1, 2012

snipped...The candlelight walk began on the corner of Bridge Street and continued down Pleasant Valley Road and Rosedale Avenue until the railroad tracks, where a trail has been constructed in honour of Taylor. The 'Taylor Jade Van Diest Memorial Trail' was Taylor’s twin sister Kirstie’s idea, and 270 pumpkins lined the rocky path along the railroad tracks, where residents laid down roses as they passed.

Read more: http://www.castanet.net/news/North-Okanagan/82661/Remembering-Taylor-on-Halloween
 
Van Diest memorial walkway vandalized
September 7 2013

http://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/97970/Van-Diest-memorial-walkway-vandalized


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Vandals hit commemorative trail for Halloween murder victim Taylor Van Diest

THE CANADIAN PRESS SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Vandalism along a trail that commemorates a murdered 18-year-old Armstrong, B.C., woman has sparked outrage in the small community.

One of two polyresin angels in the memorial path that honours Taylor Van Diest, who was murdered on Halloween night in 2011, has been smashed.

The damage was discovered by Van Diest&#8217;s mother Marie last week
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http://www.theprovince.com/news/Van...murder+victim+Taylor+Diest/8878074/story.html
 
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