Sexual Assault Allegations Against Several Professional Hockey Players Not the first time High Profiled Athletes From the Sport Accused in Gang Attack

On February 5th, there will be a press conference in London, Ontario (Canada) regarding an investigation into a sexual assault investigation that involves several members of the then 2018 Canadian World Junior Hockey Team. It is believed that several of the players are now playing professionally in the National Hockey League as well as in other leagues in Europe. 

According to an article by sportswriter Stephen Wyno of the Associated Press, a woman in 2022, sued Hockey Canada stating that she was sexually assaulted by eight members of Canada’s world junior team at a fundraising gala in the city of London back in 2018. Hockey Canada was reported to have settled the lawsuit, and but a further look into this revealed that Hockey Canada had several secret slush funds to pay out settlements on claims of sexual assault and other abuse. Various news outlets have reported the names of players believed to be under investigation as they have been suspeneded by their various teams while the investigation plays out. 

Reference: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/where-do-things-stand-with-the-sexual-assault-case-involving-2018-canada-world-junior-players/ar-BB1hgrwy

These players are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law but this is not the first time where a group of National Hockey League Players were investigated for allegations regarding a gang sexual assault. 

This is not the first time that professional hockey players from the National Hockey League have been investigated regarding a gang type sexual assault on a seventeen year old woman. Back in May of 1990, five players of the Washington Capitals (USA) were investigated by Washington DC Police. In the end a Grand Jury decided not to indict the players believing that the young woman was not forced. One of the accused players had years before pled guilty to indecent exposure outside his home to that of neighbor and received probation. Whether these players were responsible for the attack may never be known. However, it does indicate that women left in alone in a group situation face potential risks even among professional athletes and other people of stature.

Reference:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/05/15/4-capitals-accused-of-rape/97bc50b8-0bf0-493c-b7d1-d8a08591ef6f/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/06/30/jury-declines-to-indict-capitals-in-alleged-sex-attack/cb8bf32b-4afd-491f-983b-3123e6a8e495/

Last Unidentified Victim of Green River Killer Given Back her Name

Gary Ridgway was one of the most notorious serial killers to plague America. He had vast amount of victims of teenage girls and women in the Western of Washington state (USA) during the 1980’s and 90’s. While police were looking to identify and catch Ridgway, he earned the name, the Green River Killer due to the fact that many of his victims were left there. 

Sixteen year old Tammy Liles who disappeared in June of 1983 has been identified as the last unidentified victim of Ridgway. Her remains had originally found in Tigard, Oregon, in 1985. Just a month prior another victim 15-year-old Lori Anne Rotzpotnik had been identified as another unnamed victims of Ridgway. She had been last seen in 1982. 

There are three other women who are speculated to have been victims of Ridgway and they have never been found. They are They are Patricia Ann Osborn, Kassee Ann Lee, and Kelly Kay McGinnis. 

Sources: NYPOST and USA Today.

https://nypost.com/2024/01/23/news/remains-of-green-river-killers-last-known-victim-idd-as-tammie-lies/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/21/green-river-killer-victim-lori-anne-razpotnik/71997048007/

Tammy Liles
Lori Anne Razpotnik

Three Cold Cases Solved in Virginia, did a deceased Serial Killer have more victims?

IT’s always when there is closure, but for serial killer Alan W. Wilmer Sr., he never got paid for his crimes while he was alive. In 2017, the former professional fisherman died at the age of 63. Law Enforcement announced that he was responsible for the double murder of  shooting deaths of 20 year old David L. Knobling and 14 year old Robin M. Edwards (was was also sexually assaulted) in 1987. The two murders were considered part of a larger pattern of murders labeled the Colonial Parkway Murders. In 1989, 29 year old Teresa Lynn Spaw Howell was sexually assaulted and strangled to death which was also tied to Wilmer. Wilmer’s DNA was not in the any databases due to his lack of any felony convictions. Virginia and NAtional LAw Enforcement will continue to pursue leads on Wilmer to see if he had committed more crimes. 

Pictures taken from https://people.com/alan-wilmer-suspect-colonial-parkway-murders-virginia-8424188

Additional source New York Post. https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/news/deceased-virginia-fisherman-alan-wilmer-idd-as-cold-case-killer/

Wanted For Murder: Have you seen this Suspect, notice the tattoo on the face?

In Ocala, Florida (USA), locally known tattoo artist David Nathaniel Barron was killed in a targetted shooting attack in the Paddock Mall just days before Christmas. An unidentified woman was also shot in the daytime act of violence. Law Enforcement is looking for 39 year old Albert Shell Jr. who they believe is responsible for the slaying. Shell (pictured below) has a tattoo of a cross between his eyes. IF you see him notify local enforcement, he is armed and very dangerous. 

