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Index
Miscellaneous memos from the crime desk -- in chronologic order.
- Human Remains Found At LRT Site - January 4, 2008
- Sandra Nipshank - January 8, 2008
- Maurice Powder - January 20, 2008
- January 2008 Crime Report
- Guns And Gangs Grip Mid-winter Edmonton - February 1, 2008
- Alberta Policing Services Launch Missing Persons Website - February 12, 2008
- Project KARE Adds Two To List - February 17, 2008
- February 2008 Crime Report
- Missing: Lorilee Mae Francis - March 14, 2008
- Soldier Found Dead at CFB Edmonton - March 19, 2008
- March 2008 Crime Report
- The Stony Plain Baby - April 16, 2008
- Near-naked Woman Found Dead - April 23, 2008
- April 2008 Crime Report
- Boyd Buzzing Mad Over Officer Swarming - May 12, 2008
- May 2008 Crime Report
- Chinatown Shooting - June 10, 2008
- Man Found Dead Near Downtown - June 12, 2008
- Found: Roy Berg - June 14, 2008
- June 2008 Crime Report
- July 2008 Crime Report
2008 - month by month
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January 2008
Human Remains Found At LRT Site
Construction on the southern leg of Edmonton's Light Rail Transit system came to a halt on January 4th, 2008 when human remains were discovered by workers installing a sewer line.
Excavation was taking place near 43rd Avenue and 111th Street when parts of a decayed wooden box were unearthed about five feet below the surface. Inside the box were human bones » full details »
Sandra Nipshank
The body of 44-year-old Sandra Nipshank was found January 8th, 2008 lightly-clothed and frozen on a north-end townhouse walkway near 150th Avenue and 118th Street.
While the medical examiner's office ruled her death as non-criminal, Nipshank's family has questions about what led to the woman's death » full details »
Maurice Powder
On January 20th, 2008 police were called to the Rosslyn area in north Edmonton after the discovery of a frozen body was reported to 911. Police indicated that 43-year-old Maurice Powder was homeless and his death didn't appear to be suspicious in nature. Ironically, Powder's brother David also died on the streets.
That a homeless person died so far from the downtown core became the focus of media and those working with the city's transient population. 44 persons without permanent residence died on city streets in 2007, a number that was expected to continue to rise » full details »
January 2008 Crime Report
The shooting of Omar Househ | Maurice Powder | man answers door but not police questions | bullet served up at Joey Tomato's | vacant suite holds unpleasant surprise | Sandra Nipshank | beaten man in critical condition | human remains found at LRT site | suspicious death | full details and more on the January 2008 Crime Report page.
January 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report
Missing: Cory David Bannerman | wanted: Michael Peter Willis | wanted: Matthew Doonanco | wanted: Bernard Paul Hoffman | wanted: James Aaron Peckham | full details and more on the January 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.
February 2008
Guns And Gangs Grip Mid-winter Edmonton
At a time when most Edmontonians were dealing with one of the coldest winters in a decade, Edmonton police were dealing with one of the most violent spells in recent memory.
January 2008 found authorities investigating numerous drive-by shootings and incidents of gang-related violence – while at the same time facing a wall of silence from possible witnesses and the public at large.
The matter came to a head when the Metro Edmonton Gang Unit called a press conference to calm citizen fears – and express the frustration of police efforts to quell a growing wave of gang-related violence » full details »
Alberta Policing Services Launch Missing Persons Website
On February 12th, 2008 a website was launched that allows public access to missing persons files that date back to the 1970s.
The Alberta RCMP, Edmonton Police Service, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and a number of provincial urban police agencies have partnered in assembling a public database of missing persons and unidentified human remains » full details »
Project KARE Adds Two To List
Two women, missing from northeastern British Columbia since February 2005, are the latest additions to the list of missing persons falling under the Project KARE mandate.
On February 17th, 2008 – the third anniversary of the women's disappearance – RCMP announced that Rene Lynn Gunning of Fort St. John and Krystle Ann Julia Knott of Dawson Creek were last seen at West Edmonton Mall » full details »
February 2008 Crime Report
Project KARE adds two to list | Alberta policing services launch missing persons website | police probe suspicious death | police deal with mystery woman | guns and gangs grip mid-winter Edmonton | full details and more on the February 2008 Crime Report page.
March 2008
Missing: Lorilee Mae Francis
On December 27th, 2007 24-year-old Lorilee Mae Francis was reported missing by her family.
Francis was last seen on October 20th, 2007 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. On March 14th, 2008 RCMP released details of her disappearance and confirmed that Project KARE, the task force looking into missing and murdered Edmonton-area sex trade workers, was notified » full details »
Soldier Found Dead at CFB Edmonton
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Unit looked into the case of a man's death at the Edmonton Garrison on the same day another Edmonton soldier was buried.
