GUILTY Canada - Romeo Cormier for holding 54yo woman captive, Moncton, NB, 2010

[Hazel]

Donna O'Rielly's disappearance shrouds my cityscape
Published Friday March 19th, 2010

Beautifully well-written article, that Donna's daughter said it was refreshing to read after the other media article:

I happen to live in a house on a hill. Such a house affords a generous view, a sweeping panoramic of the Petitcodiac River, the snaking railway tracks, the downtown skyline and the streets upon streets receding beyond.

And still I wish I could see more. I wish it every night -- no, I pray it every night -- as I climb into bed, taking one last look out my bedroom window over the city where so much happens, good and bad. I wish I could see what happened to Donna O'Rielly on the evening of Feb. 26. I wish I could see a trace of this woman who has disappeared.

Initially, this strange disappearance unnerved me, as it has countless other people, particularly women who are alone when they walk, drive, jog, shop, go to work, go home, go to the gym or for groceries. I felt odd the first time I went into The Bay to shop, walking where Donna O'Rielly had last walked, using the doors she'd exited. I thought about her the whole time I was in Highfield Square.

The nerves have settled. Metro Moncton is, after all, a relatively small, safe community. But the sadness remains.

I have nothing to offer the O'Rielly family that will help bring their mother back. I live in a house on a hill that overlooks the very neighbourhood that seemingly swallowed her up. But my house is too far away for me to have seen anything, and besides, I doubt I was looking out that window at that particularly important moment of her life.

read more : http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/989661

 

[Hazel]

Police stumped by missing woman
Published Friday March 19th, 2010
Officer in charge of investigation says Donna O'Rielly may have made herself disappear and urges her to contact police

Four weeks after Donna O'Rielly vanished from the parking lot of the downtown Highfield Square shopping centre, the RCMP officer in charge of the investigation said there is a possibility that she made herself disappear and urged her to contact police.
"The third week is now over and we're no closer to knowing what happened to her than we were on day one," Codiac RCMP Staff Sgt. Marc Bertrand said yesterday.

"We have no evidence of any wrongdoing and we've done a lot of work. If Donna O'Rielly is reading this in the newspaper, there's something she needs to know.

"The message is basically targeting Donna. If you've done this and you want to contact the family but you're worried about being charged, you haven't done anything wrong."

Bertrand said he has told O'Rielly's family that there have been cases in other parts of Canada where adults have left home and don't want to be found. He said there is no evidence of that in this case but the police have to remain open to all options.

On the other hand, if there is evidence of foul play in her disappearance, that would spark an entirely new investigation to find those responsible and bring them to justice and protect other people.

Bertrand said police have checked hundreds of leads and background information on O'Rielly, but have come up dry.
"We're still looking and we're not done by any means. We're at the stage where we're going back to review everything that we have. Still we haven't found any indication of any foul play anywhere. We can't rule it out, nor can we rule it in. Somebody out there knows something, so if we can identify who those persons are, we can move our investigation forward."

- she was wearing jeans
- a brown medium length suede-like jacket with faux fur on the collar and cuffs.
- she was carrying a brown medium-size purse and lunch bag tucked under her left arm
- her car keys clutched tightly in her right hand

Have they said anything about her footwear, glasses, cellphone?

read more : http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/989727

 

[Hazel]

This is an old news article (dated March 5th), that I couldn't find posted in this thread. Not sure if this information has been corrected afterwards, because this is so different from what has been reported.

Although it was previously reported none of the video surveillance cameras in the parking lot were functioning, Codiac RCMP Constable Chantal Farrah said police do, in fact, have outdoor footage of the night O'Rielly disappeared.

"There was one outdoor surveillance camera not working, however we have footage from other vantage points that we are working with currently," she said.

Farrah said the broken camera had only been out of service for a few days before O'Rielly's disappearance. She declined to comment on whether or not the video had footage of O'Rielly.

