Dana TURNER - 31 - Missing - Aug 14, 2011 - Edmonton, AB - Murdered

[jellybean]

http://www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1555290


Person of interest in the death of a Fort Sask. woman appears in BC courtroom 3:18am
Jim Kerr
10/14/2011


A person of interest in the death of a Fort Saskatchewan woman is in police custody, one province over.

Dana Turner's body was found in a field west of Innisfail recently, after she went missing on August 14th. She was last seen on a surveillance video with a heavily tattooed man, who may have been her violent boyfriend at the time, Mark Lindsay.

Lindsay was remanded into custody in Kamloops on Thursday, appearing on unrelated charges that the RCMP is refusing to talk about. The hearing has been put over until October 20th. (jk, ph)
 

[SAP]

RTP Dana. Condolences to the family and friends of Dana.

If Lindsay is in custody awaiting trial, it has to be quite serious in nature. I'm going by comparing all of Vader's run ins with the law and the use of firearms and never spent a day in jail until last year, while awaiting trial.
One article claims Lindsay had a weapon with him plus some other offence. 

eta:
Robbery.(armed)
http://www.canada.com/clues+left+behind+Edmonton+mother+vanishes/5504893/story.html

eta: stabbed a police officer

http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/news/130789328.html

[jellybean]

Unfortunately there are too many Vaders, and Lindsey's out there. We have 43 murders in Edmonton and we have 2.5 months to years end.
Try and tell our sons and daughters that they are increasing their chances of a violent death everytime they connect with a pusher!!
JB

[leonagleant]

This last post is out of date, as prior posts indicate that her body has been found? Condolences to Dana's family on this tragedy.

[jellybean]

Concerned that post, while out of date, certainly shows the brutality of the man.  That is the only article that does.
I found her obituary. Perhaps someone may wish to post her picture.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=dana-turner&pid=154175656

TURNER, Dana Jane[/b
]In August 2011, Dana Jane Turner of Edmonton, was tragically taken from us at 31 years of age.
Dana will be sadly missed and forever remembered as a loving mother to her boys, Ethan, Garnett and Wayland; a beautiful, free- spirited daughter to her mother, Wendy Yurko, and her father, Bruce (Linda) Turner; and a much loved sister to her siblings Paula, Leah, Brendan, Jessica, Russell, Cara, and Sarah. She is also survived by her maternal grandmother, Marion Brooks and paternal grandmother, Marion Turner; her niece, Ayla; nephews Everett and Caiden; and by aunts and uncles, many other relatives and friends. Dana was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Walter Strand and paternal grandfather, Everett Turner.
A Celebration of Dana's Life will be held on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Beulah Alliance Church, 17504 - 98A Avenue, Edmonton, with Pastor Allen Powles officiating. In lieu of floral tributes, memorial donations are being graciously accepted for her children at TD Canada Trust, c/o Paula Turner, transit # 8304, account # 6320062.
Dana, you were taken before we could say good-bye. We love you, miss you and will carry you in our hearts forever.
Fedun's Funeral Chapel
780-632-3822
An Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial

Published in The Edmonton Journal on October 16, 2011 Print

[solvy]

Mark Lindsay chooses Jury

http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/133845198.html

[jellybean]

I have the deepest respect and admiration for Dana's mother Mrs. Yurko. She has carried herself with dignity, courage and purpose  throughout  all of this.   I believe that we will hear more from her in the future. IMHO Mrs. Yurko is a true fighter, and will fight for justice for her daughter Dana. I have the impression that Mrs. Yurko will never take No for an answer, not when it comes to the death of her daughter.

JB

[wfay45]

Thank you jellybean for caring about my baby and for understanding me.  Dana IS my HEART.  I WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR MY BABY.  NEVER.  The world has lost an angel.  And so have I.  My angel.

Wendy

[SAP]

Welcome to the site wfay45.
I wish you much success in your fight for justice for your beautiful daughter.