An infamous Murder at an Ivy League College Still remains Unsolved…. amateur sleuths think they have a suspect…. but police don’t agree…

Suzanne Jovin was bright, popular and a caring person. The blue eyed, 21 year old Yale University student born in Germany, yet her life was violentally ended on an early morning on December 4th, 1998 near the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Those that knew her are still haunted by her violent death and that no one has ever been arrested and prosecuted for it. In the beginning, Law Enforcement in New Haven, Connecticut focused on her thesis advisor a man named James Van De Velde, but he has never been charged. Some experts say the investigation was bungled from the start and that police should have no focused on Van de Velde. 

The Connecticut Insider’s Randall Beach wrote an article recently about the case that talks about this and a potential potential person of interest that amateur sleuths think should be looked at. Twenty five years later, Suzanne’s family waits and hopes for answers. 

https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/suzanne-jovin-yale-murder-investigation-18533355.php

There is also a video by a group of amaterur sleuths that look at the involvement of a possible mystery suspect alluded to in the article by Randall Beach. https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/suzanne-jovin-yale-murder-investigation-18533355.php

Music Mogul/Rapper and his Father’s Unsolved Murder

Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy are just some of the nicknames for Sean John Combs. An entrepreneur, he lived his early years on the hard streets of Harlem, New York City where he would eventually attend Howard University, drop out, work his way up in the music industry and eventually form his own record label, Bad boy Records.

Despite having an estimated financial worth of around a billion dollars according to Forbes Magazine, Combs has had his fair share of legal issues and controversy. These include getting into an argument with a patron at a bar and having a member of his entorouge be found guilty of a shooting at a bar. Several allegations of sexual assault by various women including one from long term girlfriend Cassie Ventura which was quickly settled out of court.

Combs also suffered from tragedy in his life, a long term girlfriend and mother of his children died in 2018 and his own father was murdered on the 1970’s mean streets of New York City.

Melvin Combs was a drug dealer in a heroin dealing operation and was an associate of famous Harlem Drug Lord Frank Lucas (who was portrayed in the movie “American Gangster” by actor Denzel Washington).

New York Law Enforcement believe that Combs was killed by members of a heroin drug dealing syndicate. Combs had been previously arrested in possession of heroin and around forty five thousand dollars of cash. A New York Times article stated a member of this drug dealing gang was raided after Combs arrest. Combs was shot to death as he sat in his car in the area of Central Park West in 1972. There has never been any proof that indicated why Combs was murdered and it is believed the case was never thoroughly investigated. Several associates of this drug dealing gang that Combs was involved with were eventually convicted and served time for their role in the illegal distribution of heroin. Frank Lucas was quoted in a New York Post article stating that he believed that Combs was not a police informant and most likely killed for other reasons.

To this date though, the murder of the 33 year old US Air Force Veteran remains unsolved and the killers at least unknown to the general public. However, even decades later…. the streets still talk.

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/24/archives/ten-found-guilty-of-heroin-charge-convicted-of-taking-part-in.html

https://nypost.com/2010/06/07/druglord-gangster-fashion-victim/

Identity of Man Solved, now to find his Killers…

Skeletal remains of a man were found on April 8th, 1985, by a driver traveling person driving on Interstate 195 in the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (USA). Thirty Eight years later, DNA tests would reveal that he was named Keith Olson a 27 year old man from Cranston, Rhode Island who had gone missing in 1981. There are strong suspicions that Olson was killed by the ex-romantic partner of a woman he was currently dating. That man was named John Broccoli, who also went by the name Michael Corleone. Law Enforcement believe that at least two people were involved in Olson’s murder. One has to wonder if one of several mob guys in Rhode Island well known to Rhode Island Authorities could have been involved as well.

IF you have any information about Olson’s disappearance and murder, please call Detective AnnMarie Robertson at (855)-627-6583.

Source: https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/bristol-county-da-identifies-homicide-victim-found-in-fairhaven-after-almost-40-years.html

https://nypost.com/2023/11/28/news/skeleton-found-28-years-ago-idd-as-ri-man-keith-olson/

Missing Person Alert

Todd Davidson age 53 years old was last seen on September 27, 2023 in New Hartford, Connecticut (USA). He is a white male with green eyes, long brownish/gray hair. He is around 160 to 180 pounds and around five foot ten inches tall. According to the NAMUS database the Plainville Police Department is handling the case and can be contacted at (860) 747-1616.

Todd Davidson Missing from New Hartford, CT

NAMUS Page is here at https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/111230/details?nav

Who killed an older Woman on a Hiking Trail?

honoree flemingSeventy seven year old Honoree Fleming of Castleton, Vermont was slain by a gunshot wound to her head on Thursday, October 5th on a hiking trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus. She was a former Dean at the Universit and was the wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Powers.

The incident occurred on the Rail Trail near 1660 South Street in Castleton. There is a potential suspect who was described as a white male around five foot ten inches, with short dark hair, had a dark gray t-shirt and was carrying a black backpack. The Vermont State Police ask anyone on the rail trail around this time who may have observed the male to call the Vermont State Police.

If you have any information about this case, contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101. Tips can be submitted anonymously https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

Sources: https://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2023/10/vermont-state-police-identify-victim-of.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/us/honoree-fleming-castleton-vermont-killing/index.html