Dr Isabelitta Jovin | Murdered (Nov 12, 1976)

[Chris]

Dr Jovin was found in a house that was set on fire. Fortunetly, the fire dept put out the fire before the body was consumed.

She was murdered by being stabbed at least 125 or 128 times (it would take 8 minutes at 1 stab every 4 seconds).

While investigating, a Laura Ann Schepens called the police to visit her about this crime. She ended up taking the police to one of the murder weapons which Laura had hidden near her home.

It turns out Laura, who was married, had an earlier affiar with man Dr Jovin was now seeing, and he ended the affair appearently when he started to see Dr Jovin.

Here is Laura's story as to why she had the murder weapon.

She went for a late night drive. She happened to pass the house Dr Jovin was in. There was smoke coming out so she wanted to see if everyone was OK. She parked her car about 2 blocks away (that is weird), and decided to enter thru the backdoor (Weird).

Upon entering, she noticed a body and went to see the condition (while the house is on fire). She noticed it was DR Jovin and she was dead. At that time, she saw she had blood on her and decided to go upstairs to the bathroom to clean it off (while the house is on fire).

While in the bathroom, she somehow handled the murder weapon and decided to bring it with her so the fire would not destroy it. She went back downstairs and at some point went back upstarirs to get a towel to wrap the murder weapon in.

She then left (and for good measure she locked the back door since the house was on fire).

She was going to go right to the police station but since she accidently drove thru a red light, she changed her mind because she thought she might get a ticket.

She then hid the murder weapon.

When the police arrested her for this murder, she threw a knife on the table and said 'I soppose this is what you are looking for? (it probably was).

Her first trial was declared a mistrial because the judge I guess self it was wrong for the police to mention the qoute above (I suppose this is what you are looking for?).

The second judge dismissed the charged due to lack of evidence.

Only after reading about the Moose Jaw justice system can one understand why these idiot judges let this woman get away with murder. And clearly, this was a murder and no judge wanted a jury to make that conclusion.

Wow! ANd this is only 1 of many weird cases in Moose Jaw, I will post more later.

[boek]

Lack of evidence? She showed police bloody gloves, a towel (that might have been taken from Isabelitta's house, I can't remember), a metal bar, and a knife. She had a blue leather jacket thing that had bloodstains on it. She took it to a cleaner and said she spilled a chocolate milkshake on it. Later on she said when she went into the doctor's house and found her body, she fell "in fright" and landed on the body, ending up with the "chocolate milkshake" stains. I also recall reading that she said she'd shoot herself if she was put in jail for the murder. Whoever decided there was a "lack of evidence" is a little nutty.

I drive by Isabelitta's house every day, and it is sickening to know that the woman who did this is not in jail for what she did.

[Chris]

Lack of evidence? She showed police bloody gloves, a towel (that might have been taken from Isabelitta's house, I can't remember), a metal bar, and a knife. She had a blue leather jacket thing that had bloodstains on it. She took it to a cleaner and said she spilled a chocolate milkshake on it. Later on she said when she went into the doctor's house and found her body, she fell "in fright" and landed on the body, ending up with the "chocolate milkshake" stains. I also recall reading that she said she'd shoot herself if she was put in jail for the murder. Whoever decided there was a "lack of evidence" is a little nutty.

I drive by Isabelitta's house every day, and it is sickening to know that the woman who did this is not in jail for what she did.

Yes, the Towel and murder weopon were removed from the house, she was already wearing the gloves when she 'saw the fire'. I forgot about the dry cleaners, yes that is pretty good circumstantial evidence.

If Milligard was an example of the judicial system overstepping it's bounds to convict an inncoent person, this case if by far the biggest example of the justice system doing everything possible to protect a guilty person from going to prison.

It is no wonder that Thatcher really believed he could get away with killing his wife in 1984. His only error was killing her in Regina and not Moose Jaw.

[boek]

It is no wonder that Thatcher really believed he could get away with killing his wife in 1984. His only error was killing her in Regina and not Moose Jaw.

No kidding. I love my city, I really do, but you can literally get away with murder here. I know the police have solved plenty of cases, but this one is just obvious. We all know who the killer is, so why wasn't she put in jail? 

