Say not to rumors on serial killers

The hunting and shooting down of serial killer Zhou Kehua on Aug 14 have given rise to all kinds of rumors. As usual, the rumors and the subsequent debate have become the realm of netizens.

But now it seems some netizens criticize a person or an entity just for the sake of criticizing.

One rumor doing the rounds is that "Zhou is still at large" and the person (mistakenly) killed on Aug 14 was Duan Zhipeng, a Hunan police officer. The rumor has persisted even after Duan told Hunan TV station on Aug 20: "This is ridiculous, because I didn't have anything to do with the killer (Zhou)".

But the farce continued. Alleged photographs of Zhou's body were posted on even some prominent news portals on Aug 21, only to be proved the next day that they were unidentified photographs from an unknown micro blog. This should be a lesson for the websites to stop posting uncertified information on the Internet.

The "Zhou-is-still-alive" rumor emerged from netizens' so-called analyses of the photographs of the body and the shooting site, which police released. Some netizens even used this opportunity to slander Chongqing municipality police by posting misleading and biased contents against them on the Internet.

People do have the right to question police officers. And police, in this case, should have responded correctly by answering the questions more directly. The persisting doubts over the incident show how important it is for the authorities to win total public trust, though the standard practice is not to reveal every detail of serious crimes to avoid botching up an investigation or allowing vested interests from exploiting the situation.

Also, the police force should be more disciplined and strict, and take measures to wipe off the stains of the scandals and crimes some of its officers have been involved in.

Some netizens have questioned Zhou's death simply because "this cunning and cold-blooded killer had killed 10 people in eight years and succeeded in foiling earlier police' attempts to nab him". Their question seems to be: So how could he be shot dead so easily this time?

But the hunting down of Zhou was not easy at all. Before he was shot, thousands of policemen were engaged in tracking him down, which lasted several days during which he killed two people in downtown Chongqing. And the skeptic netizens should not forget that Zhu Yanchao, a railway policeman, lost his life while chasing Zhou.

Other netizens have criticized police for being incapable and inefficient. Lest we forget, policemen are human beings like us. True, they should have nabbed the serial killer earlier. But don't they deserve a little respect for trying their best and risking their lives, and losing one of their colleagues? Such baseless criticisms could demoralize policemen and make their job even more hazardous. https://www.facebook.com/shakodesigns?ref=hl

Without doubt, the 300 policemen, including the two who shot Zhou, deserve every bit of the rewards they were given. Netizens who have ridiculed the rewards saying Zhou's death has brought fortune to many people should learn to appreciate the fact the policemen are willing to risk their lives, and work day and night to hunt down criminals like Zhou so that ordinary people can sleep in peace.

Weird views have been aired ever since the hunt for Zhou began. Some said the serial killer robbed the rich and gave it to the poor. They tried to paint him as a modern-day Robin Hood. Nothing could be farther from the truth. https://www.facebook.com/shakodesigns?ref=hl

But the rumors and weird views, as well as the criticisms that followed, show Chinese society is becoming increasingly pluralistic, and freedom of speech - a sore point for the West - on the Internet is growing.

Netizens have every right to express their views. But questioning something that is obvious will harm constructive communication. Besides, spreading rumors could encourage criminals like Zhou to go on another killing spree and spread panic among the people. Therefore, netizens, the authorities and the media must beware of their responsibilities while expressing their views

Brutal serial killer Shaw is seriously ill in prison

John Shaw:By Charlie Mallon

Friday August 24 2012

NOTORIOUS serial killer John Shaw, who killed two women, is seriously ill.

Shaw (70) brutally murdered Elizabeth Plunkett in Co Wicklow and Mary Duffy in Co Mayo in 1976.

The former coal miner, who supplied the 'brawn' in a murderous partnership with Geoffrey Evans, was taken to the Mater Hospital in Dublin from Castlerea prison with cardiac problems.

He is now out of hospital but is receiving ongoing treatment while being held in Arbour Hill, which is close to the Mater.

Brains

On the orders of Evans, Shaw carried out the murders after the young women had been raped and tortured.

Evans, regarded as 'the brains' of the brutal operation, died in St Mary's nursing home on May 20 this year at the age of 69. He had spent 36 years in jail.

