Police search for missing Halifax woman
Reita Louise Jordan, 34, last seen March 19 in Halifax

CBC News Posted: Apr 5, 2013 7:08 PM AT Last Updated: Apr 5, 2013 8:23 PM AT
 
 
Police are trying to find a Halifax woman was last seen more than two weeks ago.

Police said 34-year-old Reita Louise Jordan disappeared after seeing friends on March 19.

She’s described as 5’6”, 123 lbs. Jordan’s hair is dark, and at a medium length. Police said she often wears hoop earrings.

Jordan also has several tattoos: a heart on her left bicep, a heart on her left chest and a tribal tattoo on her ankle.

Anyone who may have seen Jordan is asked to contact the RCMP.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/04/05/ns-reita-jordan-missing.html

Family pleas for information after Surrey mom beaten to death
 
By Elaine O'Connor, The Province February 21, 2013 2:13 PM


A street-involved Surrey woman who was brutally beaten and left for dead two months ago in Surrey was a mother of three whose struggle with mental illness led her to the streets, police revealed Thursday.

Janice Shore was found bloodied, unconscious, and half-clothed in an alley near 104th Avenue and 135A Street on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 2. She died this week.

“Janice Shore was somebody’s sister, somebody’s mother and somebody’s daughter,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said a press conference Thursday.

“We are hoping that anyone with information at this point that has not spoken to police will contact us as soon as possible ... our main goal right now is to solve this crime.”

Police confirmed Shore was involved in “high-risk activities” at the time of her death, such as drug and alcohol use and street sex work. However, Paquet would not get more specific about which activities Shore was involved in. He stressed police were holding back some information for investigational purposes.

He would not reveal whether she had been sexually assaulted or whether a weapon had been used.

He did say police had warned others involved in those lifestyles in the area about the assault on Shore.

The 45-year-old was also not technically homeless, police clarified. She was “attached to a residence,” but was known to frequent homeless social agencies.

She died of her extensive injuries — including head injuries, facial fractures and broken bones — on Feb. 18. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.

IHIT Cpl. Bari Emam read a statement from Shore’s family. In it, the family outlined how Shore’s life had taken a wrong turn.

“Janice battled with mental health issues most of her life. However, she did not deserve to die in such a way,” they wrote.

“Although distanced from most of her family for many years and living a life which may have ultimately led to her tragic death, Janice was still a member of our family whose death we are grieving.”

Shore’s family, which includes two brothers, a sister and three adult children, have asked for privacy to grieve.

Anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Shore was known to visit the Surrey Urban Mission at 104th Avenue and 134th Street.

She was found by local resident Ken Smith, 51, who was walking through a vacant lot nearby when he saw her lying in blood behind a tire shop pleading for help.

Despite the fact they had shared meals together at the Mission, she was so badly beaten that Smith didn’t recognize her.

eoconnor@theprovince.com

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Homeless+Surrey+woman+dies+after+brutal+December/7996794/story.html

Another case where DNA was used to identify a person who had been missing for a very long time. This lady went missing 37 years ago.

DNA confirms body found by highway is woman missing since 1975

DNA confirmation was recent

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
cwootson@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Nov. 02, 2012


Priscilla Blevins was a studious, pretty woman who’d studied Spanish at Wake Forest University, taught English in Bogota, Colombia, and wanted to be a translator for the United Nations. She disappeared without a trace shortly after Independence Day in 1975.

Now, police say they have solved the 37-year-old missing persons case thanks to a persistent family and a swab of DNA collected at a Winston-Salem bookstore.

It’s the oldest missing persons case the unit has solved, said Det. Lee Tuttle, the lead investigator who added that police still don’t know how Blevins died.

Blevins was last seen alive by her roommate at their apartment on Tyvola Road near South Boulevard. Her younger sister, Cathy Blevins Howe, who lived in Arizona at the time, still vividly remembers the long-distance phone call from her worried parents saying her older sister couldn’t be found.

As the years ticked by, the Blevins family stayed in constant contact with Charlotte police, urging them to find their daughter. But investigators had exhausted all leads.