​

Amy Popowych (left) and Karen Streek and Harold O'Rielly,
daughters and husband of missing Moncton woman Donna
O'Reilly, speak at a news conference in Moncton, N.B.
Wednesday. — Photo by The Canadian Press​

more : http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=331257&sc=507

 

[Hazel]

:stretch: :stretch: :stretch: :stretch: :stretch: :stretch: :stretch: :stretch:​

I was doing a Google image search, and I don't know why, with the following link, we can see a slightly bigger version of the surveillance video (the one showing Donna leaving The Bay)

Bigger Version of Video Surveillance click HERE (takes a bit longer to load)

Please let me know if it's just my computer. I have measured and compared with the regular version, and this one is definitely a bit bigger.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1173211.html


Sat. Mar 20 - 4:54 AM

MONCTON, N.B. (CP) — The family of Donna O’Rielly is rejecting the possibility that the missing New Brunswick woman has run off.

Police admit they are no closer to knowing what happened to the 54-year-old Moncton woman than they were three weeks ago when she disappeared.

Police are considering all options in the case — including the possibility that O’Rielly left of her own accord and doesn’t want to be found.

Karen Streek insists her mother wouldn’t put the family through something like that.

 

[elepher50]

The family of Donna O’Rielly is rejecting the possibility that the missing New Brunswick woman has run off

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1173211.html

More than 600 tips received so far. Haven't noted any public searches organized for Donna unless I have missed this info.

 

[FUNNYGIRL101]

The family needs to look at this from the RCMP perspective. They have a video from another vantage point - one that no one has seen but them. People do run away from their lives for a variety of reasons. She's relatively young (54) and able to start over someplace.

I'm of the belief that LE has seen her in the un-released video and that there is nothing untoward about it (meaning no struggle ensuing, no erratic behaviour, etc.).

Perhaps Donna did choose to walk away from her 'life' and does not wish to be found. Perhaps the 'retirement' of her husband and her pending retirement was not sitting so well with her and she really wasn't keen on the idea of spending all her waking and other hours in his company and just being Grandma.
The family insisting that this is not possible - is ridiculous! They need to examine the reasons why she may have wanted a 'new' life - not just that she was taken against her will.

No one knows what goes through another's mind. She could have been very unhappy in her life - but pretending to be content. It's all speculation - but it does happen that people choose a different path than the one they've been on for decades.

I myself have thought of 'running away from home' at times. The family needs to realize this IS a possibility - just as much as there is a possibility that harm came to her.

 

[dreamweaver]

IMO:
I doubt that Donna O left her family and her life, willingly.
It is a possibility, anything is a possibility.

Did she have arguments recently with her husband or talk longingly
of the boy friend from high school?

I think something bad happened to her.
IMO

 

[FUNNYGIRL101]

@ Dreamweaver - I suppose, if those talks did happen, that LE would examine that possibility. Harold doesn't strike me as a particularly talkative fellow (from the videos I've seen of the family etc.) as he chose for his daughters to do the majority of the talking. If Donna did have a PerfSpot membership and even if she didn't participate fully in that site - it shows a desire or intention to seek out something other than what she's got.

I haven't seen anything that suggests she may have talked longingly of the "boyfriend from high school" or anything like that - is that supposition on your part or is there something somewhere indicating that she had spoke of that previously?

Whatever the case or scenario may be - there is zero evidence of forceable taking or abduction or foul play. The RCMP have indicated that much.

 

[eyestowardHeaven]

I'm of the belief that LE has seen her in the un-released video and that there is nothing untoward about it (meaning no struggle ensuing, no erratic behaviour, etc.).

Perhaps Donna did choose to walk away from her 'life' and does not wish to be found. Perhaps the 'retirement' of her husband and her pending retirement was not sitting so well with her and she really wasn't keen on the idea of spending all her waking and other hours in his company and just being Grandma.
The family insisting that this is not possible - is ridiculous! They need to examine the reasons why she may have wanted a 'new' life - not just that she was taken against her will.

Snipped by me. I think it's very sad if the RCMP have solid proof that Donna walked away of her own will and are not sharing that with her frantic family. Obviously, no one knows Donna, not the police, not us, like her own family does. And the circumstances...what is Donna surviving on if she is somewhere that she chooses to be? Did she have a boatload of cash? Has she used ATM/credit cards?

