Gordon "Gordie" Edwin Sanderson, previously known as Septic Tank Sam, Sam Doe and Tofield John Doe, was a formerly unidentified Canadian murder victim who was found in a septic tank in 1977 at Lindbrook, Alberta, thirteen kilometres (8.1mi) west of Tofield. The perpetrators (s) set fire to the Johnson home before fleeing the scene. Police believed very strongly that this was DeBardeleben. The first in 2016 was that of William Patterson, 37, killed when he was shot at a southwest Edmonton home near Chappelle Drive around 4:55 a.m. on Feb. 21, 2016. On June 28, 1981, roughly two months after Kellys abduction, her body was discovered in the Chin Lake Reservoir near Taber, Alberta. Hoping for that one clue to break the case wide open. Emily Ballantyne, from Northlands First Nation, disappeared in April 1991. Surely to goodness they would have those files in an archive some where.. 2002 Subir Chatterjee . Like you, I cant imagine what Kellys parents went through. It must have been so hard for your mom to believe she could help but feel powerless to do anything. At only 49, his already small stature was compounded by his struggles with Anorexia Nervosa. Take a second to support Christine on Patreon! It remains the biggest unsolved mass murder in Alberta's history: Six Eastern European immigrants slayed on two farms outside Grande Prairie. Though many speculate that serial killer Bobby Jack Fowler is the man behind most of the killings, police have never been able to prove it. Her body was fully clothed, and the autopsy revealed no sign of sexual assault. Good point that this person has more than likely committed similar crimes. Take care. More than 60 homicide cases that remain unsolved. His bones and teeth suggested he suffered from an unspecified illness at five years old. Her cause of death was originally ruled to be a drowning - though whether police believed it to be accidental or a suicide is either unknown or was never established. Holly Ann Campiglia was a Jane Doe until she was identified in 1992. Alberta Stewart was 21 years old when she married 81-year-old Civil War veteran William Jasper Martin on Dec. 10, 1927. . When I was a young kid Clifford Olson was picking up young people off of the streets in the Lower Mainland in BC, Canada, where Im originally from, and did horrific things to them before he murdered them. Bank robberies, counterfeiting, scams on the elderly, impersonating police officers, murdering realtors in different geographical locations and so on, https://medium.com/@poeticallyuninvited/digging-deeper-into-the-innocent-man-newspaper-victims-86ecd0427c49. She didnt know exactly where they lived and B. Her murder has never been solved. I suppose thats the thought process here. The body belonged to attorney and civil rights icon Alberta Odell Jones. I couldnt agree more. Hi Mel. On October 17, 1982, Clayton played a few hands of poker with friends after finishing his shift at Abbotsford Taxi Ltd. Tim Marcel Villemaire - also known as Timmy - has been missing since 2001 from Cambridge, Ontario. Thanks for making that connection, and maybe one of our readers will have something to add. Was Bill someone from Standard? They were the first victims of the person who would become known as the Axeman of New Orleans. Aug 30, 2015, 08:20 AM EDT | Updated Aug 30, 2015. When firefighters arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Jillian Fullers body inside her burned-out apartment. Read More Aug 22, 2020 I struggle to see a connection to the Kelly Cook case, but its an interesting theory for sure. Likely you never fully do. In Turner Valley, Alberta on the night of September 3rd, 1996, Jane Johnson and her eight-year-old daughter Cathryn were murdered. July 19, 2021. The MO isnt very similar, except to be rural AB murders. That makes a lot of sense! An Alberta man who was a suspect in a local unsolved murder case has been charged with kidnapping. On Saturday, August 28, 1999, 19-year-old Jason MacCullough was shot in the back of the head while walking home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Great idea to reach out to the detectives on the case. My guess is he may have let her have access to a phone to ask for help to increase the pain and panic in that town. Nothing like some accidental collaboration haha. Police had submitted DNA to Othram, Inc., a private laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas, and identified Sam in January 2021, after which the case became an active homicide investigation. The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre (450 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada, which has been the location of many missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) beginning in 1970. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, just over 415,000 people died from homicide in 2019. Or is it just some other interesting cases youre linking? He was 29 years old. I have often thought about Kellythrough out the years (A photo of Alberta taken shortly before her murder. The cases listed are only some of the unsolved homicide cases. Anxious to hear more about this case! Sincerely Lyne. Her intent was to talk to Kellys parents, but she realized that A. If he did, we should have more information in the description. I think Kellys case was an attempt at sophisticating his crime techniques. The double murder of McNab and Sopow shook southern Alberta and remains unsolved 20 years later. Edith Patten had been buried in the old town cemetery and was left behind when officials relocated the graves in the 1930s. [5], Sanderson was exhumed and reconstructed for the second time in 2000 by Cyril Chan, who was with the Edmonton medical examiner's office at the time. No portion of this website - including images and text - may be copied or reproduced in any format without prior written authorization from the site owner. Heres hoping there can be some answers in this case! I have no idea how healing can even occur after something this tragic. She was placed in the foster care system at a young age and wound up in the care of Mildred Thiara in Quesnel, British Columbia, who later became her legal guardian. Bacsu's case is one of 237 unsolved murders in the province of Alberta. Her murder was only the start. After Sanderson's death, he had been covered in quicklime, most likely in a mistaken attempt to hasten decomposition. 