[wfay45]

Dana Jane should have celebrated her 32nd birthday with her little boys and her loving family on October 28th of this year and she should be spending Christmas with us all.  Instead, we have a SYSTEM that is sick; and Dana paid the ultimate price.  When I say SYSTEM, I am using that word loosely.  What we have is responsible for my baby not being with us. 

[jobo]

I am so sorry for your pain...wfay45.   It is a sick system that doesn't protect the innocent. 
 When someone is in fear of another, the police always say their hands are tied.  And if, by some chance, an arrest is made, then our courts are too lenient on the dangerous ones.

I hope you get the Justice your daughter Dana (and you and her kids) deserve.

[jellybean]

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/10/17/victims-mom-disgusted


Victim's mom disgusted

By JACKIE L. LARSON,Edmonton Sun

 First posted: Monday, October 17, 2011 07:11 PM MDT | Updated: Monday, October 17, 2011 07:19 PM MDT
 

Wendy Yurko, mother of Dana Turner, who was found slain south of Innisfail last week, reads a passage from Turner's diary detailing the knife attack she was subjected to by Mark Lindsay, son of a former police chief, at her home in Fort Saskatchewan.


As the Crown prepared to take Mark Lindsay to a hearing on Aug. 12 for the attack on Dana Turner, her mom, Wendy Yurko, expected a charge of attempted murder.

 Her daughter was told she needed to testify or she would be held in contempt of court, Yurko recalled.
 
Dana Turner never got a chance to tell the judge about the stabbing.
 
“He plea bargained down to nothing and Dana didn’t need to testify. If we had known she didn’t need to testify, I would have sent her out of there so quick and fast on a plane,” Yurko said.
 
Mark Lindsay was released for time served - 50 days, and given 18 months probation as well as a ban from owning a weapon for 10 years.
 
The sentence that turned Lindsay out on the street in less than two months disgusts Wendy Yurko.
 
“I don’t think these people should be able to make these plea bargains out that put these people out on the streets in a matter of days,” she said.
 
“It’s a total disgrace ... This justice system is here to protect the criminals and not the innocent.”
 
The adopted son of former Edmonton police chief and St. Joseph Basilica ordained Deacon John Lindsay, Mark Damien Lindsay, remains in the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre awaiting trial on unrelated charges of robbery and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose relating to a reported undercover officer. By closed-circuit video, Mark Lindsay appeared briefly in B.C. provincial court in Kamloops on Oct. 13.
 
As she waited for a death certificate that would enable Turner’s family to plan a funeral, Wendy Yurko mourned unimaginable loss.
 
“My daughter’s remains will be hermetically sealed, when mothers of other 31-year-olds are planning weddings and vacations with their grandchildren, I’m planning a funeral with my daughter in a body bag. Picking out a coffin for your child who should be living for another 50 years ... I’ve watched a lot of crime shows in my life, and I don’t think one rivals what we’re going through,” she said.
 
“Breathing is difficult most of the time,” she said.
 
One thought in particular haunts Yurko: the dread of the unsolved homicide.
 
“She’s bones and teeth. Maybe whoever did this to her will get away with this ... I am only living and breathing right now to bring justice to my daughter,” she said.
 
Horrendous dreams stalk her sleep, Yurko said this week, recalling a vivid nightmare that Dana was calling out to her from beyond the grave.
 
“Her voice said, ‘Mum, help me, Mum, help me, Mum, help me’ ... that’s how I woke up this morning.”
 
The RCMP are close-lipped about the investigation into Turner’s homicide. A spokesman told the Sun they haven’t publicly named any suspects.
 
