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GUILTY Canada - Tess Richey, 22, Toronto, 25 Nov 2017 *Arrest*
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Lexiintoronto
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Her final hours
On March 23, a jury found Kalen Schlatter guilty of first-degree murder in the case of Tess Richey. The Toronto woman's death in 2017 was for a long time a mystery but now we are finally able to piece together what happened.”
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/tess-richey-death-trial-kalen-schlatter
Her final hours
On March 23, a jury found Kalen Schlatter guilty of first-degree murder in the case of Tess Richey. The Toronto woman's death in 2017 was for a long time a mystery but now we are finally able to piece together what happened.”
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/tess-richey-death-trial-kalen-schlatter
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/tess-richey-death-trial-kalen-schlatter
Carter has done an excellent job reporting this case, IMO.
Carter has done an excellent job reporting this case, IMO.
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Good time for this piece of garbage to head off to the penitentiary.
They are on lock down, no visitors and many of them are experiencing COVID and freaking out.
As a sex offender, killer of a young vulnerable woman and bi-sexual, he will be one of the first the mob heads for in a riot.
Sure hope he does not get protective custody. Put him in with the bad guys who have daughters the same age as Tess. He wants to be 'tough' on a small woman, let them sort him out.
At least another monster will be off the streets. CCTV sure helped nail him, as did the DNA.
They are on lock down, no visitors and many of them are experiencing COVID and freaking out.
As a sex offender, killer of a young vulnerable woman and bi-sexual, he will be one of the first the mob heads for in a riot.
Sure hope he does not get protective custody. Put him in with the bad guys who have daughters the same age as Tess. He wants to be 'tough' on a small woman, let them sort him out.
At least another monster will be off the streets. CCTV sure helped nail him, as did the DNA.
I was wondering if the alternative suspect would be enough for reasonable doubt. Seeing him in the club dancing with the dude while Tess and her friend pass by was a little eery. He saw a drunk woman and decided he was going to have her no matter what. Enjoy prison, I am expecting an appeal. I am tired of seeing that innocent photo of him on the phone.
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I was just thinking that myself about the appeal. This article outlines a point that could be argued about the jailhouse informant. This same guy was deemed unreliable to testify in another case. Jury finds Kalen Schlatter guilty in the first-degree murder of Tess Richey in Church St. stairwell
"After the jailhouse informant’s testimony at the previous case’s preliminary hearing, the accused’s lawyer Chris Murphy took the unusual step of making detailed written submissions to the committee in which he argued the man is “completely unreliable” and that him being allowed to testify poses a “serious risk that the reputation of the justice system will be severely tarnished.”
In an interview, Murphy questioned how the man could have been permitted to testify at Schlatter’s trial by the committee when he was not allowed to testify at another trial in 2017."
I don't know why they included him except for the one tidbit of information about the cab/uber rides. But as I read these jailhouse informants have a habit of taking what the accused tell them and embellishing it with what they have heard in the news to suit the situation. “They show great ingenuity, all you gotta do is take the details of what your cellmate is telling you about the case and just add in the words, yeah I did it,” Murphy said.
No matter what they say about him not getting special consideration there is no guarantee he will not receive some benefit from testifying in the future. "The Crown Prosecution Manual notes that even if an informant does not seek or obtain consideration from the Crown, there is no guarantee they will not receive some benefit from other justice system players in ways that may not be apparent or even documented."
I wonder why he was allowed to testify. I hope this doesn't allow an appeal.
The judge was very careful to speak to the jury about what weight they should give to his testimony, likely anticipating it might be considered as grounds for appeal. The defense will most probably appeal, but that doesn't mean it will succeed. That's where the judge's jury charge is really important.
How can they hold an appeal when the whole world is shutting down due to a pandemic?? They cannot, not for a very long time.
I, personally, did not think his lawyer tried very hard to get him off. Oh look, another person on the street, MIGHT be them. then a statement to say 'he didnt do it'. She wanted him locked up and fast.
Jail house informants usually/always have ulterior motives, so I doubt its a reason for appeal.
Whatever, its going to take a few years at the very least before he sees the light of day, survives jail, survives COVID etc, etc.
Thank you jury members. You came to the right conclusion.
I, personally, did not think his lawyer tried very hard to get him off. Oh look, another person on the street, MIGHT be them. then a statement to say 'he didnt do it'. She wanted him locked up and fast.
Jail house informants usually/always have ulterior motives, so I doubt its a reason for appeal.
Whatever, its going to take a few years at the very least before he sees the light of day, survives jail, survives COVID etc, etc.
Thank you jury members. You came to the right conclusion.
Sentencing hearing now being covered by Alyshah Sanmati Hasham (@alysanmati) | Twitter for CBC
Her mother's victim impact statement says TR intended to be an organ donor. This made me think that her death, and the fact that it was not disclosed until she was found, deprived not only her, but potentially others, of life.
