GUILTY Canada - Renee Sweeney, 23, murdered, Sudbury, Ont, 27 Jan 1998 *arrest in 2018*

[Jaanniss]

I’d love to see that profile, and learn more about the accused.

Yes, I'd love to see that profile as well ... here's the clip I didn't link to
... 1998 Psychological profile of Sweeney’s killer

 

[Jaanniss]

I’d love to see that profile, and learn more about the accused.

Yes, I'd love to see that profile as well ... here's the clip I didn't link to
...

 

[Jaanniss]

trial for murder of Renee Sweeney starting May 25 ....
Murder trial is scheduled for five weeks, but might not be at the Sudbury courthouse

 

[Gina20]

Just curious, if someone from North Bay wanted to drive south to Toronto, which route would they take? I can see a logical route, but what would North Bay residents do?

 

[Gina20]

I saw TV coverage of Renee Sweeney's murder on the national news right after it happened, and have followed this story through the years.

I find myself wondering how someone so young allegedly committed an act so violent, out of the blue, and was cold enough to steal cash, too. How did this go unsolved for so long? How many people know in their hearts that they turned a blind eye to Renee's needless suffering and horrific death?

I ask myself how many overkill murders of women alone have gone unsolved in the intervening years. Did they involve in petty theft, too? What kind of person gratuitously steals from a victim after such violent overkill?

What goes so wrong in a young person's life that allows them to (allegedly) do a thing like this and walk around for decades like nothing happened? How do they carry it off? Surely they must have given something away at some time.

I can't understand.

 

[musicaljoke]

Just curious, if someone from North Bay wanted to drive south to Toronto, which route would they take? I can see a logical route, but what would North Bay residents do?

Take highway 11 south to 400 at Barrie, then continue to Toronto.

 

[Gina20]

Now a North Bay hospital porter has been charged in another murder, this one from 1980.

North Bay man faces murder charges in 40-year-old case - BayToday.ca

Roger Deschenes of North Bay, a porter at the North Bay Regional Hospital, faces a first-degree murder charge. He appeared in court on November 19 and is remanded into custody until a bail hearing can be scheduled.

Detective-Inspector Kurtis Fredericks says back on July 10, 1980, the body of 20-year-old Micheline St. Amour was found in the bedroom of her East Ferris home.

"She had died of her injuries caused by stab wounds," said Fredericks.

 

[Jaanniss]

Micheline St. Amour stabbed to death in her bedroom in East Ferris Township on July 10, 1980.
OPP news conference

 

[Jaanniss]

Now a North Bay hospital porter has been charged in another murder, this one from 1980.

North Bay man faces murder charges in 40-year-old case - BayToday.ca

Roger Deschenes of North Bay, a porter at the North Bay Regional Hospital, faces a first-degree murder charge. He appeared in court on November 19 and is remanded into custody until a bail hearing can be scheduled.

Detective-Inspector Kurtis Fredericks says back on July 10, 1980, the body of 20-year-old Micheline St. Amour was found in the bedroom of her East Ferris home.

"She had died of her injuries caused by stab wounds," said Fredericks.

Random ... speculative .... InsideEko.com is reporting ...
November 26, 2020
Roger Deschenes North Bay Obituary – Death | Dead – Passed Away

 

[ttcRider]

I saw that the other day too from another source. Speculative as well.

 

[Jaanniss]

I saw that the other day too from another source. Speculative as well.

Yes, a few sources are reporting this however all I can find is that they circle around themselves ... last I heard he was in custody waiting for a bail hearing . Hope it's confirmmed or denied soon ...

 

[Richard]

Renee Sweeney, 23, Murdered 27 January 1998

LINK:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/anniversary-of-sweeney-case-1.4506947

 

[musicaljoke]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/renee-sweeney-murder-trial-1.6429800

The trial has been delayed several times. It was originally scheduled for May 2021.

It was then moved to October 2021, and just a few weeks before it was scheduled to start, was put off again until September 2022.

 

[musicaljoke]

Two weeks before his trial was to begin in October 2021, Wright's lawyer, Berk Keaney, declared a conflict of interest, leading him to hire Michael Lacy as his new lead counsel.

For Lacy to get up to speed on the case, the trial was tentatively postponed again until September 2022.

Lacy confirmed to CTV News in an email the trial is now scheduled to begin Feb. 21, 2023, just after the 25th anniversary of Sweeney's murder.

Renee Sweeney murder trial rescheduled to next year, here is why

After being in jail for more than three years, the man accused of the brutal murder of a Sudbury woman in 1998 will stand trial next year.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca

 

[Nina Michigan]

Two weeks before his trial was to begin in October 2021, Wright's lawyer, Berk Keaney, declared a conflict of interest, leading him to hire Michael Lacy as his new lead counsel.

For Lacy to get up to speed on the case, the trial was tentatively postponed again until September 2022.

Lacy confirmed to CTV News in an email the trial is now scheduled to begin Feb. 21, 2023, just after the 25th anniversary of Sweeney's murder.

Renee Sweeney murder trial rescheduled to next year, here is why

After being in jail for more than three years, the man accused of the brutal murder of a Sudbury woman in 1998 will stand trial next year.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca

thank you for the update

 

[asmi106082]

Two weeks before his trial was to begin in October 2021, Wright's lawyer, Berk Keaney, declared a conflict of interest, leading him to hire Michael Lacy as his new lead counsel.

For Lacy to get up to speed on the case, the trial was tentatively postponed again until September 2022.

Lacy confirmed to CTV News in an email the trial is now scheduled to begin Feb. 21, 2023, just after the 25th anniversary of Sweeney's murder.

Renee Sweeney murder trial rescheduled to next year, here is why

After being in jail for more than three years, the man accused of the brutal murder of a Sudbury woman in 1998 will stand trial next year.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca

Didn’t the Crown try to have them removed due to conflict of interest earlier on in this case?? The defense attorneys fought them and won, but now he declares a conflict of interest himself? IANAL but seems like some shady attempt to delay the trial. MOO

 

[Gina20]

Didn’t the Crown try to have them removed due to conflict of interest earlier on in this case?? The defense attorneys fought them and won, but now he declares a conflict of interest himself? IANAL but seems like some shady attempt to delay the trial. MOO

I hope that the accused does not then claim that the trial was delayed for too long, so he should be set free without one. That would be a real travesty.

 

[musicaljoke]

I believe that the trial is still scheduled for next week and is scheduled to run for five weeks.

A sister remembers: 'Losing her is as strong as ever'

Kim Sweeney issues statement on the anniversary of Renee Sweeney's murder on Jan. 27, 1998, in Sudbury.

www.thesudburystar.com

 

[Gina20]

I believe that the trial is still scheduled for next week and is scheduled to run for five weeks.

A sister remembers: 'Losing her is as strong as ever'

Kim Sweeney issues statement on the anniversary of Renee Sweeney's murder on Jan. 27, 1998, in Sudbury.

www.thesudburystar.com

Here's a link dedicated to coverage of the trial:

Sweeney Murder File

Extensive news coverage on the murder of Renee Sweeney of Sudbury in 1998 and the court battle of the man accused of killing her.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury selection goes smoothly, Sweeney murder trial to begin Thursday morning in Sudbury

One of the most anticipated trials in Greater Sudbury’s history got underway Tuesday morning with jury selection.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca