Searching for the story behind the headlines in Canadian crime cases.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ubyfr-c4fae1 After Five years waiting for justice, the family and friends of Elizabeth Lafantaisie hear about the torture and brutal treatment of their beloved “memere” before her death - and it’s intolerable pain all over again. Autopsy photos and reports presented as evidence with grizzly details that one can not shake off easily …
Continue reading "Chapter 20 – Elizabeth Lafantaisie. “Mamere. Laugh Too Loud, Hug Too Hard.”"
Myles Shumlanski received a frantic call from his son Nick claiming “The bus was in an accident”. He gathered his wife and raced in his vehicle to the crash site, less than a quarter mile from his home. They were the first family members on the scene. He could see that a devastating accident had …
Continue reading "Chapter 19 – A Moment of Inadvertence – The Humboldt Broncos Crash."
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h9knu-a6ad93 A jury found Raymond Cormier “not guilty” in the murder of fifteen year old Tina Fontaine on February 22, 2018. She weighed 72 pounds at the time of her murder - so tiny. It made the brutal death seem even more gruesome because her stature was that of a young child. Her murder would …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jj5ev-a5539c Tina Fontaine did call in to tell police that “Sebastian” or Raymond Cormier, did in fact steal a truck. It set in stone the fact of where she was, and what time and date she was there. Her displeasure with Raymond was enough to motivate her to make that call, and it gives us …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qc34t-a55327 Tina Fontaine did call in to tell police that “Sebastian” or Raymond Cormier, did in fact steal a truck. It set in stone the fact of where she was, and what time and date she was there. Her displeasure with Raymond was enough to motivate her to make that call, and it gives us …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5hbzt-a346b4 Tina Michelle Fontaine, was born on the first of January in 1999. Raised by her great aunt Thelma Favel, and uncle Joseph Favel for over ten years ……… Tina’s early life started out tough. She lived on the Sagkeeng First Nation Reserve and later in Powerview-Pine Falls, Man. Her father, Eugene, when 41 was …
Continue reading "Chapter 18 Tina Fontaine Part 1 “Nothing is going my way”."
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2r76c-9ea768 On April 19, 2013 during a custody dispute with her ex-husband Sandra Grazzini-Rucki abducted her own daughters. 944 days later they were located on November 18, 2015. living on a ranch in Northern Minnesota. Four separate people ended up receiving criminal charges in the case, including the girls mother. In September 2018, Michael Brodkorb and …
Listen here On December 23 1981 16-year-old Barbara Gayle Stoppel was found unconscious on the floor of the woman's washroom at a Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Man. where she worked as a waitress. She’d been strangled and died a few days later. Numerous witnesses observed a suspicious male in the store moments before her body …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-syzz4-9d578d Candace Derksen disappeared on Nov. 30, 1984. Her abduction shocked Winnipeg. Volunteer searchers came out en masse to look for a girl with pale freckles and brown hair. After nearly seven weeks, the search ended on Jan. 17, 1985, with a grim discovery. The girl's frozen body was found tied up inside a machine shed just 500 metres …
Continue reading "Chapter 5 Part The murder of Candace Derksen and the case of Mark Edward Grant"
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q2tpj-9d07e1 Kate of Ignorance Was Bliss talks with me about changing the name of the podcast. We also discuss an exciting new project she is involved in, that I think you may enjoy. We cover the anxiety of transition, and how change can be scary but so can staying the same. I hope you enjoy …
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