Kathy Michaels - Nov 8, 2024
''On Aug. 17, 1994, Tran was reported missing after she rode her pink bike down her quiet street in the southern Interior city. She was never seen alive again. Six weeks later, police found a shallow grave with her remains in a Rutland park near her home. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Shannon Murrin, a man originally from Newfoundland, was charged with the killing in January 1997 and found not guilty by a jury in 2000 after a seven-month trial. The case remains open, though nothing will likely change.
“If you were to talk to people in regard to that file, they believed they had the right person charged, and it was a matter of the court and what transpired during the investigation that created the situation for him to be found not guilty,” Feist said, explaining why it's not getting a second look.''
Aug 11, 2024
Mindy Tran, 8, was reported missing in August 1994. Her remains were later found in a park near her parents' house, shocking the Kelowna community and the entire province of B.C. (CBC)
''On Aug. 17, 1994, Tran was reported missing after she rode her pink bike down her quiet street in the southern Interior city. She would never be seen alive again.
Six weeks later, on the insistence of a so-called psychic with a divining rod, police found a shallow grave with the girl's remains in a park near the Trans' house. The child had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The discovery of her body prompted an outpouring of grief in the Okanagan city.
Shannon Murrin, a man originally from Newfoundland, was charged with the killing in January 1997.
However, he was found not guilty by a jury in 2000 after a seven-month trial, with his lawyers alleging that the RCMP's lead investigator at the time had manufactured a case against their client and manipulated witnesses.''
Four Kelowna cold cases getting new attention - Kelowna News
Darren Feist, a former Kelowna RCMP Staff Sgt, has come out of a one-month retirement to re-examine longstanding unsolved cases, and Parr’s is one of four files he’s hoping to close.
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Shannon Murrin, a man originally from Newfoundland, was charged with the killing in January 1997 and found not guilty by a jury in 2000 after a seven-month trial. The case remains open, though nothing will likely change.
“If you were to talk to people in regard to that file, they believed they had the right person charged, and it was a matter of the court and what transpired during the investigation that created the situation for him to be found not guilty,” Feist said, explaining why it's not getting a second look.''
Aug 11, 2024
Mindy Tran, 8, was reported missing in August 1994. Her remains were later found in a park near her parents' house, shocking the Kelowna community and the entire province of B.C. (CBC)
''On Aug. 17, 1994, Tran was reported missing after she rode her pink bike down her quiet street in the southern Interior city. She would never be seen alive again.
Six weeks later, on the insistence of a so-called psychic with a divining rod, police found a shallow grave with the girl's remains in a park near the Trans' house. The child had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The discovery of her body prompted an outpouring of grief in the Okanagan city.
Shannon Murrin, a man originally from Newfoundland, was charged with the killing in January 1997.
However, he was found not guilty by a jury in 2000 after a seven-month trial, with his lawyers alleging that the RCMP's lead investigator at the time had manufactured a case against their client and manipulated witnesses.''