Shaw received treatment at the Mater Hospital but has been transferred to Arbour Hill prison nearby while attending as an outpatient under escort.

The Shaw/Evans partnership told detectives of a sick plan to rape and kill one woman a week, following their release from jail for burglary offences stretching from Wicklow to Cork.

They were eventually captured by gardai in Salthill, Co Galway.

The gruesome details of the torture inflicted on their victims was never fully revealed as both pleaded guilty.

Since then, it has cost the taxpayer around €4m to keep them behind bars, when security and medical bills are taken into account.

Evans had been in a coma since 2008 and was "tagged" with an electronic bracelet to prevent escape while in hospital.

The men fled from their native England in 1975 where they were under suspicion for a number of rapes and robberies.

Their crime spree here came to a temporary halt when they were detained in Co Cork and jailed for 18 months for a series of robberies.

Their sadistic rape and murder plan, hatched in jail, first claimed the life of Elizabeth Plunkett, a 23-year-old clerk from Ringsend, Dublin, who they kidnapped, raped and strangled in August 1976.

Hitch-hiker Elizabeth was abducted in Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow, taken to Castletymon woods and strangled with a nylon shirt sleeve.

Drinking

Her body was thrown in the sea but was washed ashore a month afterwards in Ballyteigue Bay in Co Wexford.

Mary Duffy, a 23-year-old cook from Castlebar in Co Mayo, was their next victim.

They punched her, abducted and raped her before Shaw suffocated her with a cushion.

They dumped her body into Lough Inagh and went drinking at a local pub in Salthill, where gardai spotted them and took them into custody.

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood home in northern Ohio is on the market

Akron Beacon Journal, Paul Tople/Associated Press - The West Bath Road childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer is on the market to be sold again on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Bath Twp., Ohio, The home is currently owned by musician Chris Butler.

Associated Press, Published: August 22

BATH, Ohio — The childhood home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is for sale in northern Ohio.

The three-bedroom, 2,170-square foot home on a private wooded lot in Bath, near Akron, was the site of Dahmer’s first murder, in 1978. He moved to Wisconsin in 1982 and went on to kill 16 more people before his crimes were discovered in 1991. He was killed in prison in 1994 by a fellow inmate.

Butler said his real estate agent vets potential buyers to weed out curiosity seekers. He believes the right buyer will be someone who appreciates the home’s 1950’s vintage style.

“You’ve gotta kind of get past the horror factor,” he said.

Butler said he bought the house in 2005 when he was living in New York but spending a lot of time here as part of another band. His mother was also living here at the time but has since died, he said.

The ranch-style house was built in 1952, and a year later it was featured in the Beacon Journal for its modern style, open layout and floor-to-ceiling windows that provided views of the wooded hillside.

Butler said he was drawn to the house by its ‘50s style and big, wooded lot. He said it was perfect for his collections of midcentury modern furniture and British Invasion music equipment, and it was an ideal place for him and his band mates to make music without disturbing the neighbors.

Still, he couldn’t understand at first why the house had been on the market for six months at a price that seemed low for the neighborhood. Then his agent called to disclose the home’s infamous history.

“I didn’t stop shaking for another 24 hours,” he said.

He decided to buy it anyway and hasn’t been sorry.

“I love, love, love the place, but I just don’t get back there that often,” he said.

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Shawn Cameron Lamb, 52, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder

CBC News 

Posted: AUGUST 20, 2012 10:56 AM CT 

Last Updated: AUGUST 21, 2012 9:42 PM CT

A 52-year-old man has been accused of the second-degree murder of three Winnipeg women, from left to right, Carolyn Sinclair, Tanya Jane Nepinak and Lorna Blacksmith. (Winnipeg police service)

Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the deaths of three women reported missing within the last year.

Shawn Cameron Lamb, 52, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Carolyn Sinclair, 25, Tanya Jane Nepinak, 31, and Lorna Blacksmith, 18.

Police Chief Keith McCaskill would not say where Lamb has been residing, but mentioned that Winnipeg police are in contact with other jurisdictions.

Police said Lamb is originally from Sarnia, Ont., but a family member who did not want to be identified confirmed to CBC News that he is from Barrie, Ont.

