Repairman Makes Gruesome Discovery

"QUEBEC, CA - Quebec police are investigating a possible murder-suicide pact that left a Saguenay couple dead Tuesday afternoon.

"A satellite-dish repairman who had been summoned to a residence on a work order called 911 shortly before 4 p.m. after discovering the couple's bodies.

"The couple, a man and a woman in their 40s, were declared dead at a hospital a few hours later.

"Quebec coroner Michel Miron would not say how the couple died given the ongoing police investigation.

"But Quebec police confirm they found weapons inside the house at 2127 du rang Saint-Martin."

From CBCnews...

Disagreement Leads To Murder/Suicide

"PICCADILLY, N.L. (Canada) — Autopsies have confirmed that two men killed in a double shooting over the weekend died as part of a murder-suicide, Newfoundland RCMP said Wednesday.

"The medical examiner has concluded that each man died as a result of a single shot from a high-powered rifle that was found at the scene, according to a police news release.

"The two neighbours, now identified as Leroy Benoit, 35 and 47-year-old Claude Wiseman, were heard having a disagreement early Sunday morning in Piccadilly, on the west coast of Newfoundland.

"RCMP say Wiseman shot Benoit, killing him instantly, and then shot himself.

"It’s believed only Benoit had been drinking at the time of the altercation, the news release said.

"Wiseman was taken to hospital where he died."

From canada.com...

1 Dead, 1 Hospitalized In Attempted Murder/Suicide

"SURREY, British Columbia - A 69-year-old woman was stabbed to death and a 74-year-old man was injured early Tuesday morning inside a townhouse within a gated community in the 8500 block of 164 Street in Surrey.

"Initial reports said the incident at the Monta Rosa complex appeared to be an attempted murder-suicide.

"The man was rushed to hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.

"He is facing a charge of murder, police said.

"A neighbour called police just after 3 a.m. Tuesday to report strange sounds coming from the unit next door.

"Officers arrived to find the wounded man, then discovered the murdered woman. Both had suffered what appeared to stab wounds.

"It is being treated as a domestic violence case."

Source: bclocalnews.com...

Death In The Basement

"Edmonton, Alberta, CA - A medical examiner confirmed Tuesday the deaths of a father and son were the result of a murder-suicide.

"Edmonton police began investigating the deaths of a 39-year-old man and his 11-year-old son after their bodies were discovered in a bungalow on 84th Street and 138th Avenue on Sunday.

"Edmonton officers received a 911 call from the man's common-law wife, once she could not contact her husband inside their home. When officers arrived, Jeff Bostick and his son Jeremy were already dead.

"Police confirmed there are no signs of violence at the bungalow where the deaths took place and say both bodies were found in the same room in the basement.

"The boy was described as having a severe case of autism."

Source: CTV...

No Names Released In Canadian Murder/Suicide

"Orangeville, ON, Canada - An overnight domestic dispute north of Toronto has left a woman and her estranged husband dead, police say.

"Around midnight Friday, police drove to a home in Orangeville after a call that a couple was fighting inside.

"The responding police officers left the home, but returned a short time later after a gunshot was reported.

"Once entering the home, police found a woman inside with a serious gunshot wound.

"The woman, reportedly in her late 30s, was taken to a local hospital, but had to be airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, where she died.

"Later, officers went to the ex-husband's nearby home in Mono, which is about 13 kilometres north of Orangeville.

"Police say that members of the Emergency Response Team and other tactical units were also on the scene, where there was a reported standoff.

"According to some reports, the standoff lasted for more than two hours, but police later entered the home to find the man dead. No names have been released."

From CTV.ca...

High Profile Murder Becomes Murder/Suicide

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian police say fugitive murder suspect and reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide in a motel in British Columbia.

"Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit says police responded to a call about a dead person in Hope, east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins.

"The real estate developer and investor was wanted in California on first-degree murder charges after the mutilated body of his ex-wife was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.

