Archive - 1971
WINNIPEG HOMICIDES
There were twelve homicides reported in 1971 as murder. Of the twelve, 11 males were charged and 2 male youths.
# |
DATE |
VICTIM |
SUSPECT/ACCUSED | METHOD |
CHARGE/SENTENCE | LOCATION |
01 |
1971.01.03 | BRADSHAW, Daniel (49) | MARTIN, George Vincent (26) | Charge Non-Capital Murder | ||
02 |
1971.01.13 |
KOMARENSKY, Lucille Helen (24) | KASIAN, Walter (30) | Charge Non-Capital Murder Life Sentence |
655 Ross Avenue Winnipeg, MB |
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03 |
1971.02.08 | PARK, Darlene Gail (9) | PARK, Emma (32) (Mother) | Shooting | Murder-Suicide | 80 Cameron Street, Winnipeg |
04 |
1971.02.08 | PARK, Darcy Karen (6) | PARK, Emma (32) (Mother) | Shooting | Murder-Suicide | 80 Cameron Street, Winnipeg |
05 |
Murder | Cleared | ||||
06 |
1971.07.03 | MILLER, Gary Raymond (23) |
LAPORTE, Gary Allan (20) |
Stabbing |
Charge Non-Capital Murder; Reduced to Manslaughter; Sentence 5 years |
37 Gallagher Avenue Winnipeg, MB |
07 |
Murder | Cleared | ||||
08 |
Murder | Cleared | ||||
09 |
1971.09.14 | COUCHMAN, Sophie (56) | LEROY, James Earl (64) | Charge 2nd Degree | ||
10 |
Murder | Cleared | ||||
11 |
Murder | Cleared | ||||
12 |
Murder | Other | ||||
| 1971 |
OSHIE, Mary Jane |
KELLY, Dennis |
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| 1971.01.08 |
BEAUCHAMP, Lloyd H. |
MCKAY, Hyacinth |
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| 1971.01.26 |
BERENS, Edward |
BENSON, William J. |
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| 1971.01.29 |
STEVENSON, Joseph P. |
GRAHAM, Ronald M. |
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| 1971.02.07 |
FLETT, Catherine |
ROSS, Alpheus Elias |
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| 1971.02.05 |
STEVENSON, Dick |
UNSOLVED |
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| 1971.03.13 |
SPENCE, Mary Ann |
SPENCE, John C. |
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| 1971.03.20 |
HOWARD, Blanche |
COMPAIN, Leo Eugene |
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| 1971.04.08 |
BASQUET, Gaston |
LACROIX, Homer Ralph |
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| 1971.04.25 |
CRAIN, Rachael |
CRAIN, Arthur R. |
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| 1971.04.26 |
BEAULIEU, Silvo L. |
ROULETTE, Hector R. |
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| 1971.05.01 |
ARTHUR, Audrey C. |
ARTHUR, Samuel R. |
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| 1971.05.09 |
MILLS, Olive Cora |
CORMIER, Jacques A. |
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| 1971.05.28 |
DOHERTY, Martin |
MCKENZIE, Jean Cathy |
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| 1971.06.26 |
PETIQUAN, Lawrence R. |
GEORGE, Thomas Joseph GEORGE, Daniel |
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| 1971.07.17 |
BELANGER, Mary |
BELANGER, Ernest |
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| 1971.07.18 |
UBRIACO, Norma A. |
SIKIC, Joseph |
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| 1971.08.19 |
BIGNELL, Robert John |
UNSOLVED |
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| 1971.08.27 |
MURRAY, John |
UNSOLVED |
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| 1971.09.05 |
CHABOT, Adelard L. |
GERVAIS, Cyril |
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| 1971.09.26 |
SEIGEL, Harold S. |
D'AUTEUIL, Jean C. |
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| 1971.10.09 |
PARTRIDGE, Henry |
PARTRIDGE, Robert |
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| 1971.10.22 |
ABRAHAM, John R. |
HIPKE, Allan David |
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| 1971.11.13 |
OSBORNE, Helen Betty |
JOHNSON, Dwayne Archie HOUGHTON, James Robert COLGAN, Lee Scott MANGER, Norman |
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| 1971.12.15 |
DROUIN, Jean-Louis |
LAMARCHE, Rheal T. |
Incident count complete (Winnipeg - 12).
Details needed.
MANITOBA (RCMP) HOMICIDES
# |
DATE |
VICTIM |
SUSPECT/ACCUSED | METHOD | CHARGE/SENTENCE | LOCATION |
| 1971.05.29 | OMAN, Ila (43) | UNSOLVED Three Youth Charged |
Rape and Beating | Charges Dropped | Churchill, Manitoba |
UNSOLVED OR UNEXPLAINED DEATHS
# |
DATE |
VICTIM |
CIRCUMSTANCES | LOCATION |
| 1971.05.29 | OMAN, Ila (43) | Ila Oman, 43, was a wife and stepmother when she was raped and severely beaten on May 29, 1971. The Dene woman was found outside Churchill, Manitoba and died days later in the hospital. Three youth were charged with murder, but those charges were eventually dropped. "The investigation was concluded and has remained so since," says a written statement from the RCMP. In March 2018, Ila's niece, Bernice Thorassie, drove 18 hours on an ice road so she could share her aunt's story at the MMIWG inquiry hearings in Thompson, Manitoba. https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/ila-oman |
Churchill, Manitoba |