Joe1orbit wrote:
>
> Joe1orbit wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Over in Canada a few days ago, a 42 year old Daddy named Ian Gordon went
> >on a
> >> family massacre rampage and slaughtered both of his daughters, aged 14 and
> >9,
> >> along with his live-in lover/common-law wife, 41 year old Linda Marie
> >Kreis,
> >> who was not the mother of either girl. Ian was formally charged with three
> >> counts of first degree murder on Thursday.A psychiatric assessment will
> >almost
> >> certainly be ordered for Ian during his next court appearance, in a few
> >days.
> >>
> >> Early in the morning on Wednesday, police received a 911 call from
> >someone at
> >> the home where Ian lived with his 2 daughters & live-in gal-pal. By the
> >time
> >> police arrived, all three victims had already been murdered by Ian. How did
> >Ian
> >> commit this triple murder, you might be wondering? Well, he used a good old
> >> fashioned AXE. Hey, Axes may have been designed to chop firewood & fell
> >trees,
> >> but they make a damn good human murder weapon, too!
> >>
> >> Police say that he was divorced from the mother of the 2 dead girls. It's
> >not
> >> clear whether Ian had legal custody of the two girls, or if they were just
> >> staying with Ian for a short time. And there is no word on exactly what may
> >> have sparked this family massacre. But regardless, Ian chose to kill them
> >all,
> >> and he did succeed in killing 'em all. That is the main thing, of course.
> >>
> >> It is interesting how there seem to be a LOT of family massacres in
> >Canada
> >> that are committed using an AXE. Not a gun or knife, but an axe. This must
> >be
> >> at LEAST the THIRD Canadian family massacre to have been committed via the
> >> old-fashioned, but still very effective, axe method, in the past 7 or 8
> >months
> >> alone.
> >>
> >> Take care, JOE
> >>
> >> The following appears courtesy of the 2/8/98 online edition of The
> >Calgary
> >> Sun newspaper:
> >>
> >> February 8, 1998
> >>
> >> MOURNERS TO INCLUDE YOUNG SCHOOL FRIENDS
> >>
> >> By PETER SMITH -- Calgary Sun
> >>
> >> Young school friends of two popular sisters, slain in a triple
> >axe-murder,
> >> will be among mourners saying farewell at the girls' funeral tomorrow.
> >>
> >> Kayla Gordon, 14, her sister, Liane, 9, and their stepmother, Linda Kreis,
> >41,
> >> all died in a gruesome axe attack in their home at 13236 Bonaventure Dr.
> >S.E.,
> >> early Wednesday.
> >>
> >> Ian Gordon, 42, the girls' father, and common-law husband of Kreis, is in
> >> custody facing three counts of first-degree murder for the slayings.
> >>
> >> Kayla was a popular straight-A student at the nearby Nickle junior high
> >> school, and it's expected many of her grieving friends will pay their final
> >> respects to her at tomorrow's funeral.
> >>
> >> Heinz Fredrich, assistant principal at the school, is expecting close
> >support
> >> from the parents of his students to help them through tomorrow.
> >>
> >> "We have sent letters home with our students to their parents advising
> >them of
> >> the date and time of the funeral," said Fredrich.
> >>
> >> "In the letter it is requested any of our students who attends, be
> >accompanied
> >> by a parent."
> >>
> >> Teachers from the school, together with staff members from the Sam
> >Livingston
> >> elementary school, where Liane was a popular student, will also be at the
> >> funeral.
> >>
> >> "Our teachers will not be there expressly for the students," said
> >Fredrich.
> >>
> >> He praised the support which parents have given the school during the
> >> traumatic and emotional days for its staff and students since the triple
> >> slaying.
> >>
> >> Prior to tomorrow's 1 p.m. service at Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 Elbow Dr.
> >> S.W., there will be a normal school day for students.
