CANADA Canada - Shawn Reineke, 18, Saskatoon, 28 Sept 1984

Nearly 30 years ago, Shawn Reineke was found fatally injured at the bottom of a garbage chute at a University of Saskatchewan residence building. A party had been held there that night, and people were drinking. To this day, it’s unclear how Reineke ended up inside the ninth floor garbage chute...

What is clear is that the 18-year-old was at a party on the ninth floor of Seager Wheeler Hall on Sept. 30, 1984. According to news reports that relied on testimony from an inquest into his death, it is believed that Reineke passed out at the party and was carried by friends to the elevator and left there alone...

The inquest into Reineke’s death months after his fatal fall concluded that Reineke did not enter the garbage chute himself... In 1989, police said the case was closed. Despite the coroner’s inquest findings, a police detective said Reineke’s death was an accident.

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OkieGranny said:

http://thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/author-looks-for-clues-in-30-year-old-cold-case

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kdgdid said:

I am wondering how the coroner knew Reineke did not enter the garbage chute by himself?

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[h=1]Revisiting Shawn Reineke's death: 32 years later[/h][h=2]Rambling Dave Scharf hopes to speak to anyone with information about Reineke's life and death[/h]Francois Biber · CBC News · Posted: May 13, 2016

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Shawn Reineke, 18, died a day after plummeting down a garbage chute while at a party at Seager-Wheeler Hall, a residence at the University of Saskatchewan. No arrests or charges were laid in connection with the incident 32 years ago. (CBC)

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