Prior convictions

Court records obtained by CBC News show that Lamb has 109 previous criminal convictions dating back to 1979, in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba.

His convictions have mainly been for offences such as robbery, forgery, fraud, theft, assault, uttering threats and breaching court orders.

In 1992, Lamb served four years behind bars in Alberta for sexual assault, according to court records.

Forty-five of Lamb's convictions are in Manitoba and date back to 2002.

Lamb was arrested in Winnipeg in May and charged in connection with a sexual assault in October 2011, but he was released from custody.

Lamb was picked up again on June 21 and charged with another sexual assault. That was when police say they learned of his alleged connection with the three homicides.

The suspected serial killer's criminal record includes convictions for robbery, carrying weapons, uttering threats, fraud, forgery, assaulting police officers, possessing stolen property, breaking and entering and breaching court orders.

He was recently arrested in connection with a June 21 sex assault.

"This individual was a person of interest and was on our radar, for sure," McCaskill said.

"Sometimes things like that happen, [they get] caught up in another type of offence and sometimes we get a break in a case, and that's what happened here."

Amanda Sinclair, the sister of Carolyn Sinclair, whose body was found in the spring, confirmed on Monday that police had made an arrest in relation to her sister's death.

Amanda Sinclair said she now wonders if there is a link between the homicides, as all three victims had lived at some point in northern Manitoba.

"Did he randomly pick them or did he choose them himself … did he target these women?" Sinclair told CBC News.

Amanda Sinclair said police told her family that Lamb had confessed to killing her sister, but officers have revealed little publicly about their investigation.

Carolyn Sinclair went missing in December 2011. Sinclair's family told CBC News that she was five months pregnant at the time.

Police and family members said that Sinclair was battling a drug addiction and worked in the sex trade to support her habit.

Her body was found in a dumpster behind an apartment complex in the 700 block of Notre Dame Avenue, between Toronto and Victor streets.

Sinclair said she wants to know if her sister knew Lamb or if she had been picked up off the street.

Went for pizza

Police said that Lamb knew Nepinak, who was last seen on Sept. 13, when she told her mother she was going to a pizza restaurant a few blocks away from her Sherbrook Street home.

Blacksmith was last seen in January. Her body was discovered in a yard on Simcoe Street late last week.

AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, with family members, spoke about the arrest Monday. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Nepinak's body has never been found, but police say they believe she is dead.

Red Circle Alert, a social network group that tries to help locate missing native people, created a Facebook event in March to aid in the search for Carolyn Sinclair, Tanya Nepinak and Lorna Blacksmith.

The page notes that all three women are from the same reserve and went missing from the same area.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) held a news conference following the police announcement Monday.

Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said First Nations women are sacred and valued citizens of aboriginal communities and must not be treated as second-class citizens.

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief David Harper said that he is demanding a public inquiry into missing and murdered women in Manitoba.

The AMC will be holding a vigil for Sinclair, Nepinak and Blacksmith on Tuesday at the Manitoba legislature and said members will not leave until a public inquiry is called.

Police said they are looking into the possibility that there could be more victims.

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Serial killer Donald Neilson had asked prison staff not to keep him alive

Serial killer Donald Neilson had asked prison staff not to keep him alive if his health deteriorated, an inquest has heard.

The 75-year-old, known as the Black Panther following his 1970s murder spree, had been diagnosed with the irreversible muscle-wasting condition motor neurone disease two years before his death last year.

He died on December 18 after being transferred from Norwich Prison to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, suffering from a chest infection and pneumonia.

Norfolk Coroner William Armstrong said Neilson's family had been informed of the inquest at Norwich Coroner's Court today but chose to stay away.

Relatives did not visit him in jail, although after the inquest it emerged that his daughter, Kathryn, had sent prison staff a card thanking them for the care they provided.

The inquest heard Neilson had been a "challenging and unco-operative" patient who had asked medics not to resuscitate him should he suffer a cardiac arrest.

Mr Armstrong said: "At the time of his death he struggled to do even the most basic things and was virtually dependent on other people."

A jury returned a verdict that Neilson died of natural causes. The inquest heard that motor neurone sufferers are particularly vulnerable to chest conditions.

