Deceased/Not Found Canada - Helen Sedo, 61, Toronto (Aurora) 29 Jul 2020 *arrest*

[Gina20]

FYI, Helen is listed as the plant sale chairperson for the Aurora Garden & Horticultural Society. There's a smiling photo of her on their webpage, Garden Aurora. For someone to have gardening as a hobby, it would be very strange not to go outdoors. And why join a social club, if not to be social?

Is there some gaslighting going on?

 

[branmuffin]

FYI, Helen is listed as the plant sale chairperson for the Aurora Garden & Horticultural Society. There's a smiling photo of her on their webpage, Garden Aurora. For someone to have gardening as a hobby, it would be very strange not to go outdoors. And why join a social club, if not to be social?

Is there some gaslighting going on?

There's a pic on the website that shows HS with several others. The woman in the middle of the group is wearing a Santa hat and Christmas sweater. It must be from last year. There is absolutely no mention of HS' absence on the website which is quite odd considering it's been suggested she is deceased since her vehicle was found.

 

[Gina20]

I have been following Sonia Varaschin's story. Her thread is here:

CANADA - Canada - Sonia Varaschin, 42, Orangeville, 29 Aug 2010 - #3

I know of nothing connecting these two cases, but...

Sonia was the same height as Helen Sedo, at 5'1". She had dark brown hair like Helen.

She had worked as a nurse at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, just north of Aurora. Sonia had some outstanding issues with the hospital at the time of her death, including a compensation claim for a job-related injury.

She drove a Toyota Corolla. There is a dealership in Aurora, 11 minutes from the hospital. I don't know if this is where she bought her car.

Sonia's own vehicle was used to transport her body to a rural road, then returned to the town centre, where it was abandoned in a parking lot.

Helen's car was abandoned in a quarry.

Sonia had visited her parents on her last day. Their property in Bolton was near a landscaping company/gravel operation that was causing conflicts with noise. The Varaschins moved after Sonia's murder.

Just putting this out there.

 

[Gina20]

Neighbors remember how friendly Helen was when she was outdoors over the past year, working on an interlocking driveway. There was a backhoe and a dumpster at the home. John Sedo planted a Japanese maple tree on the weekend before his arrest.

Son of Aurora woman allegedly murdered by her husband pleads for privacy

FYI, in the photos of John Sedo released by police, he is holding a helmet with a chin bar.

 

[Gina20]

A certain type of work boots were believed to have been worn by Sonia's killer. This sparked much discussion in Sonia's thread, but nothing ever came out of it.

Nurse's killer wore distinctive work boots

An article about Helen said that she was a wilderness camper. Sonia was an outdoorsy person, too.

'On the raggedy edge of losing it': Son of missing Helen Sedo speaks out

He said he’s struggled the most with the idea that his mother, like him, a wilderness camper her whole life, didn’t tell anyone where she was headed, a golden rule in the family growing up.

 

[Gina20]

Here is an eight--stage homicide timeline in domestic homicides:

Domestic abuse: Killers 'follow eight-stage pattern', study says

More information here:

Warning Signs of High Risk (Risk Factors for When Women are Killed) | Neighbours, Friends and Families - Immigrant and Refugee Communities

 

[dotr]

Here is an eight--stage homicide timeline in domestic homicides:

Domestic abuse: Killers 'follow eight-stage pattern', study says

More information here:

Warning Signs of High Risk (Risk Factors for When Women are Killed) | Neighbours, Friends and Families - Immigrant and Refugee Communities

Excellent links, thanks.
Domestic abuse: Killers 'follow eight-stage pattern', study says
''The eight steps she discovered in almost all of the 372 killings she studied were:

• A pre-relationship history of stalking or abuse by the perpetrator
• The romance developing quickly into a serious relationship
• The relationship becoming dominated by coercive control
• A trigger to threaten the perpetrator's control - for example, the relationship ends or the perpetrator gets into financial difficulty
• Escalation - an increase in the intensity or frequency of the partner's control tactics, such as by stalking or threatening suicide
• The perpetrator has a change in thinking - choosing to move on, either through revenge or by homicide
• Planning - the perpetrator might buy weapons or seek opportunities to get the victim alone
• Homicide - the perpetrator kills his or her partner, and possibly hurts others such as the victim's children

The only instance where a stage in the model was not followed was when men did not meet stage one - but this was normally because they had not had a relationship before, she said.

"We've been relying on the 'crime of passion, spontaneous red-mist' explanation [of killing] forever - and it's just not true," Dr Monckton Smith told the BBC.

"If you start looking at all these cases, there's planning, determination, there's always coercive control."

 

[Gina20]

Excellent links, thanks.
Domestic abuse: Killers 'follow eight-stage pattern', study says
''The eight steps she discovered in almost all of the 372 killings she studied were:

• A pre-relationship history of stalking or abuse by the perpetrator
• The romance developing quickly into a serious relationship
• The relationship becoming dominated by coercive control
• A trigger to threaten the perpetrator's control - for example, the relationship ends or the perpetrator gets into financial difficulty
• Escalation - an increase in the intensity or frequency of the partner's control tactics, such as by stalking or threatening suicide
• The perpetrator has a change in thinking - choosing to move on, either through revenge or by homicide
• Planning - the perpetrator might buy weapons or seek opportunities to get the victim alone
• Homicide - the perpetrator kills his or her partner, and possibly hurts others such as the victim's children

The only instance where a stage in the model was not followed was when men did not meet stage one - but this was normally because they had not had a relationship before, she said.

"We've been relying on the 'crime of passion, spontaneous red-mist' explanation [of killing] forever - and it's just not true," Dr Monckton Smith told the BBC.