Edited to add: Chris, I'm assuming you still have the Moose Jaw Murders book. There is one other unsolved murder that is in the book - the poisoning of Miriam Kent on April 5, 1909. She was pregnant and must have been feeling sick when a woman called her house claiming to be Mrs. William Grayson (a prominent Moose Jaw lawyer). The woman said she had medicine for Miriam to take. I can't remember if someone just dropped off the "medicine" or if there was a delivery boy... anyway, Miriam took it and went to a friend's house where she later died. The alleged medicine was actually strychnine, or gopher poison. In court, the telephone operator who heard part of the conversation did not recognize the woman's voice as Mrs. Grayson's. No one was ever charged in the case.

Edit #2: An unknown baby was thrown off the fourth avenue bridge on March 22, 1919. No one was charged.

John Bingely, whose car was driven/pushed off 4th avenue into the river, could have been murdered. A witness saw a cream coloured car speed away at the time of John's death. This happened August 18, 1956.

There is also the death of Nora Belisle who has her own thread here at Unsolved Canada.

[Chris]

Yes I read the whole book. A pal of mine lives next door to the house where that guy killed his 5 kids in 1919. His house is the one where the neighbors came out to see what was going on.

I was in Moose Jaw on Friday and was going to take a tour of some of these places but thought I would do it on the way home. Bad on the way home (Sunday), it was hailing. But I did make to Mortlach.

Which reminds me.

That woman who shot her 3 year old in the head because she did not like her irks me too. Why the judge threw out her confessions (both) for no good reason really ticked me off too. She did serve 11 years, but it seemed as if the judge grabbed his ankles to help her out.

Leo Itcush - Murder in August 1988 Age 6 by Keith Lagare

HOW, just HOW on earth can a judge really believe that a pedophile took a 6 year old boy, choose to bring him to a secluded location, and for fun started wreslted him, and then accidently killed him in the process.

BS. This guy should have been convicted of murder. The guy tried 3 times to leave Moose Jaw in order escape police scrutiny.

BUt no, this stupid judge took the pedophiles word, that he accidently killed him while wrestling and gave him 3 years in prison, parole in 1 year.

And then the guy goes out and molests other kids and gets in more trouble.

What should have been the writing on the wall for the judge was the fact the guy would masterbate openly in jail while watching childrens shows.

[lostlinganer]

I must admit that I harbour more hostility toward the injustice system than anyone on this site, therefore, I tend to show it in my posts ...so here goes again.  Until such time, as one or a few of these psycho judges (and I say psycho because I really believe they get their ultimate pleasure by nuturing these pedophiles and murderers ---like they are protecting their own!) get tarred and feathered openly; or some psycho judge killer surfaces, and these guys start showing up dead in some park or something, nothing is going to change.  It's the devil's path personified .... the whaco's get their kicks...the sick judges get their kicks and big bucks ....and society and victims pay for it in money and lives.

[boek]

Yes I read the whole book. A pal of mine lives next door to the house where that guy killed his 5 kids in 1919. His house is the one where the neighbors came out to see what was going on.

I was in Moose Jaw on Friday and was going to take a tour of some of these places but thought I would do it on the way home. Bad on the way home (Sunday), it was hailing. But I did make to Mortlach.

Which reminds me.

That woman who shot her 3 year old in the head because she did not like her irks me too. Why the judge threw out her confessions (both) for no good reason really ticked me off too. She did serve 11 years, but it seemed as if the judge grabbed his ankles to help her out.

Leo Itcush - Murder in August 1988 Age 6 by Keith Lagare

HOW, just HOW on earth can a judge really believe that a pedophile took a 6 year old boy, choose to bring him to a secluded location, and for fun started wreslted him, and then accidently killed him in the process.

BS. This guy should have been convicted of murder. The guy tried 3 times to leave Moose Jaw in order escape police scrutiny.

BUt no, this stupid judge took the pedophiles word, that he accidently killed him while wrestling and gave him 3 years in prison, parole in 1 year.

And then the guy goes out and molests other kids and gets in more trouble.