They never knew that a woman’s body was discovered 10 years later in Haywood County, near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, roughly 150 miles from Blevins’ apartment. Unidentified, it was shipped to the chief medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill in 1985. No one knew it was Blevins.

As her parents aged, Howe continued the search for her older sister.

“As I got older and had a daughter of my own, my curiosity about this continued and it just never let up,” she said. “I just decided that I wanted to see what I could find out.”

She called CMPD’s missing persons team in 2000. Tuttle, a 20-year-veteran of the department, who is also from Winston-Salem, called her back. Over time, he found an article about Blevins’ disappearance written in 1978. He also contacted a private detective who’d been hired by the family to find Blevins.

But the key to cracking the case would be newer investigative methods.

For the past five years, the N.C. Medical Examiner’s Office has collected DNA from unidentified bodies and entered them into the FBI’s national DNA database, in Quantico, Va., Tuttle said.

During that time, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have also been collecting DNA from family members, which can help identify human remains.

Tuttle met Howe at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Winston-Salem. They had coffee, chatted about the case, then he had Howe run a cotton swab against the inside of her cheek. The DNA from that drop of saliva was sent to the FBI’s lab and entered into the national database.

Matching the DNA is not a quick process, especially in a 30-year-old missing persons case. Other cases, especially those awaiting prosecution, are often prioritized.

Two weeks ago – three years after putting Howe’s DNA in the database – Tuttle’s phone rang “out of the blue,” he said. Howe’s DNA matched DNA from another sample in the system.

The body at the medical examiner’s office was Priscilla Blevins.

Howe was equally surprised by his knock on the door the next day.

Now she’s planning a homecoming of sorts for her sister – a memorial ceremony at Wake Forest University, and a burial in the family plot.

“I have friends who scarcely know that I had a sister,” Howe said. “Now I get to scream it from the rooftops in a way that I couldn’t comfortably do before.”

Tuttle said the department will close one of its oldest missing persons cases. Authorities in Haywood will try to determine how Blevins died.

He hopes Blevins’ story encourages families of missing people to not give up hope.
Staff writer Maria David and The Winston-Salem Journal contributed.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/11/02/3637127/police-solve-charlotte-1975-missing.html

Priscilla Ann Blevins is pictured in this family photo from her high school graduation. Winston-Salem Journal -- Courtesy the family

 

Missing person David Anthony Klammer

Revelstoke
File # 2012-3616
2012-11-07 09:15 PST


On October 8, 2012 thirty-nine year old David Anthony Klammer left his parents residence in Saskatchewan in his White 2003 Subaru Impreza. David was expected to be returning home in White Rock, BC, but has yet to arrive. David was reported missing by his family on October 21, 2012.

On October 26, 2012 a backpack, believed to be David's was found in the brush along a logging road referred to as, twelve mile, South of Revelstoke, BC.

On November 5, 2012 David's vehicle was found to be parked on the logging road at the end of twelve mile. RCMP Air Services conducted a search of the twelve mile area with negative results.

As of November 6, 2012 Search and Rescue are in the process of conducting a ground search. David Klammer is described as a Caucasian male, 188cm (6'2), 89kg (196lb), brown hair with blue eyes. David could possibly be wearing a brown leather jacket with a brown hoodie.

If you have seen David Klammer, or have any information about David Klammer that would assist the  RCMP, we ask you to please contact the Revelstoke Detachment at, 250-837-5255.
 

Cpl Thomas Blakney

Revelstoke RCMP Detachment

Released by

Cpl. Dan Moskaluk

Senior Media Relations Officer
South East District
1168 Main Street, Penticton B.C. V2A-5E8
Office: (250) 492-4300
Cell: (250) 863-7433
Fax: (250) 492-4851

Email: dan.moskaluk@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

http://revelstoke.bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=503&languageId=1&contentId=27704

Sonia's thread has become very long and hard to navigate.

As we've done in the past with a few other cases, another thread has been created for the ongoing discussion regarding her murder.

Please continue....

Found Remains North Vancouver – Public Assistance Requested

North Vancouver, Integrated Homicide Investigation Team
File # IHIT File: 2012-2454 North Vancouver File: 2012-21765
2012-09-19 12:38 PDT
 
On August 18, 2012 the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took conduct of an investigation in North Vancouver after human remains were located off of a gravel pathway.