The soldier's body was found in single living quarters at CFB Edmonton on March 15th, 2008 » full details »
March 2008 Crime Report
Soldier found dead at CFB Edmonton | full details and more on the March 2008 Crime Report page.
March 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report
Missing: John Victor Cantwell | missing: Lorilee Mae Francis | full details and more on the March 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.
April 2008
The Stony Plain Baby
RCMP are investigating the discovery of the body of a newborn baby found on an acreage northwest of Edmonton.
The Stony Plain detachment was notified at 6:57 a.m. on April 16th, 2008 by a man walking his dog on a quad trail near Range Road 14 five kilometres north of the Yellowhead Highway.
The baby, found wrapped in a pink towel, was male and close to full term. There were no obvious signs of trauma and a cause of death has not yet been determined » full details »
Near-naked Woman Found Dead
Police investigated a suspicious death in a neighbourhood adjacent to the City Centre Airport.
Emergency services were called to a home in the Prince Charles community at about 5:15 p.m. on April 23rd, 2008 after a woman's partially-naked body was discovered lying face down in the snow of a backyard.
The woman was wearing only a pair of black underwear. The body was found by a man shovelling recently-fallen snow from a late-spring storm, the worst on record for the month of April » full details »
April 2008 Crime Report
The Stony Plain baby | police investigate sudden death of infant | near-naked woman found dead | suspicious death in Garneau | full details and more on the April 2008 Crime Report page.
April 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report
Wanted: Tola Obafemi Falana | missing: Jeannie Gingras | public alert: Brent Edward MacDonald | missing: Edward Gordon Durston | wanted: Gilbert John Jolicoeur | public alert: Larry Maxwell Stanford | full details and more on the April 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.
May 2008
Boyd Buzzing Mad Over Officer Swarming
"Our police officers are not punching bags ... and neither are any of our citizens who are being attacked out there."
Those were the words of Edmonton police chief Mike Boyd in the wake of two incidents that saw his officers openly attacked by swarms of assailants.
While Boyd's anger and indignation during a press conference was meant to send a signal to like-minded perpetrators and the populace at large, it also indicated the chief's fear that respect for law and order had all but evaporated in the provincial capital » full details »
May 2008 Crime Report
Boyd buzzing mad over officer swarming | full details and more on the May 2008 Crime Report page.
May 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report
missing: Shirley Waquan | full details and more on the May 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.
June 2008
Chinatown Shooting
Around 2:30 a.m. June 10th, 2008 police were called after man entered the rear of the All Happy Family Restaurant at 10011 106 Avenue suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds.
The male victim, in his late 20s, was transported to hospital where he remains in critical condition. Police tentatively identified the man, something that should help detectives in determining a motive for the shooting » full details »
Man Found Dead Near Downtown
Homicide detectives were called out to oversee the investigation of a dead body found at the top of the river valley just west of 124th Street on Jasper Avenue, immediately above Victoria Park.
Det. Bill Clark said the man had visible injuries and there was evidence of blood at the scene. The area was taped off affording forensic staff a chance to document the circumstances » full details »
Found: Roy Berg
Strathcona County RCMP requested the public's assistance in locating 81-year-old Roy Berg who suffers from Alzheimers.
Berg was last seen 9:00 p.m. on June 14th, 2008 walking near his daughter's residence located close to Township Road 510 and Range Road 210, 30 kilometres southeast of Sherwood Park » full details »
June 2008 Crime Report
chinatown shooting | man found dead near downtown | sudden death of young woman | gas station robbery | rumble behind JP High | Inglewood stabbing | carjackers strike out | a beef and a pineapple | stabbing outside detox centre | full details and more on the June 2008 Crime Report page.
June 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report
Missing: Dennis Cornish | found: Roy Berg | found: Almerio Tomac | nabbed: Michael Matthew Campbell | nabbed: Marcel Perrot | surrendered: Allan Dale Plamondon | wanted: Ali Abdulhadi | wanted: Troy Ronald Babiuk | wanted: Kingsley Colin Cardinal | wanted: Harlee Courtepatte | wanted: Harold Fleury | wanted: Chalayne Lynn Garnier | wanted: Rahim Anil Hemraj | wanted: John Edward Kahpeepatow | wanted: Ricky Andrew Loyie | wanted: Rudy Jay McCoy | wanted: Daniel John Napesis | wanted: Daniel Louis Thomas | full details and more on the June 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.
July 2008
July 2008 Crime Report
dumpster death | two men shot | drive-away shooting | full details and more on the July 2008 Crime Report page.
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