Neilson had been moved to Norwich Prison from Full Sutton in East Yorkshire, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2009.

Claire Watson, offender health commissioner for Norfolk and Waveney NHS, said: "At the time of his transfer in April 2009, he was becoming increasingly dependent on others.

"Norwich Prison was thought to be the best place for his needs.

"Prisons aren't the best place for people who can't dress themselves and can't wash themselves.

"Norwich has a specialist wing which does provide a level of care over and above what you would find in a normal prison."

She added: "When I spoke to staff they did not think he was as ill as he was so they were quite surprised he died as quickly as he did," she said.

"But it is not an uncommon way for somebody with motor neurone disease to die."

Ms Watson oversaw a review of Neilson's care.

She said: "He was a challenging and unco-operative patient and staff at the prison are to be commended for the level of care they provided which was equitable with that he would have received in the community."

Prison officer Richard Baird-Parker was on duty on the day of Neilson's death.

He was called to the hospital to maintain a "bed watch" on the killer.

Mr Baird-Parker told the inquest he had known Neilson since he was transferred to the prison two years earlier.

He added: "I knew him quite well and I knew he was severely ill.

"I was present when he was pronounced dead at about 6.30pm."

Neilson was given four life sentences in 1975 and was one of a small group of notorious prisoners who were told they would spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

The jobbing builder kidnapped 17-year-old Lesley Whittle from her home in Shropshire, leaving a ransom demand for £50,000.

Her body was later found in an underground drainage system, hanging from the bottom of a ladder to which Neilson had secured her by the neck with wire.

Neilson also shot three sub-postmasters dead during armed robberies between February and November 1974.

Those victims were Donald Skepper, killed in Harrogate, North Yorkshire; Derek Astin, in Higher Baxenden, Lancashire; and Sidney Grayland, in Langley, West Midlands.

He was also responsible for about 400 burglaries during a 10-year criminal career and was dubbed "The Black Panther" as a result of witness descriptions of his dark clothing and powerful physique.

Born Donald Nappey, he married 20-year-old Irene Tate at the age of 18.

After the birth of their daughter, Kathryn, in 1960, Nappey changed the family name to Neilson so that the little girl would not suffer the bullying he claimed to have endured at school and in the Army.

He was also bullied because of his short stature - 5ft 6in.

Serial killer disposed of victims in the forest

Gopal Pandey, accused of killing Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan in April and loan agent Sanjay Chavan in 2010, has also confessed to killing his friend in 2008 over a property deal; he abducted all three victims, killed them in the car, and burned their bodies in Manor jungle

Investigations into the murder of Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan have led cops to stumble upon a serial killer. While a third victim has been discovered, grieving relatives believe that many more murders masterminded and executed by the killer wait to be unearthed. 

File pic

Two days ago, it was reported that while investigating Gopal Pandey (45), the main accused in Dhakan’s April murder, cops had cracked another murder committed in 2010 – that of loan agent Sanjay Chavan (‘Accused in Borivli case confesses to 2010 murder’, June 25, MiD DAY). 

Brutal end: Just like Sanjay Chavan and Nitin Dhakan (above), Vijay Dubey’s body was also taken to a spot deep in the jungles of Manor, off the NH8 Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, before being burned

Yesterday, it was learnt that Pandey was responsible for yet another murder. Cops revealed that in 2008, Pandey, who hails from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly murdered his close friend Vijay Dubey (30).

Friend-turned-foe
After moving to Dahisar several years ago, Pandey befriended Dubey. While Dubey became an estate agent, Pandey began shaping a career in real estate – and crime. He soon gained notoriety as a local goon, and was involved in petty cheating cases.

Serial killer in the making? Gopal Pandey and six others were arrested for the murder of Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan. It was learnt later that Pandey was also responsible for the murder of a third victim

Significantly, Pandey used the same chilling modus operandi on all his victims. He kidnapped Dubey with the help of two accomplices and then murdered him in a car. Pandey then purchased petrol from a filling station on the outskirts of Thane. “Dubey was then taken to a graveyard deep in the jungles of Manor, off the NH8 Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway,” said a policeman. The body was then doused in petrol and set on fire. This is exactly the way he pulled off the murders of Chavan and Dhakan in 2010 and 2012 respectively.