> >>
> >> The girl's mother, Elaine Jensen, and the other members of the girls'
> >family,
> >> are intending to plant a tree in their memory in Fish Creek Park later this
> >> year.
> >> ----------------------------------------------
> >> The following appears courtesy of the 2/5/98 Canadian Press CNews news
> >wire:
> >>
> >> February 5, 1998
> >>
> >> Suspect in triple slaying appears in court
> >>
> >> CALGARY (CP) The slaying of two young girls and the arrest of their
> >father in
> >> the deaths has left the children's family struggling to understand the
> >crime,
> >> says a relative.
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, police discovered the bodies of Kayla Gordon, 14, Liane
> >Gordon,
> >> 9, and Linda Marie Kreis, 41, who had lived with the girls' father, Ian
> >Gordon,
> >> for about two years. Gordon, 42, appeared in court Thursday charged with
> >three
> >> counts of first-degree murder.
> >>
> >> "As a family we are all but beyond understanding the hideous crime that
> >has
> >> befallen Kayla and Leanne," Greg McCorquodale, the girls' uncle, said as he
> >> read from a statement on behalf of the girls' mother.
> >>
> >> "We appreciate the love and support shown by friends and neighbors in our
> >time
> >> of need."
> >>
> >> The family also asked for the media to allow them to grieve in private.
> >>
> >> "To look for reasoning or explanation ... is beyond our capabilities and
> >we
> >> would appreciate no further media intrusion," McCorquodale said.
> >>
> >> "We strongly resent the many misconceptions being presented on television
> >and
> >> in the newspapers. However to respond only takes away from my daughters'
> >and my
> >> dignity and privacy."
> >>
> >> Court adjourned Gordon's case to Feb.13, at which time the Crown is
> >expected
> >> to seek a psychiatric assessment.
> >>
> >> A 911 call from Gordon's home early Wednesday morning alerted police, who
> >> discovered the three bodies in the house in a quiet Calgary neighborhood.
> >>
> >> Court documents indicate Gordon's divorce from the girls' mother was
> >> precipitated by his affair with the couple's nanny.
> >>
> >> Crisis counsellors spent Thursday at a southeast elementary school and
> >junior
> >> high school the two girls attended. Denise Still, who heads the Calgary
> >Board
> >> of Education crisis team, said many students reacted with disbelief and
> >some
> >> fear.
> >> "At the elementary level, that was certainly one of the questions am I
> >safe?
> >> I knew this man, I was with him, was I safe? And am I safe now?" said
> >Still.
> >>
> >> She said the important thing is to develop a safety plan for the younger
> >> children to help them deal with their fears.
> >>
> >> "They will need parents picking them up at the door ... conversations with
> >> family members ... and for children who live in situations where parents
> >have
> >> been separated, we would encourage both guardians to have a conversation
> >with
> >> them."
> >>
> >> Police have not indicated how the three were killed. An autopsy was
> >scheduled
> >> for today.
>
> Don Sobwick <
sarg...@injersey.com> Wrote:
>
> >Dear Joe: It may be that getting and using an axe is easier then using a
> >gun.
>
> Hello Debby,
>
> I think you are quite right about that. The gun laws in Canada have become
> more strict over the past 6 or 7 years.
>
> > There have been alot of family murders lately.
>
> Yes indeed.
>
> >Chalk it up to
> >burnout from stress and changes in family values.
>
> As well as good old fashioned simmering rage and hate, and a recognition on
> the part of enraged humans that they have a right to seek and claim violent
> vengeance.
>
> > In Canada the gun laws
> >are
> >tougher.
>
> Yes, they are. It was Marc Lepine's 1990 University of Montreal massacre of
> 14 young women, that truly began Canada's gun control movement in earnest.
>
> Take care, JOE
>
> >Debby S.<
sarg...@injersey.com>
>
Dear Joe: It bothers me very much that our society has become so violent
by nature. I even see it in my personal life in small
ways.
Debby S.<
sarg...@injersey.com>