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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-05-07, Page 5Reader appreciates article on young athlete Dear FARM: This Setter is to express my appreciation for the nice write up you put in your paper about my son. Last November I came to you ask if my son Dennis be featured as a prospective athlete who was not geuing any recognition in the London media. It really hun a,y son when his team, the Bunting Broncos won their semi-final game against Regina Mundi but were not recognized for their efforts. In fact the news- caster said on the regional sports station that the only reason Banting won was because one of Regina Mundi's touchdowns was called back. If the newscaster himself had been at the game he would have seen how unsportsmanlike R.MC. played. The number of penal- ties they received cost them the game as it docs any team. But for the newspaper and TV to say R.M.C. should have won was hurtful. Banting, played an excel- lent game in which Dennis played both offensive and defensive line. He had the cuts and bruises on his fore- arms to prove the amount of effort and determination he put into this game. However after hearing the sports on TV. his ego was also bruised. That was why 1 came to you to ask if you could do a small write up on Dennis. It was the lift of confidence my son needed. Thank you Huron Expositor for recognizing so many young athletes over the years. But what impressed me mast was after I asked you what was the cost to write the arti- cle you said. "NO CHARGE". Hest Regi Mary Berrerman Birth mother searches London for Mistie CONTINUED from page I tell her he died. Oldfield said Mistie also learned there was Micmac Indian in her family, answer- ing a question Mistie was often asked. Mistie met Oldfield's com- mon-law husband of 15 years. James Kidd, common- ly known as Jazz. Oldfield and Mistie called each other often and gradual- ly grew closer over the next couple months. Mistie spent Christmas. the March break. Easter and other weekends with Oldfield and Kidd getting to know her family better and learning about her other relatives in Nova Scotia. "She was starting to treat the apartment like her home," Oldfield said. Oldfield had a trip planned to Nova Scotia at the start of -the summer and Oldfield tes- tified to how accommodating the Murrays were with Mistie taking the trip and trying school in Downsview in September, 1995. "She was tickled pink. When she got the permission [to take the trip] she was. even happier. She told every- one," Oldfield said. Kidd was to pick Mistie up in Goderich on June 2, 1995; two days after she disap- peared. Kidd arrived in Goderich at the specified time to discover Mistie had not -shown up. Day 2, May 1 Mistie's birth mother con- tinues testimony and Murray interviews with police are watched. Oldfield's testimony con- tinued into the second day of the trial with testimony about her search for her daughter and a cross-examination that .revealed a "claimed sighting"... in Toronto. Oldfield never took the trip to Nova Scotia. Instead, she spent more than a week walk- ing the streets in London with photos of Mistie. searching for her daughter. Following that. she spent every day after work and every weekend until September. looking for Mistie in Toronto. Under cross-examination by Greenspan, Oldfield testi- fied she was grateful to the Murrays for the good home they provided to her daughter and of the positive relation- ship they shared. Steve had purchased a fishing rod for Mistie to take on her trip to Nova Scotia. Oldfield also testified that during her search, she came across a "reported sighting" of Mistie in an area of Toronto where street kids gather. Someone had seen a girl matching Mistie's descrip- tion, including a gap in her teeth that was using the name Jean Marie. This was Mistie's middle name. given to her at birth by Oldfield. "Hearing the name 'Jean Marie' from some stranger gave you real encourage- ment," Greenspan said. "i suggest it was very chilling 10 you." Oldfield said it made her hopeful. She agreed to Greenspan's suggestions a similar situa- tion occurred in London. Constable Mark Johnston of the Goderich Police Service introduced videotape evidence of a June interview with Steve and Anne Murray. regarding Mistic's disappear- ance. Johnston then read a transcript of a later interview with Steve and video was shown of a September inter- view with Steve. The couple talked about their concerns that Mistie tra- ditionally made friends with people the Murrays had con- cern with. This was the cause of some friction between Mistie and her parents but they both said there