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When you read this list of murders, its apparent that liquor and drugs is the main component that “fuels” people’s anger and as a result, a murder. Oftentimes, during court, evidence shows that drugs were also a part of the mixture. What is surprising here is that only a couple are gang or drug dealing related. Note: One can’t forget all the attempted murders. I’ve actually never seen a Winnipeg statistic on this. Every weekend, never mind weekday, we have 4-5 stabbings or shootings. It’s only because the knife or bullet didn’t hit a vital organ that these people are living!
“One man is dead and another is in custody following a late-night drinking party at an apartment block in Winnipeg's North End.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/late-night-apartment-killing-citys-first-homicide-of-2011-113126914.html
2] Jan 16: Zenon Sylvester BOZYNSKI, 48 injured, perhaps beaten outside a Redwood Avenue apartment block. Jamie Jossens MORRISSEAU, 27 years of Winnipeg and Gamielle William Harry COURCHENE, 25 years of Fort Alexander, Manitoba have both been charged with 2nd Degree Murder. No information available regarding drugs or alcohol. Occurred in North End.
3] Jan 28: A 16-year-old male stabbed on Allegheny Drive. 28 year old Matthew Craig KRASNY of Winnipeg has been arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Murder as a result of his alleged involvement. Possible Drug Dispute?
“Cameron (victim) was no angel and his mother was the first to admit it. She registered him for a program at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba when she caught him smoking pot.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/mother-ran-to-dying-sons-side-114919829.html
Occurred in Fort Richmond
4 and 5] Feb 5: Darren Joey SWAMPY, 19 years of age and Lee Brady SPENCE, 22 shot on Elgin Avenue. Randy Murray WILLIAMS, 27 years of age was arrested and subsequently charged with 2nd Degree Murder x 2 as a result of his alleged involvement. Alcohol suspected to be a factor.
“The victims had been evicted from a house party on Ross Avenue, two blocks northeast of Elgin. The suspect had also been evicted from the same party separately.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/good-guy-gunned-down-115412934.html
Occurred, near Public Safety Building
6] Feb 18: Casandra Lydia KNOTT, 27 is arrested for the homicide of Orzias Joram KNOTT, 34. Alcohol suspected to be a factor
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”Police say Knott was hanging out and possibly drinking with friends and family at his wife's apartment at about 5:30 p.m. when he got into an argument with his wife.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/man-dies-after-stabbing-116556753.html
Occurred on Kennedy Street
7] Feb 24: Senior citizen Elizabeth Lafantasie is found dead, stuffed in her trunk. A few days later Thomas Brine is arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Addiction suspected to be a factor.
“In January 2006, he was charged with uttering threats and assault after breaking into an ex-girlfriend's home… During a videotaped police statement, Brine confessed to the crimes and blamed his actions on a crack cocaine addiction… In a bail hearing in 2006, a judge raised concerns and denied Brine's release… Brine was later sent to Teen Challenge where the hope was he could get treatment for his drug addiction. But he didn't finish the program. He was charged for escaping custody--using a bed sheet to climb out this second story window.” – CTV Winnipeg, http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110303/wpg_brine_110303?hub=WinnipegHome
Occurred (car and body found) on Lewis Street near River Avenue
8] March 16: Abdul Rahim Mah JEMEI 22 is stabbed to death downtown. a 16 year old male is arrested soon after, and Ramsey SWAIN, 24 is charged March 29. No information regarding drugs or alcohol.
Occurred on Vaughan, near Portage Avenue
9] March 28: Frank Alexander dies after an alleged assault at Parkview Place. Joe McLeod, an alzheimer’s patient, is charged with manslaughter. Mental Illness.
No drugs or alcohol involved
10] April 20: 42-year-old Sheila Fontaine is killed outside the Merchant’s Hotel on Selkirk. The arrest of Teya Wynter SPENCE, 18 is announced a few days later. She and three other teen girls face manslaughter charges. Alcohol suspected to be a factor
“Witnesses said the woman and her daughter were having a drink at the hotel and then went outside to smoke.” – CTV Winnipeg, http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110421/wpg_stabbing_death_042111/20110421/?hub=WinnipegHome
Occurred on Selkirk Avenue
11] April 29: 20-year-old Trevor Abraham Harper is shot in the 500 block of Portage. 15 year old male youth was located and arrested in the area of Pembina Highway and Plaza Drive on May 4 Dispute with several youths.
No known motive or cause, no mention of drugs or alcohol
Occurred Downtown, at corner of Portage and Young
12] May 10: Solomon Joseph Andrew TURNER found dead — stabbed — in his home. The next day, Lloyd Alfred Lindsay is charged with second-degree murder. Wanda Lisa RAHMAN (Bruce), 32 is charged with the same crime May 27.
No mention of drugs or alcohol
Occurred in Point Douglas
13] May 14: Gina Swanson, 33 is found dead in her Edderton Avenue home. Schuyler Francis Van Wissen, 26 has been charged with first-degree murder and assault with a weapon. Drug use suspected as a factor.