"The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are `now able to confirm that a deceased person that was found in a motel in Hope, British Columbia is, in fact, Ryan Jenkins,` Pound said.

"`At this present time the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing, but preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life. Any further details will not be released at this time as this investigation remains in its infancy.`

"Jenkins' body was found in The Thunderbird Motel on a secluded road on the outskirts of Hope B.C. at the entrance to the province's mountainous interior. His body was found in a room at the out-of-the-way motel.

"The Thunderbird was surrounded by police with a coroner's van, said Mark Lojeski who works at the nearby Lucky Strike Motel.

"Jenkins, 32, disappeared last week but his boat was found Wednesday at a marina not far from the U.S.-Canada border south of Vancouver.

"Jenkins had apparently hanged himself, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office in California, which is contact with Canadian police. Crime scene investigators identified Jenkins through fingerprints, she said.

"Pound says police don't yet know how long Jenkins was at the motel before his body was discovered."

From FOX43.com...

Police Escort Fails To Prevent Murder/Suicide

"Montreal, Quebec - Montreal police are investigating the SQ's [police] actions during a murder-suicide that happened as provincial police officers were answering a call in the Lanaudiere region on Tuesday evening.

"A man and a woman in their 60's died in the domestic dispute in St-Jean-de-Matha.

"The woman had returned home with a Surete du Quebec escort in order to collect her belongings.

"When the officer stepped outside the home, the woman's husband stabbed her to death before turning the weapon on himself.

"The couple had separated and the woman was seeing another man.

"A witness on the scene was not injured.

"Under provincial law, an outside police force investigates whenever someone is injured or dies during a police operation."

From montreal.ctv.ca...

RCMP Cops Find Four Dead

"SLAVE LAKE, Aberta, CA - Cops are coping after finding an entire family dead in their own home today.

"`(Murder-suicide) is likely going to be the finding, but we have to progress in the investigation if that statement is to be definitively stated,` said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes.

"Slave Lake RCMP got a tip on the killing at 6:30 a.m. today.

"They rushed out a rural home near Smith, 205 km north of Edmonton after calling in emergency response teams from Edmonton and Red Deer, with dog and air support in tow.

"They arrived at 7 a.m. and locked down the property.

"With all officers in place, they entered the home at 2 p.m., finding a ghastly sight.

"`Four members of a family were found deceased,` said Oakes.

"There was no one found alive in the home, and cops haven't run into anybody on the property.

"Oakes said investigators are treating the case as a homicide, but are not looking for any suspects.

"`They don't believe anyone else is at risk,` said Oakes.

"He noted cops had never been called to the home due to domestic violence.

"Cops didn't release any details about the family members. Next of kin are being notified, said Oakes, but he wouldn't say if any residents of the home are unaccounted for."

From The Edmonton Sun...

Nosy Neighbors Break Window To Gawk At Corpses

"Montreal, Canada - A couple has been found dead in Pierrefonds/Roxboro Borough in what police believe was a murder-suicide. The bodies were found in a split-level home on a leafy street at 4980 Orléans St. near Gouin Blvd. at 10:30 Monday morning, Montreal police Constable Daniel Lacoursière said.

"The bodies are those of a man, 68, and a woman, age 59 or 60, he said.

"Police went to the home after calls by relatives. The relatives were worried because they had not heard from the couple in some time, Lacoursière said. Police entered the home and discovered the bodies.

"`I'm very shocked. This is completely unexpected. I saw them all the time walking my dog,` neighbour Monique Sylvestre said. `I know (the man) wasn't well. I don't know what else to say. This is going to stay with us for a long time.`

"Neighbour Guy Bricault, who has lived on the street for 46 years, said the couple were supposed to have breakfast with friends.

"When they didn’t show up and three phone calls went unanswered, neighbours contacted a relative who came to the house, Bricault said.

"The neighbours tried to look through the windows, but the drapes were closed, he said.

"They didn’t have a key so they called police to advise them that they were going to break a window to get into the house, Bricault said.

"The neighbours broke the window and waited for police, he said.