It was a scary, scary reality to our family to realize just how easy it is to abduct someone without a trace. If you are surprised by someone or are not expecting something bad to happen to you, you likely would not drop anything (as for Donna's purse, lunch bag, etc.) or create a "scene" of evidence to be found later. Our Mom was lucky enough to be able to get away at one point and evidence was left, she wasn't lucky enough to escape completely.

I don't believe that Donna is gone of her own free will, mho.

 

[dreamweaver]

@ Dreamweaver - I suppose, if those talks did happen, that LE would examine that possibility. Harold doesn't strike me as a particularly talkative fellow (from the videos I've seen of the family etc.) as he chose for his daughters to do the majority of the talking. If Donna did have a PerfSpot membership and even if she didn't participate fully in that site - it shows a desire or intention to seek out something other than what she's got.

I haven't seen anything that suggests she may have talked longingly of the "boyfriend from high school" or anything like that - is that supposition on your part or is there something somewhere indicating that she had spoke of that previously?

Whatever the case or scenario may be - there is zero evidence of forceable taking or abduction or foul play. The RCMP have indicated that much.

IMO>
All my talk is just that. Talk. Maybe if we/LE knew she had been in touch with an old friend or if she talked of the new guy at H/R Block or
why didn't I go to NY in 1975 when I had the chance?
IMO.IMO. Theory.

If she has left of her own free will, for whatever reason, I hope that she does call her family, at least someone, daughters, husband... and let them know.

 

[Blue Ridge]

If she has left of her own free will, for whatever reason, I hope that she does call her family, at least someone, daughters, husband... and let them know.

That's WHY I don't believe for a minute that Donna is gone of her own free will.....the way her daughters speak of her and how she loved being a grandma and how they knew how excited she'd be to hear another grandchild was on the way. They are a close family. I don't believe at ALL that she'd let them go thru this anguish of not knowing, if she was really ok somewhere :-(

 

[FUNNYGIRL101]

@EyestowardHeaven - What age was your mom when this happened to her? In this case, I find it a rarity since Donna is 54 years old - its not often that a woman of that age is abducted or taken against her will. I'm not saying it doesn't happen - its just odd that if that is the case - its rare.

Donna was adept with the tax system and would have knowledge of what is/can be traced, etc. So it's not out of the question that she would be able to remove herself from her current identity and initiate a new one at her own choosing.

I sincerely hope that is the case here - and that she did not encounter an individual or situation more sinister.

 

[eyestowardHeaven]

@EyestowardHeaven - What age was your mom when this happened to her? In this case, I find it a rarity since Donna is 54 years old - its not often that a woman of that age is abducted or taken against her will. I'm not saying it doesn't happen - its just odd that if that is the case - its rare.

Donna was adept with the tax system and would have knowledge of what is/can be traced, etc. So it's not out of the question that she would be able to remove herself from her current identity and initiate a new one at her own choosing.

I sincerely hope that is the case here - and that she did not encounter an individual or situation more sinister.

My Mom was 58. I see what you're saying, because we thought that also w/ Mom, who would randomly abduct a 58 yr old woman? There is the case of David Cook in Missouri, not far from where I live. He was in his 50's and vanished w/o a trace, and had nothing w/ him but possibly a money clip. Who would abduct a man...someone his age? I think in both of these cases, both still open w/ no one charged, there were people w/ motive to do harm to them.

In Donna's case, if there is no one in her life who would do her harm or has motive to want her gone, I would say a random abduction is not out of the question. It could have been spur of the moment and in the dark, would the abductor have known her age?

 

[cluciano63]

I also do not believe she would have left without letting her daughters know. I also wanted to say that if anyone had to question my husband, who dozes off in his chair for hours at a time and doesn't know a thing that may have happened while he slept, he would come off as very shifty and elusive, while being confused.
I am a 50-yr old married woman and while I have not go on-line seeking relationships, I do have a page on FB only to keep up with my many nieces, and have been in touch with some former classmates. I am not intending to meet up with anyone nor do I feel anything particular missing in my life, I simply have more time on my hands as am going through a disability. I know this was not Donna's situation, but lots of people become engrossed in the possibilities of the internet without ever following thru on anything. If there is little activity on that account, I would imagine she seldom used it.
I can't help wondering if she was coaxed into a car with some made-up emergency reason...someone saying they knew her daughters maybe? She might have gone if she thought they were in some sort of peril?

