This is the status of gender in Canada. Countless killings of mothers and women who were denounced of importance even when they were killed in a horrific manner.
Here are some of the names(Some women were not involved in custody cases and some were not disclosed as involved in custody cases):
Ottawa, ON. - May 11, 2004
Sonia ABBAS, 30 years old: was strangled by her estranged spouse Mike Sterling who later committed suicide. M.S.
Toronto, ON. - July 17, 2005
Hafiza CHOWDBURY, 41 mother of 2: died from blunt force trauma. Her husband Rafat Chowdbury has been charged and their 2 children were placed with CAS. UPDATE: Rafat Chowdbury was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years at trial in November 2007. (Toronto Star- December 22, 2007)
Toronto/Richmond Hill, ON. - Nov. 1, 2005
Hee Jeung CHOI, 33: was strangled by her spouse Young Huan Lee.
TRIAL / COURT UPDATE: Young Huan Lee was convicted of 2nd degree murder and was sentenced on August 22, 2008 to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 11 years for the death of his estranged ex-wife. (Toronto Star-August 12, 2008)
Sudbury, ON. – May, 2005
Delphine ADAMSON, 62 years: was killed by her husband Mike Adamson using blunt force trauma. The body was found decomposed in a shallow grave by campers and was identified through dental records. Mike Adamson was charged with 1st degree murder.
Toronto, ON. - July 14, 2006
Yasmin ASHAREH, 20: was stabbed and dismembered by her boyfriend William Imona –Russell who was charged with 1st degree murder.
Footnote: William Imona –Russell is before the courts (Jan.09) for the rape of a previous girlfriend who he allegedly infected with HIV. He has not gone to trial for the death of Yasmin as of this date of posting (12/01/09) BME
Toronto, ON. - June 26, 2006
Seena BADHAN, 19 years old: was thrown from her balcony by her estranged spouse Zohaib Shaukat. He was charged with 1st degree murder.
COURT/TRIAL UPDATE: Justice Ian Nordheimer accepted both the Crown and Defenses joint submission that Zolaib Skaukat be sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 12 years. The accused plead guilty to 2nd degree murder on March 26, 2008.
Toronto, ON. - January 26, 2006
Rose BOROJA, 54: was strangled by her spouse Pero Bonoja. He was charged with 2nd degree murder.
Sault Ste. Marie, ON. - April 20, 2006
Melody BURTIS, 40, mother of 2 and her son Harley Burtis aged 8: were slashed to death by Albert Quiment who was referred to as Melody's new boyfriend. He has been charged with 2 counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping.
Brampton, ON. - January 22, 2007
Nabila ASIFA, 36, mother of 4: was killed by her spouse Shafqat Nagra who turned himself into police. It was reported that the relationship had a history of abuse.
Toronto, ON. - January 20, 2007
Elva ASHTON, 36, mother of 2, a health care provider: was stabbed to death by her boyfriend George McLeary. Mr. McLeary hours later stepped into the path of an oncoming train near Colbourg, Ontario. Friends say the relationship was only about 1 month old and further stated the accused was a nice man. Her family said otherwise and that Elva was acting stressed days before her death. – M.S.
Vineland, ON. - March, 2007
Stephine BECK 29. The Ontario Court of Appeal will hear on Jan. 22.09) the Crowns argument against a man's sentence of one day in jail plus time served for strangling Stephine Beck March 04, 2007. Wayne Rycak (55) pleaded guilty May14th, 2008 to manslaughter in the strangulation of Stephine Beck. Her body was found partially naked beside a road in Vineland, Ontario (March 04, 2007). Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced Ryscak to one day in jail, giving him credit of 30 months for the 14 months he spent in pre-trial custody.
TRIAL UPDATE: The Ontario Court of Appeal will hear the Crowns argument against the one day sentence on January 22, 2009. (Toronto Sun. Oct. 21, 2008)
Toronto, ON. - September 08, 2008
Maleema (Nadia) Kasana, 21: died from multiple stabs with a sharp object. The media reported that police would not comment on reports that police were called to the address recently over a domestic dispute.
Read the rest of the list here and here
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As a journalist I take great exception to your suggestion that I am somehow hiding the bodies of Melody Burtis and Harley Baxter Burtis. If you had simply done a Google search on their names you would have found a wealth of information about them, much of it written by me. I spent a great deal of time on the story and continue to follow it now, years later. I have also become friends with and stay in touch with some of the loved ones they left behind.
Your short account of their story is seriously flawed and does them a great injustice. At no time did I or any of my colleagues refer to Albert Ouimet as Melody's "new boyfriend" nor did he. At the time of her death Melody was single but close to a man named Chris. The extent of her 'relationship' with Albert Oiumet was to buy a single bed for her son Harley from him and to borrow money from him a few times.
I assume your goal is to shed light on the plight of women and children who are abused and the further humiliation that is heaped upon them by the courts and the media. While that is an admirable goal you do it no service by posting blatantly incorrect, over generalized or sensationalized information. The truth is all you need and by not presenting it fairly and objectively you undermine your credibility and the strength of your cause. You do more harm than good.
Carol Martin
SooToday.com
Shria, This list was from a womens organization whom have been following the situation far more closely. The issue our organization has is far more deeper than you are referring to. We monitor the media reports on homicides, filicides and murder suicides. I did in fact google the names and provided the link to Canadas google. What I had noted and others have also observed is when reporting lacks certain details to be consistent with political ideals(conservative beliefs that often encourage silence of these types of causes). This is where the harm is and I don't believe that there is anything I could do that could match the harm of not providing those details and bringing those issues to light. All violence against women and children are preventable. The only reason it continues to prevail is via systematic abuses and if those systematic abuses are not being brought to light when they need to be, then these tragedies will go on forever, passed down from generation to generation. There is also a very big difference between sensationalism and activism. You mentioned two people, that list was lot longer than that. At the same time, I respect and appreciate the reports that were made and in no way stated that I did not. I also did not write that "Shria is hiding the bodies". It was quite clear that it was the media that is hiding the bodies and I am aware that there are different reasons for that and the intention was to bring these issues out in the open regardless of where it may conclude. It is crucial that ALL victims are reported as it otherwise misleads the public into believing that such things are more rare than they are. That is far more crucial than the time you wasted commenting on my blog.
Sault Ste.Marie- That says it all.
For readers not familiar- seems Shria writes for a small local paper- not usually shown in Google searches etc.- and- Sault Ste.Marie has had its share of roof climbers- the kind who don't like women -or children.
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