From the Winnipeg Free Press this week:
19 year old Dominique McCann
“Family members say they received a call that morning from a woman they knew. She said Dominique had allegedly suffered an overdose and was lying on a couch.
On Monday, police said officers responded to a medical call Friday at about 6:30 a.m. The woman was rushed to hospital in critical condition. She later died.
Police said the woman had suffered “severe upper-body injuries” but they didn’t release other details about her death.”
An active homicide investigation has been launched, and Winnipeg are publicly requesting that anyone with information please contact them,
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The details of this case at this point since Dominique McCann’s death are pretty much I*D*E*N*T*I*C*A*L to the known circumstances of my own son’s case at the same point, except that instead of dying shortly after arriving at the hospital in critical condition, Henry lived for THIRTY EIGHT DAYS, during which he – and we – asked repeatedly for someone from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office or the DA’s office to PLEASE come to the hospital and speak to him and us, and take his information, and his cell phone, which they refused to do.
In this case, the Winnipeg police are using the media to ask the public for leads in the days immediately following this teen’s death, while in the first days after Henry’s death, Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones instead used the media in a bizarre, insensitice and unprecedented way to make it clear that he was hostile to our family, and that he had no intention of actually doing anything beyond what he claimed had already been done by his investigator.
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“Nobody Deserves to Die Like This”
That’s right.
Nobody does.
I read the comments and they were all kind (so far). Maybe I need to move to Canada.
I'm from this city and often they aren't kind. (But way nicer than down there by far) It's been an awful year for murders this year. I thought of Henry when I saw this in the paper this morning. Surprised me to see her picture here. It's such a scary epidemic.
sorry to hear that. it was nice imagining that Winnipeg is kinder and gentler for a few minutes.
I'm hopeful that the police will be able to find out what happened to this young woman, and that there will be some justice for her. Something about her just touched me, and she had her whole life ahead of her. I must ask–how did you find this story? I ask because I actually live in Winnipeg, and can't imagine anyone living where you do even knowing where we are! Thank you for posting on this story.
JJ is a shame and a pox on my beloved state. NOBODY deserves to die like that. Even "unattractive" victims. I could throw up every time I get the image of Henry in that hospital with nobody asking him what happened. Your story is horrific. It embarrasses me to be a Tennessean. Hang in there, keep fighting the good fight, and know that you have tons of us behind you. My wish for you remains the same now as in May of 2010: Peace to you and your beautiful family.
I hope they find who is responsible for her death.
In Canada, we've recently begun examining how the police treat certain types of crimes and certain types of victims, specifically, Aboriginal women, drug users, and prostitutes. I think that now we are seeing more attention paid to these sorts of victims as a result of this shameful history coming to light. I'm not saying that is the case here, just that it is good that her death is being treated with the seriousness it deserves.
Damnit. Katie I'm sorry. It's such an injustice you set to right.
I hope and pray that there is true justice for the lovely young woman.