CANADA Canada - Valerie Leblanc, 18, Gatineau QC, 23 Aug 2011

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From the Toronto SUn in cache because the article has since changed to withold names I guess:



http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca

This may disappear fast so....

From Matou's (early in thread link), ..Wondering if any of this earlier info. is still being considered?"

"In June, police released a sketch of a man they say tried to abduct three different women on the evening of June 8. In each case, the man targeted women in their 20s.

He's described as white, in his late 30s and between 5-foot-11 and 6-feet tall, with a muscular build. He was driving a grey Ford Focus.

"Maybe his crimes are getting worse ... Escalating," the detective said.

Police are examining surveillance footage from the college to see if they can spot the Ford Focus in the area, but the detective said the man isn't the sole focus of the investigation.

Lemay also stressed no links have been found to date and there are "no indications of something serial right now."

 

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Not sure if this is connected, but ...
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/04/pants-pulling-predator-admits-guilt-in-ottawa-court-2
"OTTAWA – A 26-year-old man admitted to being the pants-pulling predator whose brazen attacks rattled the city last year, pleading guilty to sexually assaulting nine women and following a 10th into school.

Those in an Ottawa courtroom Monday heard that three of the women were able to identify Gavin Sean Griffiths as their attacker in photo lineups and he twice left his DNA on the scene"

 

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[video=youtube;JEMMQiG6qjs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEMMQiG6qjs[/video]

 

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Unsure if this event is related or not, but it is ghastly enough imo..

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2013/04/05/20714341.html
"GATINEAU, Que. — A person is dead after shots rang out Friday morning in a family daycare in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.

A man entered the home on 225 Gamelin St., close to the Hull hospital, and opened fire on a woman, sources tell QMI Agency"

 

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Bumping for Valerie and wondering if LE are seeking both a potential witness and a perp?
Hmm, could it be more than one perp, perhaps seen by our victim engaged in a compromising situation and humiliated and enraged decided to attack and silence Valerie?



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...r-no-suspect-in-death-of-valerie-leblanc.html
Last Updated: Aug 24, 2013

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""Considering that two years after the murder, we're still having information coming on this hotline," said Lemay, "is a sign there's still people out there that are hesitating to call us."

Lemay said Gatineau police have received 1,800 tips since Leblanc's body was found. Three hundred of those tips came within the last year.

Information from the investigation and tips from the public has given police a few leads: they released a composite sketch of a person of interest, and also learned of someone they believe is an important witness who was seen walking a mountain bike near where Leblanc's body was found.
Police in Gatineau, Que., released a sketch of a man connected to the slaying of 18-year-old Valerie Leblanc.Police in Gatineau, Que., released a sketch of a man connected to the slaying of 18-year-old Valerie Leblanc. (CBC)

"It is a vast crime scene," said Lemay. "From day one we knew we had important challenges."

 

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http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/09/13/is-valerie-leblancs-killer-dead

"The grandmother of murdered Gatineau teen Valerie Leblanc doesn’t believe reports suggesting the man who killed her granddaughter too his own life.

In a report aired Thursday on TVA, an anonymous caller claimed Leblanc’s killer committed suicide a month after the 18-year-old’s mutilated and burned body was found behind the CEGEP de l’Outaouais in August, 2011.

Four students found the body, and decided to commit a further — still undisclosed — indignity.

Prosecutors never laid charges against the people who cops believed had committed that final indignity.

“Of course they touched (the body), but we cannot say how,” a spokesman explained at the time.

The caller to Claude Poirier’s show, who claimed to be resident of Gatineau, said he received his information from an unnamed, recently retired police officer.

“We must come to an end with this atrocity there,” he told TVA host Poirier, in French. “I hold information that will confirm that we will never find the perpetrator of Valerie Leblanc, because the individual has committed suicide not long after in the Gatineau Park."

 

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...could-be-linked-to-4-unsolved-cases-1.1959371
Could this be connected to VL ?

"A computer program police use to analyze violent crimes has linked a Monday sexual assault in Heron Park to four other unsolved sexual assault cases in the city dating back to the summer of 2012.

Police sources told the CBC's Judy Trinh that the suspect in Monday's case — in which a 25-year-old woman said she was jumped from behind and dragged into nearby bushes while walking home from a Transitway station — may have been preying on women for more than a year.

The first case was a sexual assault in the Greenbank area in August 2012. An 18-year-old woman said she was violently attacked after a man forced his way into her apartment"


Video
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Ottawa/ID/2411555331/

 

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Thinking of Valerie and bumping for her with this re post..

http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/344078/somebody-has-to-know-something/
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“I don’t think that in her mind she ever thought that someone could hurt her because she would never hurt anybody,” said Huguette Leblanc, Valérie’s grandmother.

The brutality of the crime, the lack of witnesses, and the fact that no charges have been laid in connection with the murder have left Valérie’s family searching for answers.

“Somebody has to know something,” said Huguette. “If they would tell what they know, it would do them good, it must be heavy on their shoulders. They don’t have to be worried about talking to the police, about using their name, or even going to court. It can be anonymous, that’s a guarantee,”

 

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Bumping for Valerie and wondering if this fellow LE are presently looking for in any way resembles the poi in VL's case?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...urder-suspect-philippe-steele-morin-1.2513224

"Ottawa police search for murder suspect Philippe Steele Morin

Man suspected of killing Tricia Boisvert is hiding in downtown Ottawa, police say after raid"


poi VL murder...
https://www.google.ca/search?q=vale...in-unsolved-gatineau-murder-1.1424245;620;348


poi TB murder..