At this point investigators have determined that this individual has not been reported missing and we are relying on friends, family and the public to come forward with any information that might help us identify her.

It appears attempts were made to conceal the victim in this location and investigators continue to treat this as a homicide. There are many details we will not be able to address however, through analysis of the remains we can share the following:

The victim is a smaller framed female ranging in height from 5’2 – 5’6. We believe she was in her mid twenties to early fourties and had shoulder length, wavy, black hair.

Attached is a photo taken of her teeth which indicates some visible dental work on the front few top teeth. This would appear to be discoloration from her existing teeth and would be noticeable if one were up close to her. (See attached photo of actual teeth)

We also know the victim sustained an injury to her middle back, months if not years before her death. Two of her vertebrae were broken and this particular injury may have required an emergency room visit or several days of bed rest followed by non-surgical care. It may have required a brace.

We are attaching a photo of the jeans and shoes similar to what the victim was wearing at the time of her death. These specific clothing items appear to only be sold in Europe or possibly on-line. The jeans are black VS Miss brand skinny jeans and the shoes are an adidas slip on, medium brown in color.(See attached photos)

Somewhere out there is a family waiting for this young women to come home. We need the public to help us identify her and assist investigators in moving this investigation forward, says Sgt. Jennifer Pound.

Anyone with information about this investigation, or anyone who can identify this victim is asked to contact IHIT by phone tipline at 1-877-551-4448 or by email to ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

If you wish to remain anonymous there are Four Ways to Leave an Anonymous Tip with Crime Stoppers:
Web: solvecrime.ca
Talk: 1-800-222-8477
Text: BCTIP and your message to CRIMES (274637)
Facebook: facebook.com/metrovancouvercrimestoppers

http://www.iammissing.ca/Missing%20Index-Sept-11.html

Missing 52 year old North Vancouver Male

North Vancouver

File # 2012-22171 - 2012-08-27 12:23 PDT

The North Vancouver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating 52 year old North Vancouver resident Timothy Cameron. Mr. Cameron was last seen by his family in North Vancouver on August 18, 2012. Timothy Cameron is described as:

·        52 year old Caucasian male

·        6’ 0 (182 cm) tall, slim build

·        Grey hair and blue eyes

Cameron’s current whereabouts are unknown. His family, along with the North Vancouver RCMP is concerned for his well being.

If anyone should see Timothy Cameron or know of his whereabouts they are asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

http://www.iammissing.ca/Missing%20Index-Sept-11.html

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I normally would not post a missing person case on two separate threads, under two different provinces. I am doing so in the hope that it will jog someone's memory. Ron Yaminchuk and his wife Terry went missing more than thirty nine years ago enroute from Edmonton to Montreal. The last confirmed communication from them was from Dryden, ON.

Below is a brief description and a link to their thread here on Unsolved. Responses can be posted there.     

Additional Information :  Ron and his wife, Terry Pettit (pictured below) left their home in Edmonton on June 9, 1973. The two were driving to Montreal to attend a friend's wedding on June 16, 1973.

Along the way, Terry and Ron stopped to visit a friend in Brandon, Manitoba. The following day, they arrived in Dryden, Ontario. The last confirmed communication from Terry and Ron was a one-word postcard that was mailed from Dryden.

http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=6195.0

Ron and Terry are pictured below.

I am including pictures of the car they were driving. It is very unique in appearance and for that reason I'm hoping that if someone has seen it, they will remember. The couple were driving a 1959 red Volkswagen Beetle with a green hood and fender bearing an Alberta license CA3 262. The car was filled with boxes of clothes, books and household goods as well as a white 3-metre kayak. Many of the roads that Ron and Terry may have travelled are remote. If they experienced problems with the car there is always the possibility that they attempted to walk out. Also the possibility of an accident. This car could be sitting on a bush road somewhere, in a ditch, or down an embankment.

Contact your local police department or:

Contact :  Edmonton Police Service – 780-423-4567
File – 74-5051

OR Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)