”Those who know him say he had a problem with drugs, went by the name Skyler and sometimes stayed with his parents, who live in the same neighbourhood as the woman he is now accused of killing.” – CTV Winnipeg, http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110518/wpg_edderton_death_110518/20110813/?hub=WinnipegHome
Occurred in Fort Garry
14] May 16: Gerald Crayford, 54, dies after an apparent assault at a Pizza Hotline outlet. A 15-year-old is charged with second-degree murder. Byron Charlie Bushie, 18 is arrested and charged with the same crime a few days later.
No mention of drugs or alcohol use.
Occurred in East Kildonan
15] May 16: Iris Heald, 61, was killed after she was allegedly knocked down by another woman in the West End. Police charged 35-year-old Cynthia Elaine Thomas with manslaughter, after Heald died from her injuries. Alcohol suspected to be a factor
“Investigators are also examining how intoxicants might have played a role in the incident, police said.” – Winnipeg Sun, http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/05/17/woman-61-assaulted-in-west-end
Occurred in West End
16] May 21: Leslie Alex OKEMOW, 29 is found dead at the St. Regis. Arnold Harper turns himself in to face a manslaughter charge on May 21..
No mention of drugs or alcohol
Occurred Downtown, at St. Regis Hotel
17] June 26: Steven Kyle DODGE, 26, found stabbed on Arlington. Same day: Nathan Allan BRICKLIN, 18 years of age is charged with second-degree murder. Alcohol suspected to be a factor
“Dodge's mother said in a note to the Free Press her son asked her daughter's boyfriend to leave their home because he was drinking.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/backyard-brawl-ends-in-fatality-charges-laid-124635949.html
Occurred in West End
18, 19, 20, 21, 22] July 16: Lulonda Lynn Flett is charged with five counts of second degree murder for the arson-related deaths of Norman Darius ANDERSON, 22 years Maureen Claire HARPER, 54 years, Kenneth Bradley MONKMAN, 49 years, Dean James STRANDEN, 44 years, and Robert Curtis LAFORTE, 56 years. She also faces three attempted murder charges. Alcohol suspected to be a factor.
”A woman was arrested at a Main Street bar and charged with murder after four people died and two others were critically injured in a Point Douglas rooming house that was allegedly purposely set ablaze, a cigarette is believed to have sparked fire. About 14 hours after emergency crews rushed to 288 Austin St. North, police officers went into the lounge at the Northern Hotel, motioned to a woman to follow them and she calmly complied.” – Winnipeg Sun, http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2011/07/20110718-085259.html
Occurred on Austin Street
23] July 19: Cara Lynn HIEBERT, 31 is found dead in her home and is considered a homicide. Case as-yet unsolved. Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to call investigators at 986-6508 or CrimeStoppers at 786- TIPS (8477). Possible Domestic.
Still unsolved
Occurred in North End
24] August 5: Baljinder Singh SIDHU, 27 had been stabbed after a fight involving a large number of persons. Alcohol suspected to be a factor.
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“It's believed two groups were inside a neighbourhood bar when an argument began. The dispute spilled onto Osborne Street, where Singh was stabbed.” – CTV Winnipeg, http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110805/wpg_osborne_closed_080511/20110806/?hub=WinnipegHome
Occurred in Osborne Village
25] August 20: Marcel Murdock 40, was killed after a family fight between two families. A 17 year old girl ran him over with a car. Charged with First Degree Murder.
“Two families were socializing at a house when a fight broke out between a 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend early Saturday morning, said police. “- CTV Winnipeg, http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110824/wpg_charges_110824/20110824/?hub=WinnipegHome
Occurred on Garfield Street
26] August 20: Tim Koostachin, 30, was killed by Ray Vaughn Munro, 19, and has been charged with manslaughter. Alcohol suspected to be a factor.
“Police constable Jason Michalyshen says Koostachin and Ray Munro got into a fight after leaving a house party in the 400 block of Elgin Avenue… Michalyshen says alcohol may have been a factor but couldn't say whether either man was drunk at the time of the fight.” – CJOB, http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1527046
Occurred on Elgin Avenue
27] August 25: Robert Rourke, 22, killed by Gregory Troy Govereau, 38, after a party. Alcohol suspected to be a factor.
“The stabbing occurred during a fight in the early morning of Saturday, August 20, when police allege two men left a house party in the area.” – Winnipeg Free Press, http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Stabbed-man-dies-man-charged-128560183.html
Occurred on Burrows Avenue
28] August 27: April Helen Hornbrook, 24, body found in area of Main & Sutherland. No arrests. Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to call investigators at 986-6508 or CrimeStoppers at 786- TIPS (8477).
Still unsolved
Occurred near intersection of Main and Sutherland
29] August 31: Joseph Lalonde, 48. Youths, wielding a baseball bat attacked him and his 18-year-old daughter. Two 15-year-old boys used the bat to beat the man then attacked his daughter when she tried to intervene. Youths asked what gang daughter was in. The man and his daughter are not gang involved however the youths are. Gang Initiation?
“Police say a group of people got into a verbal confrontation — that may have involved rival street gangs — earlier in the evening.” – Winnipeg Sun, http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/08/31/dad-killed-defending-daughter
No mention of drugs or alcohol
Occurred on Dufferin Avenue