"When police went in they discovered a woman in a chair in the basement and a man in the garage with a bullet wound through his forehead, Bricault said."

Source: The Montreal Gazette...

"There Was A Lot Of Blood"

"TORONTO, ON, CA - A 27-year-old woman is dead and an injured man believed to be her brother is in custody after a murder-attempted suicide in a Riverdale apartment yesterday.

"Emergency crews were called to Unit 2 at 55 Munro St. -- a new co-op northwest of Broadview Ave. and Queen St. E. -- around 11:45 a.m. and found the woman suffering from fatal stab wounds, Toronto Police say. A man was also found in the home, apparently suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds.

"`There was a lot of blood,` Const. Tony Vella said, describing the scene of the senseless killing.

"He confirmed the incident was `domestic-related,` but wouldn't disclose the relationship of the man and woman.

"`It looks like a dispute between the two people at the residence. As a result, she sustained serious injuries (and) he sustained injuries as well,` Vella said. `Anything's possible at this point.`

"However, neighbours said the pair were brother and sister.

"`He seemed a little off,` said one man, who lives nearby and didn't want his name used. `I think he might be mentally ill.`

"`I'm scared of him,` said another neighbour, who also didn't want her name used. `He should have been getting some help. It's not right.`

"`That poor woman,` she added of the slain woman, who she and others knew only as Jamilla.

"After removing the woman from her home, paramedics worked feverishly to save her as residents watched in shock. The woman was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead, becoming the city's 19th murder victim of the year."

From cnews...

Canadian Hat Trick

"EDMONTON, AB (CA) - Two females and a male have been found dead in a Grande Cache, Alberta, home.

"Investigators are not seeking any suspects outside the house, but it is too early to release the manner in which the three people died, said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes. Police believe what happened was between the deceased.

"RCMP responded to the home on Hoppe Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after they were called to check on the occupants of the house, Oakes said.

"The ages of those involved or any connections between them have not been released. RCMP are in the process of trying to reach family.

"Autopsies on the bodies have been scheduled for Thursday morning.

"Grande Cache is about 440 kilometres northwest of Edmonton."

Source: Vancouver Sun...

Death In The Middle Of Nowhere

"JERSEYVILLE, ON (CA) - Police are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a field in Jerseyville, the Hamilton Spectator reports.

"Investigators responded to the field, on Paddy Greene Line [not on any map - tsc], around 6 p.m. yesterday after receiving a call about shots fired in the area. They found a man and a woman lying dead beneath a cellphone tower.

"Police aren't looking for any other suspects, indicating the deaths might be a murder-suicide.

"The two were known to each other, but police don't believe they were married.

"A weapon was reportedly found near the bodies."

Source: TheStar...

Death At The Mall

"Edmonton, AB (CA) - A man attempting to rob a liquor store in Edmonton shot and killed himself Thursday morning, apparently after shooting another man dead in a robbery attempt at a nearby spa.

"Police were first called to the Bella Tonic spa in a strip mall at Mill Woods Road and Milbourne Road E. at 10:15 a.m., when a man attempted to rob the establishment at gunpoint.

"A male employee of the spa was shot and killed when he confronted the robber, police spokesperson Jeff Wuite said.

"Ten minutes later, police got a call about an armed robbery at a liquor store in the Milbourne Market Mall, one block north.

"The suspect, who matched a description of the man who robbed the spa, shot himself when he saw police waiting outside the store, Wuite said.

"He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Streets around the spa were closed while police continued their investigation."

From CBCnews.ca...

Murder On The Sixth Floor

"Calgary, AB - Police are on the scene of an apparent murder suicide in downtown Calgary.

"Officers were called to an apartment building at 727 1 Ave S.W. around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

"When police arrived they discovered a man's body in the rear parking lot of the apartment building.

"Further investigation led police to a 6th floor unit where they found a deceased female along with an unharmed 3-year-old child.

"Area residents say it appears that the man may have jumped to his death."

Source: CTV.ca...

