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The sister of Ottawa’s latest murder victim feared for Leeanne Lawson’s life on Ottawa’s Lowertown streets. “The area that she was living in, I’ve been there,” Melissa Sauder told the Sun, adding she’s visited Lowertown twice in the last three years. “It was scary. I came in there with my fairly nice car,” she said. […]
MoreLeeanne Lawson usually wrote letters to her sister. When four months went by without one, her sister knew something was up. “This summer I was so worried, because it never goes that long,” Melissa Sauder said. “Something wasn’t right.” Her worst fears were confirmed around 7 p.m. Friday when police told their mother her sister’s […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/08/30/no-suspects-leading-up-to-leblanc-funeral Despite having no suspects, Gatineau’s police chief is confident his squad will find Valerie Leblanc’s killer. “There is a lot of work that has been done since day one,” chief Mario Harel said during a press conference at Gatineau city hall Tuesday. “We are investigating each lead.” Police set up a command […]
MoreThe family of murder victim Jessica Riopelle is grieving privately after the 23-year-old was killed in a motel room Saturday. “We’re just too overwhelmed right now. We have to go,” said mother Karen Riopelle and another woman who didn’t give her name before closing the door to a house in Orleans. Karen and Jessica were […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/27/17775401.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/27/pf-17771511.html A 23-year-old woman is dead and Ottawa Police are calling it a homicide. Her body was discovered in the Saade International Inn, a motel attached to Diamonds Cabaret strip club and All Win Chinese restaurant in South Gloucester. Police said there were obvious signs of violence at the scene but the cause […]
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