sorry if someone has already posted this story (but I don't think so). I have an identical post on UC. There isn't much new info EXCEPT: this report says there wee clear indications of a struggle in Sonia's townhome. Does anyone else ever remember hearing of a "struggle"? We knew when she went missing there were "signs" of foul play (the blood, the missing bedding) but ... did other reports suggest a "stuggle" -- that Sonia fought back? Or is this reporter iNTERPRETING? I have always based my assumption that Sonia was surprised in her sleep in part because I hadn't encountered reports of signs that Sonia fought back. Thoughts?
http://www.caledonenterprise.com/opinion/waiting-for-justice/
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - 11:11:23 AM
Waiting for justice
Who killed Sonia Varaschin? Its a question that has been asked for the past two years and yet, there are never any answers.
This month will be a difficult time for those close to Sonia; her family and friends who have been left in the dark as to who took their daughter, sister and friend from them.
If you live in the area, you will remember well the name and face of Sonia Varaschin, and the time when the entire community sprung into action to help bring the former Caledon resident home safely.
Its been nearly two years since the petite 42-year-old nurse was taken from her Orangeville townhouse where she lived alone. If there was ever any doubt she had been met with foul play, police fears were solidified after finding her blood-splattered car in downtown Orangeville on Aug. 30 and blood in her home where it became clear a struggle had occurred. But hope was still held out for Sonias safe return.
It didnt come.
Despite the hundreds of posters tacked up across Orangeville and Caledon, on businesses, lampposts and mailboxes, with newspapers and television screens showcasing a dark-haired woman with a sweet smile, Sonia never made it home.
What her Bolton-area family feared most came true just a week after her disappearance. Word spread fast that a womans body had been discovered in a Caledon field on Sept. 5, not far from the Orangeville border. Police later confirmed what everyone already knew; Sonia wasnt coming home.
Her disappearance and subsequent murder shocked the surrounding communities and changed the way women felt about being alone in their own homes.
We tend to think of small town communities as havens of safety. The murder of Sonia Varaschin changed that mentality. It changed how we live.
Although the hysteria of the initial distress has subsided in the two years since she was last seen living and breathing, no closure for her family and the community has come. Theres always a nagging presence in the back of your mind as we wait for the day to learn who killed Sonia Varaschin.
But as the days and years go by with little updates from the police in a case that were assured hasnt gone cold, hope for a conviction is waning.
There is no closure, but that doesnt mean well stop holding out hope for someone out there to slip up, and for justice to be served for a murder that changed many of us