What should have been the writing on the wall for the judge was the fact the guy would masterbate openly in jail while watching childrens shows.

Kim Friebus is crazy. She tried to convince everyone that her 2 year old daughter accidentally shot Charlene in 1990. Later she said she gun had a "hair trigger", which was proved false. As far as I know, she's still in jail. Also, two of her other children have died, both at 7 months old in the mid 1980s. Someone said they saw one of the children having a bottle taped to his mouth, even though he was allergic to milk. Sounds suspicious to me.

And the death of Leo Itcush is just sick. According to my copy of MJM Volume 2, "...for the last ten years [Keith] Legere had either been in jail or living under some court imposed restrictions regarding his contact with young children." Once again, I cannot understand why he is not in jail, PERIOD. This guy is a dangerous pedophile. He's approached kids, done lewd things to kids, and even killed one. Absurd.

Anyway... I should stop complaining and start hoping the police will help solve unsolved crimes.

[Chris]

(and I say psycho because I really believe they get their ultimate pleasure by nuturing these pedophiles and murderers ---like they are protecting their own!)

I hear yeah, I wonder sometimes too if judges want to be judges to dispense justice or because they want to feel like God. It is not hard to tell some judges really enjoy having a feeling of supiriority over us commoners.

[Chris]

Kim Friebus is crazy. She tried to convince everyone that her 2 year old daughter accidentally shot Charlene in 1990. Later she said she gun had a "hair trigger", which was proved false. As far as I know, she's still in jail. Also, two of her other children have died, both at 7 months old in the mid 1980s. Someone said they saw one of the children having a bottle taped to his mouth, even though he was allergic to milk. Sounds suspicious to me.

And the death of Leo Itcush is just sick. According to my copy of MJM Volume 2, "...for the last ten years [Keith] Legere had either been in jail or living under some court imposed restrictions regarding his contact with young children." Once again, I cannot understand why he is not in jail, PERIOD. This guy is a dangerous pedophile. He's approached kids, done lewd things to kids, and even killed one. Absurd.

Anyway... I should stop complaining and start hoping the police will help solve unsolved crimes.

Kim got out in 2001, so she spent I guess just under 10 years total in jail for executing her 3 year old girl. Pretty sad.

Legere should have been given life. I know there was no way to prove the child was molested, but becasue of the fact Legere hid the body and denied doing anything should have been enough to at least get him on second degree murder with a minimum sentence of 12 years before parole, which of coarse could have been denied until he served I think 20 years (which would have been this month).

I am sure the police in Moose Jaw must have been so demorilized over these cases. I hope those judges are retired now, they were pathetic.

[!#%&*]

Kim Friebus got out in 2001? How did you get that information?  I know the family and they seem to be unaware of this information!! So how did you find that out? (curiousity sake is all)

[Maureen]

As I have said in another thread, judges should be elected by the people not appointed by their corrupt friends who don't seem to have a problem with pedophiles raping and killing children or the young offenders act. Some of these young offenders are killing and selling drugs for the druglords and what the hell as far as they are concerned the most they can get is three years and probably a nice sum of money waiting for them when they get out.
Maybe there could be a letter writing campaign to our Prime Minister and our MP's about passing a bill that judges have to be elected.
I think if this bill is passed you will see a big difference in punishments and who goes to jail.

[Chris]

I read it in the book 'Moose Jaw Murders' that her parole was in May 2001. That is very unfortunete.

[!#%&*]

Okay. I was just curious, b/c I know that when things were checked out from the family to Corr.Can., they were informed she is still under the watchful eye of them.  So who knows....Hopefully she is still locked up.

[Chris]

It is possible. I was amazed at how close it was to her not even being convicted. THat was one weird case, I noticed too the house she lived in at Mortloch is gone now, I guess the town could not stand the site if it anymore.

I was also shocked the husband stood by her for years and then the woman had the nerver to then turn on him.

[!#%&*]

Hmmmm, interesting that the house is gone.  I haven't been through there in a few years. 
In regards to the husband, he was likely holding on to the idea of innocence rather than her.  No one really wants to believe it right?  Especially when there were other children involved.
That's just my theory, based on what I know and have heard.