Canada - Terry, 27, & Hailey Blanchette, 2, Blairmore, AB, 14 Sept 2015 #2

[jmcgladr]

A simple paternity test may answer all remaining questions in this case. The alleged animosity between father and perp versus the friendship between the mother and perp doesn't match well with the friendly terms between mother and father - traditionally, mutual friends only divide after hostile separations, so why the animosity? [Note: however, the money-fan photos open the possibility of drug-dealing rivalry, with one trumping the other]. Given that the friendship vanishes in the proximity of childbirth, and the father publicly distances himself from a bad crowd - and cleans up his own life - the father's statement on Facebook seems telling:

"I'm not the bad guy for not wanting my child around drugaddicted pedo files".

The perp was troubled and allegedly hung a bad crowd. Rumors circulate of a past romance between mother and perp. If there's any truth to these rumors, it might explain everything. That is, the perp may be the daughter's true father; drug addicted and unwittingly thought a pedo by the victim for loving his own daughter. Looking at the Facebook photos, an unrequited, [drug] demented fatherhood might be cause for unbridled jealousy. Even if he is not the real father, he may have reason to think so.

If she was his daughter and he loved her, how/why would he mutilate and kill her?

 

[Valleyboy]

If she was his daughter and he loved her, how/why would he mutilate and kill her?

I don't believe the COD for Hailey has been stated yet.

 

[katydid23]

I think little Hailey has the same nose as DS.

View attachment 81789View attachment 81790

Why would he kill his own baby girl?

 

[KMouse]

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/v...d=1.2571715&binId=1.1164782&playlistPageNum=1

Hey Canada, there is a Mom and her son missing from Winnipeg.

Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk

 

[otto]

If she was his daughter and he loved her, how/why would he mutilate and kill her?

The child's mother has stated that she never had a relationship with the suspect, so if we are going to believe the victim, the suspect has no familial connection to the child. The fact that the father was murdered and left at home, and the child was take to separate location, suggests to me that the child was the target.

Did the murders the of 69 year old female neighbour of the suspect's grandparents, and 2 year old female child of an acquaintance, cover up another crime?

 

[audge86]

I don't think what CD is saying should be treated as 100% fact. I know we're treating her as a victim, I'm not going to say anything else. But i would keep an open mind and see what the RCMP .discover

 

[Kingston]

If she was his daughter and he loved her, how/why would he mutilate and kill her?

She may have died accidentally, perhaps as a result of her known crying, which would've been like a siren chasing his fleeing vehicle through familiar streets. Aside from this, one can barely envision any rationale for killing any other defenseless person at any time. That is, the perp need not be reasonable. The use of an easily recognized vehicle in a small town alone smacks of insanity. And insane people can have insane notions of love.

Still, I can't help but wonder if the perp was surprised to find the child there, and reacted hastily to take the witness with him. Facing certain capture, his options were vanishing. If he came to the father's home to rob him, he came with an oddly intimate weapon and at a high risk of failure. Thus, it seems more intuitive that his plan was to sneak in and murder the father in his sleep, then quietly drive away. Then the knife makes sense AND the squealing tires make sense. I mean, the notion of a high-risk robbery a single father working at a low-end job only makes sense if the father is knowably dealing or using drugs, of which there is no recent evidence.

 

[otto]

She may have died accidentally, perhaps as a result of her known crying, which would've been like a siren chasing his fleeing vehicle through familiar streets. Aside from this, one can barely envision any rationale for killing any other defenseless person at any time. That is, the perp need not be reasonable. The use of an easily recognized vehicle in a small town alone smacks of insanity. And insane people can have insane notions of love.

Still, I can't help but wonder if the perp was surprised to find the child there, and reacted hastily to take the witness with him. Facing certain capture, his options were vanishing. If he came to the father's home to rob him, he came with an oddly intimate weapon and at a high risk of failure. Thus, it seems more intuitive that his plan was to sneak in and murder the father in his sleep, then quietly drive away. Then the knife makes sense AND the squealing tires make sense. I mean, the notion of a high-risk robbery a single father working at a low-end job only makes sense if the father is knowably dealing or using drugs, of which there is no recent evidence.

Terry Blanchette was a cook, so he probably had quite a knife collection - probably very sharp knives. The weapon could easily be a convenient weapon found at the scene. Do we know that Terry was asleep at the time of the murder? Cooks sometimes work late hours, and sometimes they socialize after work. Do we know that Derek wasn't visiting Terry when the murder happened?

 

[jmcgladr]

I don't believe the COD for Hailey has been stated yet.

No. I am basing that on the charges he is facing in Hailey's death, which are first degree murder and indignity to a body. What else would "indignity to a body" be?

 

[Kingston]

Terry Blanchette was a cook, so he probably had quite a knife collection - probably very sharp knives. The weapon could easily be a convenient weapon found at the scene. Do we know that Terry was asleep at the time of the murder? Cooks sometimes work late hours, and sometimes they socialize after work. Do we know that Derek wasn't visiting Terry when the murder happened?

They reportedly did not get along, so the perp would have to arrive carrying or get far enough in to appropriate one by force. Not a wise plan. That said, if the father was first to pull the knife in self-defense and was overpowered, the perp would then have his weapon. But as I've gathered it, folks heard the screaming of a child and the squealing of tires but not the shouting of men. Given the two men's past together, answering the door at 3:30 in the morning without a fight seems unlikely, so the perp likely arrived armed and ready. As I understand, the father normally had the day off for shuttling the child to the child's mother; this would mean the after work socializing wouldn't happen, as is evidenced by the apparent lack of others present. So the picture looks more like a plan to attack from the beginning, with whatever motive, as indicated by the first-degree charges.

