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CBC also published this informative article yesterday: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cooney-hamber-trial-9.6961836 What’s consistently jumping out at me is that while the foster moms were lining up these services, it doesn’t seem like this child could ever speak with anyone alone -...

Someone from CAS is finally testifying. The personal and institutional failures from almost every professional involved here are astounding. Gift link: A CAS worker saw a 12-year-old boy three months before his alleged murder. What she saw left her deeply worried

CBC has a good high level overview of some of the evidence presented by the Crown so far: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamber-cooney-trial-9.6952270

Every day of this trial someone brings a worse detail on a different adult that failed these children. Today, a social worker who was their family therapist testified that although she knew the women were zip-tying the boy’s clothes shut, she never spoke to the women about it directly or called...

No, I think they worded it that way to emphasize that although they are being tried together, they each have their own legal teams. Hamber is being represented by Monte MacGregor and Nabeel Sheiban, and Cooney is being represented by Kim Edward. It makes sense that they’d have separate...

According to Global, “both the Crown and the defence agreed on the facts of the case, including that the woman’s mental state should prevent her from being convicted.” https://globalnews.ca/news/11428401/quebec-mom-abandoned-toddler-not-criminally-responsible/amp/ I hope her treatment is...

I think they mean figuratively - she probably wrote down or typed his name when they asked what attacked her. I can’t imagine how chilling and awful it would be for everyone in the room to expect her to tell them it was a bear or coyote or whatever and to get a teenage boy’s name instead.

I get that the YCJA is serving it’s purpose of ensuring that not everyone with access to a search engine or a newspaper knows his name, but in a town that small there’s no way every resident doesn’t know exactly who this kid is.

Ugh. Poor little thing will have no idea why this has happened to her, will probably want mom and be really confused/upset about her not being around.

Global News reporting today that his killers pleaded guilty to second degree murder and manslaughter, and their sentencing hearings are underway. There’s an agreed statement of facts on what happened: Heartbroken mother speaks at sentencing for trio who videoed fatal stabbing of Toronto man -...

Her dad’s Instagram story confirms she was found alive!

I don’t think it’s just seeing her - the fact that they’re sharing that the woman spoke English and French and lives on a farm would suggest that the mom either spoke to her directly or was around her long enough to hear her speak to other people.

Perhaps the police just haven’t released it yet, but it’s interesting that no media reports so far indicate the mom was taken to the hospital, which you’d think would be the case if there was a clear indication of a mental health issue or drugs/alcohol being involved. But the mother saying she...

The Montreal Gazette map shows the location of where the dog was found to be very close to the fireworks shop the mom went into:

English CTV News article confirming that the pet chihuahua was found dead: Police find dog believed to belong to missing 3-year-old Montreal girl