(CBC) Get breaking news, weather and traffic stories in your inbox 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Get caught up on the day's top stories and videos, along with the weather webcast and what's in store for CityNews Tonight at 11 p.m. and tomorrow on Breakfast Television.Be the first to know! Paul was given a restitution order to pay back more than $20,000, and Walter more than $10,000. In sentencing Laan to the 13 year sentence, the judge also prohibited him from possessing any weapons for life. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley Burke wrote. "I am optimistic that one day we'll be sitting in court and the individuals responsible will have to justify their actions.
Nearly 20 years later, almost anyone you talk to who lives near Siding Lake has something to say about the case. Police say they've looked into those 12 deaths and say they are not considered suspicious.Police recently confirmed all 16 residents who died had their money stolen before and after their deaths.Paul and Walter Laan received sentences that included probation and community service. âWhy? That was around the last time anybody remembers seeing her alive.
âI don't want to swim in the lake till I know where they are,â says Peleikis as she points to where she found the teeth at the lakeâs edge. According to the documents, it wasn't long before Burke believed she had another murder on her hands. Hurley lived at Cedar Pines, one of the homes run by the Laans, for a few years until his death in 1996.
We have 3 records for Katherine Laan ranging in age from 40 years old to 56 years old. {* backButton *} Court documents say that âduring each home invasion, [Walter] was armed with either a gun or a knife and forcibly confined the victims to gain their compliance, which resulted in severe psychological harm.â He went to prison for 11½ years and was recently released. âYou could make somebody disappear pretty easy, right?â Insp. He suffered from alcoholism and fought jaw cancer. The OPP said these individuals never cooperated with police and by the mid-2000s, the properties were sold.Det. The rest of the year, Muskoka’s small towns and its permanent residents are notably less flush—the median annual income in Bracebridge is $30,000.
One of them was Doogie Grant, whom police had spoken to during the investigation into Lawrenceâs disappearance. (Lisa Mayor/CBC)In late November 1998, when Lawrence was reported missing, the Ontario Provincial Police assigned a young up-and-coming detective named Erin Burke to the case. He took a quantity of cash and credit cards.
But we didn't do any digging beyond that. âI think the first word that comes to mind was betrayed,â says Alice Peddie.
He said he had significant concerns about the level of care the residents were receiving.He had also spoken with previous residents of the retirement properties who said they only left by “escaping.”The OPP has identified 46 past residents who lived in one or more of the properties. {* legalAcceptanceAcceptButton *} (OPP) 129. Joan Lawrence was last seen in the fall of 1998.
Muskoka mystery: Family linked to disappearance of seniors fights release of police documents. âThe question is something happened to them, and [the Laans who owned the retirement homes] know,â adds Howard Grant. âThey were all smoking cigarettes, playing cards, it was just a little â it looked like a little janitor's shed â just a little messy room.â The most concerning of the police discoveries was a small, decrepit garden shed located close to one of the homes. During the operations of these homes, 16 people died with 12 being reported to the authorities, the four remaining deaths are the four missing individuals. âI think there was a number of suspicions around town,â says Ron House, who was the mayor of Huntsville during the police investigation. OPP give update into 1998-99 disappearance of 4 seniors in Muskoka Police are certain people know something they haven't brought forward News Jul 25, 2019 by Agatha Farmer Huntsville Forester It's just a matter of time. And then there is David Laan, the person police believe, along with his uncle, killed Lawrence.
You may have created a profile with another 333 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9 © 2002-2020 Rogers Media. Siding Lake is southwest of Huntsville, in Ontario's cottage country. There were also the promises of bowling, woodwork, outings and parties. âI think if somebody promises you a nice quiet life, at half the price, you know, it's kind of ... holding up a lollipop to a child,â says Grant. They learned that David Laan owned the section of the property where Lawrence lived, and that his uncle, Ron Allen, lived in the house next to her shack.