LFP ARCHIVES: The seven-day ‘exorcism’ that killed a London teen
This story on the sentencing of three adults in the bizarre death of 19-year-old Londoner Water Zepeda was first published in the May 23, 2003 print editions of The London Free Press:
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Driver charged in 55-year-old cyclist’s Hwy. 401 death
A cyclist who was killed while riding his bike on Highway 401 has been identified by police as 55-year-old Steven Panula.
In Goderich, mayor’s sudden death leaves political vacuum
GODERICH – As the shock of Mayor John Grace’s sudden death wears off, local politicians in this town of 8,000 are now faced with filling his role in government until this fall’s municipal election.
‘He loved this town’: Goderich mourns mayor’s sudden death
GODERICH – John Grace, who spent two decades in local politics including the last four years as mayor, was mourned by officials and political colleagues Wednesday after his boating death in Ontario’s far north. Grace, 64, was a native of Goderich. His colleagues on town council paid tribute to him, including his deputy mayor, Myles […]
Police offer new details in Goderich mayor’s boating death
The mayor of Goderich has died in a boating accident near his family’s fishing resort in northwestern Ontario.
Police tight-lipped about east London homicide probe
London police had yet to release the name of the city’s fourth homicide victim late Monday after his death more than a day earlier.
Deceased person pulled from Irish Lake by police
The Grey-Bruce OPP pulled a deceased person from a local body of water last Thursday.
Indigenous woman’s family ‘shocked’ by Appeal Court decision in custody death
Cindy Chrisjohn was scrolling through her social media feed when she saw an article with her deceased sister’s photo.
Appeal Court overturns one of London officer’s two convictions in woman’s death
Ontario’s top court has quashed a London police officer’s conviction for criminal negligence causing death in the 2016 custody death of an Indigenous woman, but ruled a second conviction will stand.
London woman charged with second-degree murder in death of 27-year-old
A 31-year-old London woman has been charged with murder in the death of a woman at a First Nations community southwest of London.
Eugene Bourgeois wished to donate his farm for lasting public good
It was Eugene Bourgeois’ hope that his Inverhuron farm would not be sold upon his death but instead used to make a lasting contribution for public good, his friends and family said. Friend and neighbour Marti McFadzean promised Bourgeois she would try to help make that happen, in their conversation a couple of weeks before […]
No foul play suspected after body found near London hospitals, police say
London police say the body found near a major intersection last week is that of a woman, and her death doesn’t appear suspicious.
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