Her mother's victim impact statement says TR intended to be an organ donor. This made me think that her death, and the fact that it was not disclosed until she was found, deprived not only her, but potentially others, of life.
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"Justice Dambrot said his reasons will be short because the sentence is mandatory. The Crown produced evidence in a pre-trial motion that showed Schlatter has an appetite for violent sex. It was excluded from the jury, but he knows it. It led him to take a woman's life."Alyshah Sanmati Hasham (@alysanmati) | Twitter
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Tess Richey stopped an emerging SK, imo, speculation.
'I will miss everything about her,' Tess Richey's mother says as killer is sentenced to life in prison
'I will miss everything about her,' Tess Richey's mother says as killer is sentenced to life in prison'
TORONTO -- The mother of murdered Toronto woman Tess Richey says the man who killed her “kind” and “generous” daughter knew exactly what he was taking from the world when he ended her life.
“You would get to spend 10 minutes with Tess and you would know what a beautiful, loving being she is. He got to spend the last two hours with Tess… and he knew what he took,” Richey’s mother Christine Hermeston said outside the courthouse following 23-year-old Kalen Schlatter’s sentencing hearing on Wednesday.
“Sadly Tess had to give up her life to catch a monster, but we got the monster.”
'I will miss everything about her,' Tess Richey's mother says as killer is sentenced to life in prison
'I will miss everything about her,' Tess Richey's mother says as killer is sentenced to life in prison'
TORONTO -- The mother of murdered Toronto woman Tess Richey says the man who killed her “kind” and “generous” daughter knew exactly what he was taking from the world when he ended her life.
“You would get to spend 10 minutes with Tess and you would know what a beautiful, loving being she is. He got to spend the last two hours with Tess… and he knew what he took,” Richey’s mother Christine Hermeston said outside the courthouse following 23-year-old Kalen Schlatter’s sentencing hearing on Wednesday.
“Sadly Tess had to give up her life to catch a monster, but we got the monster.”
April 7 2020
Kalen Schlatter seeks to challenge murder conviction in death of Tess Richey - CityNews Toronto
''TORONTO — A Toronto man found guilty of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman hours after they met is seeking to challenge his murder conviction.
Kalen Schlatter filed a notice of appeal last Wednesday, more than a week after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Tess Richey.
The verdict means jurors believed beyond a reasonable doubt that Schlatter, 23, sexually assaulted Richey as part of the killing.
First-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
In his notice of appeal, Schlatter alleges the judge who oversaw his trial gave “unbalanced” instructions to jurors before they began deliberations.
He also alleges Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Dambrot erred in admitting the evidence of two undercover officers who testified they spoke to Schlatter while in neighbouring jail cells after his arrest.''
Kalen Schlatter seeks to challenge murder conviction in death of Tess Richey - CityNews Toronto
''TORONTO — A Toronto man found guilty of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman hours after they met is seeking to challenge his murder conviction.
Kalen Schlatter filed a notice of appeal last Wednesday, more than a week after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Tess Richey.
The verdict means jurors believed beyond a reasonable doubt that Schlatter, 23, sexually assaulted Richey as part of the killing.
First-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
In his notice of appeal, Schlatter alleges the judge who oversaw his trial gave “unbalanced” instructions to jurors before they began deliberations.
He also alleges Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Dambrot erred in admitting the evidence of two undercover officers who testified they spoke to Schlatter while in neighbouring jail cells after his arrest.''
This will break your heart.
MANDEL: There are no more Mother’s Days for mom of slain Tess Richey
May 9, 2020 rbbm.
''When Tess Richey’s mom needed to feel her slain daughter one last time, she lay down at the bottom of the dark Church St. stairwell where she’d discovered her cold body weeks before.
Curling into the same fetal position her baby had been — such is the depth of a mother’s pain.
“It was an uncontrollable urge that I had. I needed to feel close, to lie there where he left her, in the same fetal position,” Christine Hermeston struggled to explain from her home in North Bay.
“I’d do anything to feel close to Tess. Tess was everything to me. We weren’t soulmates, we shared one soul.”
This will now be her third Mother’s Day without Richey.
“It will be empty, just empty. Now there really are no more Mother’s Days, there’s no more Christmases,” Hermeston said, fighting back the tears.''
MANDEL: There are no more Mother’s Days for mom of slain Tess Richey
May 9, 2020 rbbm.
''When Tess Richey’s mom needed to feel her slain daughter one last time, she lay down at the bottom of the dark Church St. stairwell where she’d discovered her cold body weeks before.
Curling into the same fetal position her baby had been — such is the depth of a mother’s pain.
“It was an uncontrollable urge that I had. I needed to feel close, to lie there where he left her, in the same fetal position,” Christine Hermeston struggled to explain from her home in North Bay.
