- REMEMBERING -

Women and Children, family and friends Murdered in 2002

Karen Grubb, 33 - Walkerton Mother of three children. Karen's bloodied body was found by her brother-in-law in a tractor bucket on the farm where she lived during a neighbourhood barn-raising gathering. Cause of death was not reported. Her husband, Randy Grubb, was charged with first-degree murder.(January 2002)

Wadha Albadri, 29 - Ottawa Mother of three children. Wadha was repeatedly stabbed in her apartment while her 19-month old baby was nearby. A friend dropping off Wadha's two older children later heard the baby crying and called police when she couldn't get an answer at the door. Hussain Hassan Abdullah, her estranged husband was charged with first-degree murder. (January 2002)

Glenda LaSalle, 36 - Barry's Bay Glenda was found shot to death in her apartment, shortly after returning from work. Her partner of 12 years, Bryan Crogie, was charged with first-degree murder. He was described by a friend as "a real good guy". (February 2002)

Alexis Currie, 2 - Scarborough Alexis was stabbed to death during an child access visit with her father. Peter Currie was later charged with first-degree murder, abduction, possession of a weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. He had recently been convicted of assault against his ex-partner. (March 2002)

Marisa Pasqualino, 36 - Woodbridge Mother of four children. Police have not released the cause of death. Her husband, Cosmo Pasqualino was charged with second-degree murder. (May 2002)

Shirley Snow, 44 Shirley was beaten and then run down with a van in a shopping mall parking lot. Her husband, Angus Snow, was charged with first-degree murder after police found him in Thunder Bay suffering from a drug overdose. (May 2002)

Jessica Nethery, 21 - Sarnia Jessica died of multiple stab wounds in an underground parking lot. Her ex-boyfriend, Jeremy Molitor was charged with first-degree murder. (May 2002)

Maria Fitzulak, 26 - Hanmer Mother of two children. Maria was found dead in the basement of her home. Her body showed signs of severe blunt force trauma. Her husband, Michael Gareau, was found dead at another location of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (May 2002)

Mary Ellen Filer, 48 - Port Stanley Mother of two children. Mary Ellen and her husband, David Filer were found by their teenage son shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide. Family members claimed there had never been a history of domestic violence and that rumours of domestic abuse weren't true. (May 2002)

Shannon Cruse, 23, her daughter Shaniya, 6, and her parents Mary and Donald Cruse. - Grimsby Mother of one child. Shannon was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend, Peter Kiss, who had crossed the border from the United States with a gun. Kiss then went to Shannon's home and shot to death her daughter and her parents before turning the gun on himself. (June 2002)

Libuse Vesely, 77 - Toronto Libuse was bludgeoned to death in her home. Her husband, Eugene Vesely, then hanged himself. Media reported that Eugene Vesely had been diagnosed with terminal cancer before the murder-suicide. (June 2002)

Patrycja Skibinska, 17 - Mississauga Patrycja's drowned and beaten body was discovered in a creek. Her boyfriend, Prabhjot Monty Singh was charged with second-degree murder one month later. (July 2002)

Karen Drinkwater, 29 - Lindsay Mother of two children, and her friend, Wes Goff. Karen was shot to death while her two teenaged daughters slept. Wes Goff was later shot at his home nearby. Wayne Drinkwater, Karen's estranged husband, was later killed in an accident after driving over a spike belt set up by police to capture him. Drinkwater had been under conditions to stay away from Karen after previous charges of uttering death threats and two counts of assault. (July 2002)

Kelly Glover, 36 - Hamilton Mother of two children. Kelly drowned while on a camping trip to Bracebridge in August of 2000. Her husband, Richard James Glover, was charged with first-degree murder in June of 2002 after the death was ruled a homicide. Richard Glover has launched defamation lawsuits against the police as a result of the police investigation. (August 2000)

Robert Lawrence Mends, 2 - St. Catharines Robert was stabbed to death in the kitchen of his mother's home. His father, Lawrence Frank Mends, has been charged with the murder and attempted murder of Robert's mother Angela Glancy, his estranged partner. He was out on bail following a previous charge of assault and threatening to kill Angela. (August 2002)

Gail Bonita Blunt, 39 - Toronto Mother of two children. Gail died of a slashed throat and multiple stab wounds. She had left home to meet with her estranged husband at her office to discuss separation and custody agreements for their two children. Her estranged husband, Brian Blunt, was admitted to hospital with a drug overdose and was later charged with first-degree murder. (November 2002)

Ling Wang, 32 - Toronto Ling's body was discovered by police inside a car parked behind an apartment building in East York. She had been stabbed several times in the chest. Her former boyfriend, Facial Labidi, was charged with first-degree murder. Police reported that Ling had been in the process of moving out of the apartment she had shared with the accused. (November 2002)

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