Knives are intimate weapons, and used when silence is golden.

 

[Valleyboy]

No. I am basing that on the charges he is facing in Hailey's death, which are first degree murder and indignity to a body. What else would "indignity to a body" be?

Every one who

(a) neglects, without lawful excuse, to perform any duty that is imposed on him by law or that he undertakes with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains, or


(b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not,


is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

 

[otto]

Every one who

(a) neglects, without lawful excuse, to perform any duty that is imposed on him by law or that he undertakes with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains, or


(b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not,


is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

Perhaps he tried to burn her body?

I can't understand how no one that lived on the property was aware of what happened in the middle of the night.

 

[jmcgladr]

Whether dismembered, mutilated or burned, I can't envision anyone doing that to a daughter they loved and wanted. So I doubt very much the DS paternity theory.

 

[otto]

Whether dismembered, mutilated or burned, I can't envision anyone doing that to a daughter they loved and wanted. So I doubt very much the DS paternity theory.

Cheyenne Dunbar has publicly stated that although she knew the suspect three years ago, she did not have a relationship with him and they did not date. It's clear to me that the suspect has no familial connection to the victims.

 

[rogerrabbit]

If the body was burned....I think it was once panic set in he convinced himself to burn the body.

Would seem odd for no one at that rural property to not notice anything. I am thinking no one else was on the property at the time...or maybe no one is ever there permanently.

 

[otto]

If the body was burned....I think it was once panic set in he convinced himself to burn the body.

Would seem odd for no one at that rural property to not notice anything. I am thinking no one else was on the property at the time...or maybe no one is ever there permanently.

Exactly. Either there was no one at any of the houses and trailers, and there are no dogs on any of the properties, or someone on the property knew something happened and didn't say anything.

 

[jmcgladr]

Cheyenne Dunbar has publicly stated that although she knew the suspect three years ago, she did not have a relationship with him and they did not date. It's clear to me that the suspect has no familial connection to the victims.

I'm not the one saying he has. We're in agreement!

 

[Kingston]

Cheyenne Dunbar has publicly stated that although she knew the suspect three years ago, she did not have a relationship with him and they did not date. It's clear to me that the suspect has no familial connection to the victims.

And to be clear, I'm not stating there was a relationship, but with an easy test, we can eliminate a contradiction first started by the rumors. It's a loose end that can make its way around the footing of a case. For example, if the rumors prove to be lies, and if their source somehow become prosecution witnesses (it is a small town, thus a small enough witness pool), a defense lawyer can make quick, damaging work of them. Reasonable doubt is all that's needed, and if a key Crown witness maliciously started them, this alleged child murderer could easily walk free. For example, if the person who started the relationship rumor was the only one to see the van.

The accused is not yet the convicted, and deserves a fair trial and a presumption of innocence. Loose ends can fray into unfair trials.

 

[Kingston]

<modsnip>

Without a clear motive, first degree will be hard to prove. And the perp only has to believe he is the father to there to be a motive. He has issues, and appeared to arrive armed in the middle of the night to a presumably lower-income household. If he only planned on being a pedo kidnapper, he would have to be relying on stealth - and do so while driving a white family van to a known rival's home? This sounds more like a crime of passionate delusion, but how can that be proven as a source for his motive with the current evidence? Something has to have tipped the scales for a first-degree murder charge. Just saying.

 

[LoriMcA]

So just a theory...so JMO...IMO...
I'm from a very small town originally...less than 2,000...everyone knows what you're doing before you even do!

If this is typical small town...people who are even just acquaintances...often know who is where at certain times....like...so and so is always at the coffee shop every morning at 10....just as an example...

What if...it was well known around town that TB & CD had the 2 week on...2 week off arrangement....From what was told initially in reports....he was to take her to Edmonton on Sunday...

If that was the 'common' knowledge in town....that every other Sunday he took her to CD's....some people may think he's not home for at least 1/2 a day...

I'm thinking botched robbery gone very very bad... Did DS not just have charges brought against him and a court date coming for a B&E *2?* from August..once for booze & again for a tv?

He thinks TB has taken Hailey to Edmonton...a good 5-6 hr drive ONE way....

He breaks in after dark to be relatively 'under cover'....doesn't get along with TB supposedly? & figures easy pickings to a guy he doesn't like ...so no skin off his nose right...nice tv maybe?...maybe stereo or x-box?...maybe some more booze?....surprise....they are home tho....he gets into it with TB....murders him...

There's little Hailey awakened....hears or sees some of this altercation....understandably I would think she'd be upset....possibly screaming....crying loudly...
What does he do now....leave her....with her father deceased?...or take her and figure out what to do next....

She kicks up a fuss on the way out the door...he speeds off.....22 years old...what is he going to do....
She fights him...scratches bites kicks....you name it.....2 years old...boy they can really have a tantrum even just about everyday things that upset them....never mind THIS....
and then....well....I don't want to think about the rest but we know she's found later at the 'cabin' or rural site shown on the news....
This of course is JMOO.....all IMO.....but it would make sense....as much as any of this nightmare makes any sense at all.... :'(