 

[RubyRed]

I also do not believe she would have left without letting her daughters know. I also wanted to say that if anyone had to question my husband, who dozes off in his chair for hours at a time and doesn't know a thing that may have happened while he slept, he would come off as very shifty and elusive, while being confused.
I am a 50-yr old married woman and while I have not go on-line seeking relationships, I do have a page on FB only to keep up with my many nieces, and have been in touch with some former classmates. I am not intending to meet up with anyone nor do I feel anything particular missing in my life, I simply have more time on my hands as am going through a disability. I know this was not Donna's situation, but lots of people become engrossed in the possibilities of the internet without ever following thru on anything. If there is little activity on that account, I would imagine she seldom used it.
I can't help wondering if she was coaxed into a car with some made-up emergency reason...someone saying they knew her daughters maybe? She might have gone if she thought they were in some sort of peril?

Both of her daughters were in Ottawa, Ontario when she went missing.

The plea that the RCMP did the other day was unusual. They reiterated many times for her to call them, that they would not tell any one where she was.
They also said they have outside video footage.

This case is puzzling.

 

[RubyRed]

@EyestowardHeaven - What age was your mom when this happened to her? In this case, I find it a rarity since Donna is 54 years old - its not often that a woman of that age is abducted or taken against her will. I'm not saying it doesn't happen - its just odd that if that is the case - its rare.

Donna was adept with the tax system and would have knowledge of what is/can be traced, etc. So it's not out of the question that she would be able to remove herself from her current identity and initiate a new one at her own choosing.

I sincerely hope that is the case here - and that she did not encounter an individual or situation more sinister.

bbm

FYI there is a thread here for" EyestowardHeaven" Mom. Her name is Patricia Kimmi.

KS KS - Patricia Kimmi , 58 , Horton, missing 06-Nov-09 #4 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

 

[elepher50]

Persons of all ages are abducted for various reasons. Persons of all ages are murdered for various reasons. Persons are abducted/murdered by persons known and unknown. A couple of things stick out to me in Donna's case. If she had planned to walk away, then she would have had a plan for date and time to "get gone" yet, she phoned the other H&R office that night to see if they needed her assistance before she went home. Donna doesn't appear to have had a get away plan for that night. There are no reports indicating a struggle which leads me to believe that Donna completely trusted whoever intercepted her walk to her vehicle that night and she went willingly.
All moo - Donna is/was in complete danger.

 

[cluciano63]

I know her daughters were out of town...but someone telling you anything about your child needing you might have made her think otherwise...just a guess, anyway...

don't understand the phrasing of LE as shown above...and why if they have video they will not say what they see? the public needs to know if this is a missing person wo may be in danger or a person who did leave on her own...and if police know, they should say that much, shouldn't they? they don't need to say where she is. But i still don't think she did leave on her own...

 

[pattywack]

I don't believe the RCMP are suggesting that Donna ran off..just that is one of the possibilities. With nothing to go on everything is a possibility. I would think that they are voicing this possibility just in case so if she heard it she might call them..if it was the case. I know her family are 100% sure that did not happen but how many times have you heard that in your life.. IMO nobody knows everything about anybody. There is always a part of you that you keep secret.
Believe me..there are many times in my life I could have disappeared.But if you were to ask any of my relatives or friends...they would say the same thing...she would never have done that. Nobody's life is perfect no matter who you are. It could have only meant to be a one time fling...but with it being reported so quick she could have been too embarrassed to face anybody. Looking at her husband..he never looks at anybody..never talks...a lot of people think he has a guilty look...Is it guilt or is it grief? I don't know.Just a complete mystery. On a dark very rainy windy night in a matter of minutes an abductor would have no idea of the age of his victim..just that she was female.Another question I have. How do we know that her car was parked in that spot all day ?How do we know that it didn't leave and was brought back again?