View Full Version : Police to release new info tomorrow
Lesster
08-11-2005, 10:42 PM
According to CKCO TV today, the police are going to release new info on Friday ... regarding the Lynda Shaw murder case. About 15 years ago she was found murdered, her car abandoned alongside the 401 near Woodstock.
I certainly hope it leads the arrest of the guilty person(s). After all these years, I can still recall the sad faces of her family when they spoke to the media after she was killed.
Frogy
08-12-2005, 06:16 AM
I saw that Lesster and hope it's conclusive.
mander
08-12-2005, 11:46 AM
Taken from the Toronto Sun...Friday edition.
Cops: Shaw suspect is dead
LONDON, Ont. (CP) - The prime suspect in the murder of Ontario university student Lynda Shaw has been identified as a convicted killer who has been dead for more than a decade.
Police say DNA evidence analyzed in July has linked the man to the crime 15 years after the University of Western Ontario student's murder.
Investigators will not release the man's name, saying privacy laws protect his identity.
But they say he had two previous convictions for murder and lived an hour from where the 21-year-old engineering student was murdered.
Shaw disappeared Easter weekend in 1990 after leaving her home in Brampton, Ont., to return to the London university for exams.
Shaw's car was found abandoned on Highway 401 not far from London.
Her stabbed and burned body was found about a dozen kilometres away a week later.
"The senseless and random murder of my 21-year-old daughter took away not only her life, but also a part of the lives of all of us who knew and loved her," lead investigator Ray Collins read from a statement by Shaw's family.
Police said they are looking for a second suspect, a man, who may have assisted in disposing of the body.
The murder sent a chill throughout southwestern Ontario, as residents worried about travelling the busy highway at night and parents fretted for the safety of their children.
At the time, investigators focused their efforts on a partly burned man's duffel coat found within a metre of Shaw's body.
Police were convinced the coat belonged to the killer. A DNA sample of Shaw's killer was collected but never matched to anyone.
The DNA link was made from semen collected from Shaw's body that matched a sample of hair.
"This case is remarkable in that even many years after his death a genetic fingerprint still identifies him," said Det. Insp. Randy Rosiak.
"If he were alive today, he'd be in custody right now and charged with her murder."
More than 200 officers were involved in the gruelling investigation.
Det.-Supt. Ross Bingley of the provincial police said the suspect "was not a person of interest back in 1990 or at any point of this investigation."
Police also identified and eliminated a list of suspects, including notorious schoolgirl killer Paul Bernardo.
Frogy
08-12-2005, 03:15 PM
I guess you can't get more conclusive than that. Thanks mander.
That's just great. A twice convicted killer out and about to conduct more killing, and under the Privacy Act, he can't be identified because (according to the news clips tonight) "He is not able to defend himself against the charges". I think they should release his name so that at least the Shaw family can have some form of closure.
This is a classic "poster boy" case that clearly illustrates why we urgently need to pass legislation whereby a "life" sentence truly means the rest of your natural life, like they have in most US states.
This would have prevented this animal from killing two others. :mad:
Lesster
08-12-2005, 09:04 PM
That's just great. A twice convicted killer out and about to conduct more killing, and under the Privacy Act, he can't be identified because (according to the news clips tonight) "He is not able to defend himself against the charges". I think they should release his name so that at least the Shaw family can have some form of closure.
This is a classic "poster boy" case that clearly illustrates why we urgently need to pass legislation whereby a "life" sentence truly means the rest of your natural life, like they have in most US states.
This would have prevented this animal from killing two others. :mad:
...The creep died in prison about 11 years ago..so maybe he was again in jail for murder. If he killed 1 more person that would make 3 murders that would have been prevented if he'd been kept in jail after the first murder.
That's just heartbreaking. And infuriating.
...The creep died in prison about 11 years ago..so maybe he was again in jail for murder. If he killed 1 more person that would make 3 murders that would have been prevented if he'd been kept in jail after the first murder.
That's just heartbreaking. And infuriating.
If it were me, I would sue the federal and/or provincial goverrnment for gross negligence (parole board, attorney-general's office...what-have-you).
Killer's name revealed all over the media today.
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2005/08/13/1171363-sun.html
Mr. Apollo
08-13-2005, 08:49 PM
What I want to know is why did police only now test his DNA against those of previously convicted killers? I think it's very shoddy police work that a convicted multipler killer who lived less then an hour away from the crime scene was not a suspect because non of his previous crimes had a sexual component.
What I want to know is why did police only now test his DNA against those of previously convicted killers? I think it's very shoddy police work that a convicted multipler killer who lived less then an hour away from the crime scene was not a suspect because non of his previous crimes had a sexual component.
Sometimes, when a new team of investigators takes over a "cold case"...they take a fresh approach and think outside the box which is what seems to have happened here. DNA is a great tool but police investigave work is still a human endeavour and humans are not infallible.
I think the real question is why was a two-time convicted cold blooded killer released after serving only 12 years in jail?...I think the parole board, and not the police, are the ones who failed miserably here.
Mr. Apollo
08-14-2005, 07:08 PM
Sometimes, when a new team of investigators takes over a "cold case"...they take a fresh approach and think outside the box which is what seems to have happened here. DNA is a great tool but police investigave work is still a human endeavour and humans are not infallible.
I think the real question is why was a two-time convicted cold blooded killer released after serving only 12 years in jail?...I think the parole board, and not the police, are the ones who failed miserably here.
I agree about the parole board but I just can't wrap my head around why they wouldn't run DNA tests on the databack of already convicted killers.
Lynda's case was a sex crime, the guy they say did it had no previous convictions of sex crimes. They would go through the list of sex offenders first. Also they might not of had his DNA available at the time.
I agree about the parole board but I just can't wrap my head around why they wouldn't run DNA tests on the databack of already convicted killers.
I know what you're saying. The truth of the matter is that the DNA data bank must be set up so that a cop cannot "filter out" anything when they are searching for a match.
Also, it's critical that a comprehensive DNA data bank be established for everyone convicted of (1) sexual assault (2) assault (3) murder (4) child molestation (5) pedophilia. We could probably take this one step further and include those convicted of robberies as well.
I'll bet we could solve a lot of crimes this way...both new and "cold" cases.
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