 

[jellybean]

http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/130789328.html

Murder suspect in ‘Mr. Big’ sting is son of former police chief

■Bail hearing in “Mr. Big” sting adjourned
■Mountie stabbed in Mr. Big operation
■Lindsay now facing new charge
 
By Tim Petruk - Kamloops This Week
 Published: September 29, 2011 9:00 AM
Updated: September 29, 2011 4:52 PM

The murder suspect arrested last week near Kamloops in connection with the stabbing of an undercover cop is the son of a former Edmonton police chief who stepped down amid a storm of controversy in 2000.

KTW has learned Mark Lindsay, the 24-year-old man who remains in custody following his arrest by Kamloops RCMP on Wednesday, Sept. 21, is the son of John Lindsay​, former chief of the Edmonton Police Service.

John Lindsay resigned as police chief in November 2000 after months of controversy surrounding the department, including allegations he had been turning a blind eye to organized crime corruption within the force.

Mark Lindsay is the suspect in an Edmonton homicide investigation and had apparently been the target of an RCMP “Mr. Big” operation until he allegedly stabbed one of the undercover officers involved last week in Barriere.

The alleged stabbing took place at about 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 21, while Lindsay and the undercover officer travelled in a pickup truck from Edmonton to an unknown location in B.C.

The injured officer was able to call for medical help and Kamloops RCMP set up roadblocks north of the city.

Lindsay was arrested near McLure.

He is now facing charges in Kamloops provincial court of robbery and possession of a weapon.

Suspects in murder cases are sometimes targeted by the RCMP for so-called “Mr. Big” operations, in which undercover officers pretend to be members of a criminal organization in an attempt to gain the trust of the suspect.

Posing as criminals, the officers attempt to recruit their target into a fictitious gang.

Typically, the suspect travels across Canada performing tasks for the group — often involving moving packages and sometimes depicting staged violence.

The operations generally culminate in a meeting with a “boss” — Mr. Big — where the suspect is asked to come clean about any previous crimes.

While Lindsay has been identified by the RCMP as a homicide suspect, he has never been publicly named. It is also unknown what murder he is suspected of committing.

What is known is that Lindsay entered a guilty plea in August in an Edmonton courtroom to one count of assault with a weapon after stabbing his girlfriend, 31-year-old Dana Turner, in the head with a paring knife nearly two months earlier.

He was handed a conditional sentence order and an 18-month probation term and released from custody on Aug. 12. Turner went missing on Aug. 14 and has not been seen since.

Last week, after Lindsay had been arrested in Kamloops, Alberta RCMP released a statement saying they had found Turner’s vehicle, but wouldn’t say when or where it was located.


Police in B.C. and Alberta are not saying anything about Lindsay and the story is going largely unreported.

RCMP media liaisons in both provinces have been citing a publication ban on the file, refusing to offer any comments. While there is a publication ban on Lindsay’s file in Kamloops, there has been no bail hearing and no evidence has yet been banned.
Lindsay is slated to appear in a Kamloops courtroom on Monday, Oct. 3, for a bail hearing. It is not yet known if his father will be present for that hearing, or if he will attempt to act as a surety for bail.

John Lindsay is now a deacon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton.

Attempts by KTW to contact him were unsuccessful.

[jellybean]

I have posted the above two articles, as this should never be kept away from the public.
He has caused more heartache and tragedy to others than one could ever imagine.

Mark Lindsay is a dangerous individual, even in prison he is uncontrollable. 
He should never be allowed to walk in amongst society again.

The police will not rest  until all present charges laid against him are prosecuted to the fullest extent.  And while he is caged in jail for those, we hope that they will continue to persue the homicide and bring justice to a grieving mother, and family members.

JB

[wfay45]

Thank you jellybean for posting those articles.  Getting ANYTHING in the media was almost impossible.  If it was not for Tim Petruk in Kamloops This Week and a couple of other people who have morals and ethics (Byron Christopher and JT Lemiski), no one would know about my baby at all!  Censorship is alive and well in Canada.  We must protect the guilty and people with position and power in this country and our sick SYSTEM!  We would not want Canadians actually knowing what is really going on!
Wendy