10 The New Orleans Axeman1918-1919. Hi Martha. Prosecutors from Arphahoe and Jefferson Counties as well as the Colorado Bureau of Investigation Director John Camper announced Friday that investigators used DNA matching to connect four brutal murders in the state -- including a home invasion that left three family members dead -- to 57-year-old Alexander Christoper Ewing, who is currently in I have a lot of respect for law enforcement (I dont envy their job in the least), but sometimes all it takes is a fresh pair of eyes to look at a case. [A] Voice for Canadas Missing, Murdered and Unidentified/Voice for Canadas Missing Persons., Eileen Gail MCCARTHY (1971) - Edmonton, AB, William Julian Billy BEREZIUK (1974) - Fort McMurray, Alberta, MISSING: Marshal IWAASA (Interview with Paige Fogen), MISSING: Corey Shane Braun (2004) - Peace River, AB, MISSING: Dean Curtis Mortensen (1992) - Edmonton, AB, Part 2: The Calgary Serial Killer - The Unsolved Murder of Rebecca Boutilier, Part I: The Calgary Serial Killer - The Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Janz, MISSING: James Nestor Candy (2017) - Vegreville, AB, * 2022 UPDATE * MISSING: Jeffrey Dupres - 04/24/80 - Slave Lake, Alberta, UNIDENTIFIED: Carbon Jane Doe - Found in 1995 - Alberta, MISSING: Marguerite Cardwell - 09/10/73 - Calgary, AB, MISSING: Carol May Big Tobacco (1983) - Siksika First Nation, AB. The case of the Cynthia Gastelle Likely was a ruse too ( maybe a babysitter ruse) which involved newspaper ads for employment job interviews and Gastelle vanishing. [4], On June 29, 2021, it was reported that the remains had been identified via genetic genealogy, 44 years after his discovery. Several . But it's just a formality. I agree that the police often withhold information for specific reasons. But after investigating over 2000 possible suspects, thecase has stalled. Generally, cases are solved when the offender has been arrested and turned over to the court for prosecution. Hi, just got here from your facebook post today April 15/19. She was 34 at the time. Jean-Guy Champagne, 25, and Jean Gravel, 24, left work in the early hours of July 7, 1974. Michael MASSON On July 31, 1989, Michael MASSON 's decomposed body was located in a shallow grave south of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Memories fade and with them the chances of solving the crime. In Calgary, the serial killer theory began with the 1991 murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Janz - but hers was not the first. Thanks for reading and sharing your info. Dean Mortensen was a student at the University of Alberta when he vanished after a night out in January of 1992. Hi I have a couple of men that fit the discription of the picture you have posted. In November 1971, 23-year-old, three-months-pregnant Eileen Gail McCarthy was last seen boarding a bus a block away from her home. How people can prey on the innocent is really disgusting. On May 15, 1993, 52-year-old Willard Brass was last seen at a residence in Yorkton, SK. One was found in a ditch by a young boy near that time while he was bottle picking. It was so frightening as a young girl and so close to home.. Anyone withinformation is asked to callthe RCMP at 403-420-4900 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477. Her disappearance remains unsolved. There is only one real suspect in this case: the man who called himself Bill Christensen and picked up Kelly to babysit. And for sharing your thoughts. It was irrefutable that DeBardeleben did the same crimes on different people over the years. [5], The 1,200 residents of Tofield at the time were horrified to hear of Sanderson's murder. This statistic shows the total number of solved and unsolved homicides in Canada for 2012 and 2014. Hi Dorthy. That wherever he was passing funny money girls and women were vanishing and or being murdered. And why did no one ever identify him from the suspect sketch that was distributed shortly after the crime? It is also suspected Sanderson's murderers were Tofield locals or were familiar with the area, due to the location of Sam's dumpsite being on a rural property. Source: Unsolved Murders / Missing People Canada. Tersilla Bonthaux was 79 years old when she disappeared while walking home near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. [2] Due to a lack of evidence in the septic tank, Sanderson was most likely murdered elsewhere and the septic tank was only a dumpsite. To this day families are left not knowing where the Secret Service May be sitting on irrefutable evidence that their loved one perished at the hands of this monster. It was a guy from Calgary. I just watched the Crime beat episode on Kelly Cook and when I did some meditation, I kept getting the name Tom Withers, and Paul (maybe they were brothers or close) as well as a strong smell of tyres. 3, 2012 at 1:14 PM CDT | Updated: Jul. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/amy-mihaljevic-murder/amy-mihaljevic-was-kidnapped-in-1989-and-police-are-still-searching-for-her-killer. Sort All Cases By: Company Area | Male | Female | County | Year | Last Name. I dont think its the same perpetrator but youre right, there are some unnerving similarities. If true, this also suggests that the killer planned to abduct a young local girl well in advance of Kellys disappearance and subsequent murder. How the people who came up with that description ruled out the full-sized Ford cars would be interesting to know. The 5 foot 10 inches and 165ish was his height and weight so that matches. She was 28 years old at the time of her disappearance. DeBardeleben lived in PW county he wanted to taunt the secret service by counterfeiting right under their main office. I think this case will need either a deathbed confession or someone who knows something about the case to come forward (maybe the killer told someone details, etc). Because DeBardeleben humiliated the secret service they carefully suppressed the mountain of serial killer crimes he likely perpetrated. The rumours of a serial killer began in the winter of 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta, when the bodies of three women were discovered within a span of a few days. That was coupled with my father not wanting her to get involved. They very well may know who did but cant prove it. 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