was no reason they could think of for Mistie to have run away. While they were having some personal trouble with Mistie, Anne said they decid- ed to look for Mistic's moth- er a couple years earlier than they planned to see if it would help her. "Mistie really is a good girl. She has a lot of good qualities," Steve said. .1n the interview, both indi- cated there had been a posi- tive change in Mistie's atti- tude and that she was looking forward to taking the June • trip to Nova Scotia. They also spoke of the good relationship they alt shared with Oldfield. In a separate interview, Steve said, "I only wanted what was good for Mistie. I only wanted to protect her from the elements." He said there was a lot of love for Mistie. He indicated he and Anne were concerned about Mistie's gullible nature and her willingness to trust and go along with people who might not be good for her. 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Through statements in the three interviews, the jury learned the couple went out that evening and returned around midnight. Mistie's bedroom door was closed and they assumed Mistie was asleep inside. Steve had to go to Toronto the following morning and took Anne out for breakfast early in the morning, which Anne said they never do. Steve and Anne drove to Vanastra for breakfast, returning too late to pick Mistie up and give her a ride to school. Anne was dropped off for work at St. Mary's School and Steve went to Toronto.. Thursday night. June 1. the couple realized Mistie was not home but assumed she was out having fun with friends since it was the night before her trip. They decided not to worry until the follow- ing day. asstiming she would return for the trip. Steve had to leave again that morning for Toronto to, finish sorting out the compli- cations for his licence. Under cross-examination, Johnston said the facts of Murray's trip to Toronto Were verified in the investigation. in later interviews, just , with Steve Murray, he men- tioned taking his boat out on the lake on Wednesday night, May 31. He had planned to get the boat cleaned at Rick's Car Wash on Bayfield Road and took the boat out for a shoe trip before bringing it there and leaving it overnight.to be cleaned the next day. The couple was planning a trip with the boat that weekend. "I wasn't out there [on the lake] very long. I took it for a little spin. I didn't go any- where," Murray said in his third interview with the police. Day 3, May 2 The last interview with Murray is shown and wit- nesses who saw Mistie testi- In the third day of testimo- ny, Johnston testified in a cross examination that all of Murray's travels on May 31 through June 2 were verified. Testimony was then heard From witnesses who had seen Mistie at school and the Park House on May 31. First called was Joanne Chiccini, a secretary at the school. Mistie had come into the office after 12:35 p.m. complaining of hives. Chiccini said she made a baking soda paste and applied it to the bumps on Mistie's neck and shoulders. She said Mistie was talka- tive and excited about her trip on Friday. Addle Drennan, a secre- tary at St. Mary's School where Anne was working at the time, testified she had a call from Mistie after 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon asking for her mother to call her at the Park House. Drennan overheard Anne return the call around 3:30 p.m., finding out Mistie was not there. In their police interviews the day before, Anne had indicated Steve answered that call and told her he had not seen Mistie. Dean Murray, one of Anne and Steve's two sons, testi- fied he was working at the Park House on the afternoon ofMay31. He spoke briefly with Mistie, around 2:30 p.m., asking her why she wasn't in school. He said she indicated she had a lot to do before her trip and band practice that night. She said Steve asked her to cleanher stuff out of the boat which she and a friend had left there the weekend before. Dean saw his father a few times throughout the day and again around 8:30 p.m. that night, before Steve -and Anne went to see friends in St. Colurnban. They returned around 12:45 a.m. Under cross-examination, Dean testified that he, his brother, parents and friends have all searched for Mistic all over Ontario including London, Toronto, Guelph and Kitchener. "We're still looking. We CONTINUED on page 8 Chick Days at Milton J. Dietz Ltd. Order By Pickup May14 June13 Vaccinated Chicks Goslings, Ducklings Turkey Poults 522-0608 Refreshments Care and feeding recommendations shavings, waterers, feeders, heat lamps and the best in Purina feeds OVA t9OrJI 11001INt TN! 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