"If you start looking at all these cases, there's planning, determination, there's always coercive control."

I've always thought domestic homicides were treated as "lesser" somehow. Murder is murder. This research shows that there's a lot of premeditation, manipulation and triggers. Gaslighting isn't mentioned, but that falls under coercive control.

If these stages of the homicide timeline are happening during lockdowns and quarantines, outsiders might not see the warning signs.

 

[dotr]

Will unidentified human remains brings answers for one of Muskoka's missing?
April 23, 2021
''In October, the burned-out vehicle of Helen Sedo, 61, a woman last seen in Aurora July 29, 2020, was found near Huntsville where her family has property. On Sept. 23, her husband John Sedo was charged with her murder. Her body has never been found.

Because the time frame concerning the remains cannot yet be determined, Watson said, “We don't rule out anywhere in the province when it comes to missing persons cases that remain.”

 

[lindamichelle1]

Human remains found in Huntsville area close to where police searched for missing Aurora woman

I wonder if the remains were hers?

 

[branmuffin]

Human remains found in Huntsville area close to where police searched for missing Aurora woman

I wonder if the remains were hers?

It's been over 6 months since the remains were found. You'd think they'd be able to confirm whether it was her or not. No more news items since the April find that I can find.

 

[dotr]

It's been over 6 months since the remains were found. You'd think they'd be able to confirm whether it was her or not. No more news items since the April find that I can find.

Thought this was familiar, had forgotten about started thread..
CANADA - Canada - Human remains, Guelph-Eramosa Township, Ontario, 21 April 2021

 

[StevieL]

OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. Nov 22/2021
OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. - Barrie | Globalnews.ca

Does anyone have any further information about this? Three people charged with indignities to a body or accessory according to later reports.

 

[branmuffin]

OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. Nov 22/2021
OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. - Barrie | Globalnews.ca

Does anyone have any further information about this? Three people charged with indignities to a body or accessory according to later reports.

I think it is someone local. The OPP have arrested 3 Huntsville individuals.

https://www.thestar.com/local-hunts...ion-to-human-remains-found-in-huntsville.html

 

[YaYa_521]

OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. Nov 22/2021
OPP investigating after human remains found in Huntsville, Ont. - Barrie | Globalnews.ca

Does anyone have any further information about this? Three people charged with indignities to a body or accessory according to later reports.

I found this article which identifies the three people charged. Another article shows the location as "a property near Gryffin Lodge Road, north of Hares Road in Huntsville". I wonder whether these might be Anthony Versteegan's remains.

CANADA - Canada - Anthony Versteegen, 63, Huntsville, Ontario, 3 Oct 2020

 

[Gina20]

Have Helen Sedo's remains been found?

https://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/2022/05/05/145340/#:~:text=The%20OPP%20is%20investigating%20the,large%20field%20near%20Hemmings%20Road.

This is about 12 minutes away from where her car was found in 2020.

Aurora woman's burned-out SUV found 3 months after she disappeared

York Regional Police say hunters found 61-year-old Helen Sedo's burned-out car in a quarry near Williamsport Road, northeast of Huntsville last week on Oct. 13.

barrie.ctvnews.ca

 

[Gina20]

Here is more information about the location in Huntsville where the human remains were found:

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022 around 5:32 p.m., a member of the public called the OPP to report the discovery just west of Highway 11 in large field near Hemmings Road in rural Huntsville. The field is adjacent to Sarjeant Co. Ltd. and Lindgren Mini Storage off Hemmings Road.

UPDATE: Skeletal remains found in large rural Huntsville field

UPDATE (11:18 a.m. Friday, May 6): The Huntsville OPP is investigating skeletal remains discovered on Wednesday, May 4 in a rural area of Huntsville, just west of Highway 11.

www.muskokaregion.com

The first company mentioned is a supplier of construction materials, including ready-mix concrete.

 

[Gina20]

Here is more information about the location in Huntsville where the human remains were found:

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022 around 5:32 p.m., a member of the public called the OPP to report the discovery just west of Highway 11 in large field near Hemmings Road in rural Huntsville. The field is adjacent to Sarjeant Co. Ltd. and Lindgren Mini Storage off Hemmings Road.

UPDATE: Skeletal remains found in large rural Huntsville field

UPDATE (11:18 a.m. Friday, May 6): The Huntsville OPP is investigating skeletal remains discovered on Wednesday, May 4 in a rural area of Huntsville, just west of Highway 11.

www.muskokaregion.com

The first company mentioned is a supplier of construction materials, including ready-mix concrete.

Some things that make me think this might finally be Helen's remains:

She and her husband owned a property near Huntsville.

Her car was found at a quarry northeast of Huntsville. These remains were found near Huntsville adjacent to a company that sells building supplies, including ready-mix concrete.

She was a gardener. She and her husband had done yard work involving plantings, interlocking pavers and a backhoe at their home in Aurora.

In photos released by police, John Sedo was wearing work boots. John Sedo was charged with the murder of Helen.

As far as we know, those charges have not been dropped.

 

[musicaljoke]

Helen is one of 11 people listed as missing in Huntsville. Perhaps one of these people will be identified.

Who are Muskoka’s 11 missing persons and how are their cases being handled?

“There are best practice guidelines that should be followed, but it’s up to each agency to enforce and adhere to.”

www.muskokaregion.com

 

[Gina20]

Helen is one of 11 people listed as missing in Huntsville. Perhaps one of these people will be identified.

Who are Muskoka’s 11 missing persons and how are their cases being handled?

“There are best practice guidelines that should be followed, but it’s up to each agency to enforce and adhere to.”

www.muskokaregion.com

Yes, many people over the years have wound up dead/dumped in Huntsville.