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Phil...minal%2Brecord%2F9418494%2Fstory.html;620;400

 

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http://www.radio-canada.ca/ottawa-gatineau/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/08/24/ottawa-suspicious-death-hull.html

Woke up today and for some reason, Valerie immediately came to mind, so bumping for this sweet young girl and her family.
Hoping one day soon, the right tip will come through and help catch her killer before anyone else is hurt.
Thanks as always to Hazel for the pics!

 

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Bumping with this link from April/14, as cannot find any recent English ones...

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/04/02/group-extends-10gs-reward-in-valerie-leblanc-murder



"The primary suspect, or person of interest, is described as a white man in his 20s, 6-feet tall and about 200 lbs. He had a chubby face, pointy nose and pointed chin and a "rather peculiar walk" or limp, He had short, black hair and olive skin.

He was said to have a belly and a strong but not athletic build. He was last seen walking beside a black mountain bike, described as being cheap, with straight handle bars, mountain or hybrid tires and a black saddle with a red centre."

 

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Bumping for Valerie with this unrelated? news item, in which the bicycle riding suspect, really reminds me of the bicycle riding poi in VL' case.
imo. speculation.

Started thread..

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ing-attempt-May-15-15&p=11774593#post11774593

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/passerb...dler-1.2375773

"Last Updated Friday, May 15, 2015 8:33PM EDT

Police in Quebec are looking for the public's help in identifying a man they say attempted to snatch a two-year-old child away from her mother.

Police say on Thursday afternoon, a man on a bike approached a girl who was walking with her mother near a park in Saint-Constant, on the south shore of Montreal."

" Police have released a composite sketch of the man who they say appears to be 35 years old, six feet tall, roughly 230 pounds with a large stomach, and a long goatee".

 

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Bumping for Valerie and wondering if any suspects have been identified yet?

 

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Le are looking for a suspect in a sexual assault which occurred recently, near the area where Valerie was killed.
She is mentioned briefly in the news report, thread started..

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...exual-assault-suspect&p=12083103#post12083103

" Gatineau,Ottawa, LE release computer-generated image of sexual assault suspect.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa...park-1.3243242
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"The reported sexual assault happened on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes and Boulevard Riel, which is near Mont-Bleu high school, at about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday, police said in a news release issued Friday"

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"The Gatineau police major crime unit is investigating.

The suspect is described by police as a white man, between 35 and 40 years old, standing between five feet seven inches and five feet nine inches tall and weighing between 145 and 150 pounds with a flabby build.

He had disheveled, balding salt-and-pepper hair, as well as large ears with an earring in each lobe.

The suspect is also described as having sunken eyes, oily skin and large hands."

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"The sexual assault happened near where CEGEP de l'Outaouais student Valérie Leblanc's body was found in 2011, a homicide that remains unsolved."

 

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Reminder of description given of poi in the VL case, rbbm.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/13/murder-victims-mom-to-speak-publicly-today
"The man they’re looking for is white, speaks French, is about 20- to 35-years old, stands about 5-foot-10 and weighs at least 200 lbs. He’s a stocky man, but not obese and he has large hands.

He has a pointy nose and chin, he has thick eyebrows and dark hair. His skin was an unnatural olive shade, which may be an indication that he was sick."

 

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An enhanced description of " Magic Mike" ( not!) suspect in attempted s. assault.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...-sought-by-gatineau-police-for-sexual-assault

"Greasy, oily, messy, flabby’ man with long earlobes sought by Gatineau police for sexual assault"

http://www.cfra.com/news/2015/09/25/gatineau-police-search-for-sexual-assault-suspect

"He has a small stature, dishevelled medium length salt and pepper hair that is beginning to bald. The man did not appear to be in shape, he had large ear lobes with hoop earrings, cuts on his face from shaving and wrinkly and oily skin.

The man also had sunken eyes and large hands"
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Wondering as others may have previously questioned, if This case has anything to do with the murder of Kelly Morrisseau?
speculation, imo.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...-at-murdered-women-inquiry-family-friend-says
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...found-in-parking-lo-t&p=12239868#post12239868

 

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Who is Valerie's killer and where is he now??
What would he look like without a hat, might he be bald/ ing?
Wonder if it would help if composite of poi was revisted by witnesses?
Was this guy sick, or over-tanned- would anyone at a hospital recognize him, or tanning salons in the area?
imo.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/13/murder-victims-mom-to-speak-publicly-today

The man they’re looking for is white, speaks French, is about 20- to 35-years old, stands about 5-foot-10 and weighs at least 200 lbs. He’s a stocky man, but not obese and he has large hands.

He has a pointy nose and chin, he has thick eyebrows and dark hair. His skin was an unnatural olive shade, which may be an indication that he was sick.

He was also seen in the possession of a black mountain bike in the woods near the spot where Leblanc’s body was discovered.

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Will we ever know the who and why of Valerie's death ?

 

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Finally a new article!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/valerie-leblanc-death-fifth-anniversary-1.3731706
Mother of slain Gatineau teen Valérie Leblanc pleads for new information


The 18-year-old's body was found 5 years ago Tuesday

By Hillary Johnstone, CBC News Posted: Aug 23, 2016

"I just miss her ... and every year that goes on, it's like we're going [through] that again. It's bringing me down so much," Leblanc's mother Julie Charron told CBC News.

"I hope we have something … find something. We have to know what happened … so I can do my mourning."

"One thing for sure is that we are convinced that there is someone out there that has crucial information in our investigation. And for some sort of reason there's something blocking this person to call police."

Anyone with information is asked to call the Gatineau Police Service's homicide line at 819 243-INFO (4636).

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