Brush with Greatness 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2003 This story here is a follow up. Basically what happened was a father was camping with his family and at about 7 am the man went over to a campsite where 4 guys had been partying all night and asked them to keep it down. He was subsequently beaten to death. Monday, August 25, 2003 Noise complaint prior to man's beating death Mounties were called to same campsite By KATIE CHALMERS, STAFF REPORTER Hours before a Winnipeg father was fatally beaten when he interrupted an all-night drinking party in a provincial park, police responded to a noise complaint at the same campsite. David Leon DeMare died of blunt-force trauma after a dispute with revellers about 7 a.m. Friday at Hnausa Provincial Park, where the 38-year-old father of five was camping with his family. CAMPERS CAUTIONED RCMP spokesman Sgt. Steve Saunders said the original noise complaint was handled without any resistance. "It's not unusual. As a matter of fact, noise complaints are relatively the norm. It wasn't an exceptional complaint," said Saunders. "They obliged." There were no more complaints made to RCMP the rest of the night. Yesterday, Saunders was cautioning campers to alert RCMP instead of approaching a potentially dangerous situation themselves. Ryan Kelly Sinclair, 21, of nearby Hodgson, has been charged with manslaughter. No weapons were seized and Saunders doesn't anticipate any more arrests or charges. A park patrol was on duty from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. that night and Manitoba Conservation's Gimli office is looking at extending hours, said spokesman Randy Woroniuk. Parks closer to the major urban centres have more frequent patrols. "I think this was an isolated incident and people shouldn't stop camping because of it," said Woroniuk. "This has never happened before. Of course, everyone here is shocked." A five-year review of provincial park planning and operations was already in the works by Manitoba Conservation. The circumstances surrounding DeMare's death will now be included, said Dave Wotton, assistant deputy minister of Manitoba Conservation. "We are all in a state of shock," said Wotton, adding he's not aware of any other homicides at provincial campgrounds during his 27-year career. "It's very rare." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brush with Greatness 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2003 On top of this: Monday, August 25, 2003 Teen savagely beaten Police seek public help to identify Elmwood boy By KATIE CHALMERS, STAFF REPORTER Winnipeg police are asking for the public's help to identify a teenager severely beaten in Elmwood on Friday night after no relatives or friends had reported him missing two days later. The male teen, believed to be 13 to 16 years old, remained in critical but stable condition at Health Sciences Centre yesterday and unable to communicate with investigators. "This is unusual for us not to be able to identify the person relatively soon, whether from somebody phoning in to report their son missing or from other means," said Staff Sgt. John Ormondroyd of the Winnipeg Police Service. The victim was involved in an altercation with two males on the grounds of Elmwood High School at 505 Chalmers Ave. about 11 p.m. on Friday. The suspects beat the teenager on the head and body before fleeing the area. There was no weapon involved, police said. The boy wasn't discovered until about 3:45 a.m. on Saturday when a passerby alerted police. The victim was taken to Concordia Hospital with serious head injuries and later transported to Health Sciences Centre. Police described the victim as an aboriginal male, about 5-foot-8, with a slim build and no obvious tattoos. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, with a black, short-sleeved, pull-over shirt, "Cache Creek" khaki shorts, "Exco" blue jeans and white and blue running shoes. Police are asking anyone with information to call 986-6222. The beating was not gang-related and police don't believe the victim was known to his assailants. Scott Harris, 19, of Winnipeg and Clement Fontaine, 21, of Winnipeg have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. They will appear in court today. Investigators spent much of Saturday at an address in the 300-block of Union Avenue East but would not confirm yesterday whether the location is connected. This happened the same weekend in Winnipeg. I don't know about America or Toronto, but in Canada this shit just isn't that common. I'm also noticing a trend lately provincially (Manitoba that is) that there have been a shitload of deaths where the weapon was nothing other than one's own fists and feet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2003 Cache Creek? That is the name of an Indian Gaming Casino about 40mins from here.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2003 Nice to see America is finally exporting something for once... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted August 26, 2003 I don't have the article but on Canada day in Squamish some teens beat up some Yankees at a campground. camping isn't fun anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