Two Dead In "Quiet Suburb"

"Sherbrooke, QC, Canada - Police in Sherbrooke believe a local mother killed her nine-year-old son and then herself on Wednesday in the latest domestic homicide to take place in Quebec in recent months.

"On Thursday, police identified the victims as Sylvie Laneauville, 43, and her nine-year-old son, Jerome Laneauville Grenier.

"The two were found dead in their home in the quiet suburb of Rock Forest-Saint-Élie-Deauville on Wednesday morning.

"Sherbrooke police discovered the bodies after receiving a call from a concerned family member.

"`At this point, the probable cause appears to be murder followed by suicide. The autopsy will confirm the exact cause of death,` said Sherbrooke police spokesperson Martin Carrier."

From cbcnews.ca...

Taxi Driver

"Laval, QC - Laval taxi driver Mahmoub El Hage shot his estranged wife, Jinane Ghannoum, and then turned the gun on himself Tuesday in a clear case of murder-suicide, police have confirmed.

"Ghannoum's three children were not home at the time.

"The couple's 15-year-old son found their bodies in the basement Tuesday afternoon and called police.

"The teen, his brother, 14, and a sister, 10, are now in the care of other family members, Laval police Sgt. Francois Dumais said.

"Following an acrimonious separation last summer, El Hage, 57, had been under court order to refrain from going to his wife's home on Place des Mezieres, police said."

Source: The Gazette...

Dad Kills While Mom Skiis

"Piedmont, Canada - The bodies of a 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl have been discovered in a home in Piedmont, up in the Laurentians.

"The children's 36-year-old father was also found on the scene, police say overdosed on medication. But he wasn't dead, and he was raced to hospital, first in St Jerôme, where he apparently works as a doctor. Then, he was transported to a hospital in Montreal. Investigators haven't been able to speak to him yet.

"As for the mother, she was tracked down way out in Charlevoix, in the Saguenay, where she was skiing."

Source: CJAD 800AM...

Classic Stab-and-Jump Causes Traffic Jam

"Police in Coquitlam, B.C., say the incident in which a man plunged from the balcony of his ninth-floor apartment to his death was the result of an attempted murder-suicide.

"Investigators said the man, in his 50s, stabbed his wife multiple times during a domestic dispute on Friday, then jumped from his balcony.

"His wife, also in her 50s, was in critical condition, but was expected to survive.

"Police and emergency crews were on the scene after Friday's death, blocking traffic near the intersection of Austin Avenue and North Road, not far from the Lougheed Mall."

Source: AOL News...

Mounties Investigate Murder/Suicide

"LAMONT, Canada - Fort Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Lamont.

"RCMP were called to a house at 5520 45th Street in Lamont around 12:40 p.m. Sunday. They discovered the bodies of Linda Marie Piercey, 48, and Wayne Warford, 45, inside.

"Piercey's death is being treated as a homicide, RCMP said in a press release.

"`At this time, investigators do not believe that anyone other than Warford contributed to his death,` the release said.

"The bodies were found in different rooms in the house.

"RCMP believe Piercey and Warford had been living together until very recently. Warford was seen picking up Piercey from another location around 9 a.m. Sunday, but attempts to reach the pair by phone later that day were unsuccessful."

From EdmontonJournal.com...

Four Down in Quebec Murder/Suicide

"Chicoutimi, QC - Police are poring over the tragic scene inside a Chicoutimi home where they discovered the dead bodies of a man and three children.

"A woman at the house called 911 for help a few minutes before midnight last night.

"`We found the woman in question who was injured and afterward we found four people dead inside the home – a man and three children,` said Constable Bruno Cormier with the City of Saguenay’s municipal police force

"The woman was seriously injured, but her life is no longer in danger, police said. Details remain sketchy about the deaths in what neighbours describe as a quiet residential area.

"Police won’t say how the victims died nor what their relationship is to each other. They also can’t reveal their names or ages yet, Cormier said, because they haven’t been positively identified yet."

From The Gazette...