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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
Suspicious death: Andrew Rademacher - July 4, 2008
July 2008 Crime Report
Problems Persist on the Avenue of Nations - August 5, 2008
The Percy Davis Police Shooting - August 8, 2008
Another Body Found In Strathcona County - August 25, 2008
August 2008 Crime Report

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2008 - month by month

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 »

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

January 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

June 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report

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July 2008

Suspicious Death: Andrew Rademacher

Police continue to investigate what may end up becoming Edmonton's fifteen homicide of 2008.

At about 4:00 p.m. on June 29th, 2008 50-year-old Andrew Rademacher was discovered lying in a pool of blood near an abandoned home near 95th Street and 107th A Avenue. He was suffering from serious wounds and was taken to hospital. Rademacher remained in critical condition until the morning of July 4th when he succumbed to his injuries.

On July 1st, Rademacher's common-law wife Julie Starr was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the matter » full details »

July 2008 Crime Report

July 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report

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August 2008

Problems Persist on the Avenue of Nations

In the wake of the fatal shooting of Andrew Livingstone O'Brien on August 5th, 2008, media attention focussed on Edmonton's 107th Avenue's reputation of violence.

With real estate development in the city's urban core tearing down many downtown haunts, inner city residents have been forced into moving to surrounding areas. The Avenue of Nations area has long been a community that has welcomed newcomers ... but now the community is home for a different type of transient population, bringing with it the baggage of petty crime, drugs, prostitution, serious assaults and over a dozen murders during the past several years » full details »

The Percy Davis Police Shooting

At about 9:19 a.m. August 8th, 2008 a man waving a knife outside Abbottsfield Mall was shot by Edmonton police. Witnesses told media the man refused to drop the knife when ordered to do so by an officer. After a brief standoff, the officer shot the man twice.

The shooting of Percy Davis was the first investigation to be handled by Alberta's newly-formed Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT). With police unable to comment on the matter, Davis' family and witnesses raised questions about the shooting » full details »

Another Body Found In Strathcona County

Strathcona County RCMP continue to investigate the discovery of human remains found in a farmer's field northeast of Sherwood Park and south of Fort Saskatchewan.

On August 25th, 2008 police received a call from a local resident who was out swathing when he come across what he believed were human bones on a property near Township Road 542 and Range Road 225.

The area has become known as a dumping ground, a location where the bodies of 10 murdered prostitutes have been found over the past twenty years » full details »

August 2008 Crime Report

August 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report

Wanted: James Michael Monias | full details and more on the August 2008 Be On The Lookout For Report page.

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