“I’d do anything to feel close to Tess. Tess was everything to me. We weren’t soulmates, we shared one soul.”
This will now be her third Mother’s Day without Richey.
“It will be empty, just empty. Now there really are no more Mother’s Days, there’s no more Christmases,” Hermeston said, fighting back the tears.''
June 10 2020
Tess Richey's family sues killer, police over mental distress caused by her death
''TORONTO -- Months after a Toronto man was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Tess Richey, the young woman's family is suing him, police and others over the psychological devastation they suffered as a result of her death.
Richey's mother, Christine Hermeston, and her sisters allege Kalen Schlatter -- who was convicted of first-degree murder in March -- ought to have known his actions would inflict humiliation, injury and death on Richey, and cause her relatives mental and emotional distress.
They also allege Toronto police, and particularly the two officers who investigated Richey's disappearance, failed to properly search for her, which led Hermeston to conduct her own search and eventually discover her daughter's lifeless body steps from where she was last seen.
The statement of claim further alleges police, including Chief Mark Saunders, then falsely reported that Richey had died from misadventure, and that she had been working as an escort.
It alleges lack of police presence in the Yonge and Wellesley area -- a neighbourhood known as Toronto's gay village -- emboldened predators such as Schlatter to "commit crimes without fear of being caught."
Tess Richey's family sues killer, police over mental distress caused by her death
''TORONTO -- Months after a Toronto man was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Tess Richey, the young woman's family is suing him, police and others over the psychological devastation they suffered as a result of her death.
Richey's mother, Christine Hermeston, and her sisters allege Kalen Schlatter -- who was convicted of first-degree murder in March -- ought to have known his actions would inflict humiliation, injury and death on Richey, and cause her relatives mental and emotional distress.
They also allege Toronto police, and particularly the two officers who investigated Richey's disappearance, failed to properly search for her, which led Hermeston to conduct her own search and eventually discover her daughter's lifeless body steps from where she was last seen.
The statement of claim further alleges police, including Chief Mark Saunders, then falsely reported that Richey had died from misadventure, and that she had been working as an escort.
It alleges lack of police presence in the Yonge and Wellesley area -- a neighbourhood known as Toronto's gay village -- emboldened predators such as Schlatter to "commit crimes without fear of being caught."
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That is alot of suing, Interesting that the Chief announced his retirement right before this came out. I know there could be multiple other reasons but just pointing it out.
Doubt folks in the gay villsge wants heavy police presence. I do recall the police not taking it seriously though...
Doubt folks in the gay villsge wants heavy police presence. I do recall the police not taking it seriously though...
Jan 9 2023
torontosun.com
Christine Hermeston and her late daughter Tess Richey, who was murdered in Toronto. PHOTO BY SUPPLIED PHOTO /FAMILY
''At his appeal, Schlatter’s lawyers argued Justice Michael Dambrot wasn’t even-handed and made it difficult to argue their theory that someone else was responsible. Their alternate suspect, a man who can only be identified as J.G., was subpoenaed by the defence and admitted he’d been following Richey that night because he thought she wanted to talk to him.''
''A Toronto man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Tess Richey has had his appeal dismissed.
Ontario Court of Appeal panel judges deliberated Kalen Schlatter's challenge for roughly 10 minutes on Tuesday before delivering their verdict. Their reasoning will come at a later date.''
''In the legal brief prepared by Schlatter's defence for his appeal, his lawyers argued the trial judge erred in refusing to allow Schlatter to cross-examine the alternate suspect and erred in admitting the evidence of two undercover officers, who testified they spoke to Schlatter while in neighbouring jail cells after his arrest, among other arguments''.
MANDEL: Tess Richey's mom still struggling to cope as her killer loses appeal
Over six years have passed since the North Bay mom made the horrific discovery of her youngest daughter's body in a Church St. stairwell
Christine Hermeston and her late daughter Tess Richey, who was murdered in Toronto. PHOTO BY SUPPLIED PHOTO /FAMILY
''At his appeal, Schlatter’s lawyers argued Justice Michael Dambrot wasn’t even-handed and made it difficult to argue their theory that someone else was responsible. Their alternate suspect, a man who can only be identified as J.G., was subpoenaed by the defence and admitted he’d been following Richey that night because he thought she wanted to talk to him.''
''A Toronto man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Tess Richey has had his appeal dismissed.
Ontario Court of Appeal panel judges deliberated Kalen Schlatter's challenge for roughly 10 minutes on Tuesday before delivering their verdict. Their reasoning will come at a later date.''
''In the legal brief prepared by Schlatter's defence for his appeal, his lawyers argued the trial judge erred in refusing to allow Schlatter to cross-examine the alternate suspect and erred in admitting the evidence of two undercover officers, who testified they spoke to Schlatter while in neighbouring jail cells after his arrest, among other arguments''.
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