“Pandey is arrogant and egotistical, and murdered Dubey over a property dispute. After confessing to having murdered two persons, he told us about Dubey’s murder. He had threatened Dubey’s brother that he too would be killed, if he went to the police. Scared, Dubey’s brother never sought police help,” said a policeman.

On Wednesday, a police team escorted Pandey to the location where Dubey had been killed. DCP (Zone XII) Mahesh Patil said, “Pandey was involved in a third murder. We sent a team to the spot. Apart from the three murder cases till date, Pandey is also a suspect in the missing person’s case of a Kandivli resident.”  

Set murderer on fire, says victim’s kin
Speaking exclusively to MiD DAY, Chavan’s wife Supriya said, “Pandey should be doused with petrol and set on fire, just like my husband was killed by him.

A week before my husband was murdered, he confided, ‘I am afraid of Pandey. He is demanding two cars and threatening to kill me.’ He was always anxious and worried.”

Supriya added, “We approached the police several times and told them Pandey was involved, but they ignored us. The police only acted fast to solve Dhakan’s murder because he was a wealthy businessman. There are many other goons like Pandey who are still roaming free. We have no faith in the police.

We would like a CBI inquiry in the case.” Chavan’s family once lived in a plush flat in Borivli, but has now been compelled to move out owing to financial troubles after the murder. Sonali, Chavan’s daughter, was pursuing her MBBS degree, but had to abandon her studies halfway. Their other daughter Prateeksha (18) now does odd jobs to make ends meet.

Dhakan’s elder brother said, “What you have heard is only the tip of the iceberg. Since I am communicating with cops on a daily basis, I know that he is involved in many more cases.” 

Earlier victims
Nitin Dhakan
Killed: 2012
According to cops, Dhakan and Pandey were involved in a property deal. On April 26, the two had a heated argument, following which Dhakan called off the deal. Pandey and the other accused then used Dhakan’s car to kidnap him, drove him to the jungles of Manor on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, where they thrashed Dhakan to death.

Sanjay Chavan
Killed: 2010
Sanjay Chavan, who was a loan agent from Shimpoli in Borivli, went missing on March 11, 2010. Pandey has confessed that on March 12, 2010, he and his accomplice killed Chavan, who was insisting that Pandey return the loan of Rs 8 lakh he had taken to buy a car. Pandey started threatening Chavan, asking him for two more cars.

Partners in crime
Pandey has also revealed the names of his accomplices in Dhakan’s murder case — Brajesh Mishra (33), Abhijit Bhosale (24), Birbal Singh (37), Haroon Sheikh (35), and Sachin Chorge (28). For Chavan’s murder, he allegedly roped in Afzal Shaik (34), Azad alias Ajay Chaudhary (28) and Shashikant alias Rajan Yadav (30). More arrests are likely, following further investigations of the third murder case. 

Accused serial killer’s jail term was cut short

He’s a career criminal accused by Winnipeg police of becoming a city serial killer and bringing tragic ends to the lives of three young Manitoba women.

And today, many — including the union representing front-line Winnipeg police officers — are scratching their heads over why Shawn Cameron Lamb’s last jail term was cut short by six months — a decision that returned him to public life well before his debt to society was paid off.

“Could it be that these young ladies have paid the ultimate price for a system that doesn’t work?,” Winnipeg Police Association president Mike Sutherland wondered Tuesday.

A provincial spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that Lamb, 52, was last freed from provincial jail on June 24, 2011 — 13 months after a judge ordered him to serve 19 additional months behind bars as punishment for a slew of offences, including two violent robberies.

As well, corrections officials allowed 13 remaining months of a conditional sentence order Lamb received on Jan. 16, 2009 for an attempted mugging to expire while in custody.

That decision was made despite Judge Linda Giesbrecht’s specific ruling that the penalty was to resume only after Lamb’s release from lockup.

If Lamb — who has amassed more than 100 convictions including court-order, parole and statutory release breaches — had served the entire 19 months behind bars, he would have been freed around last Christmas and then bound by the stringent conditions of the conditional jail term for about another full year.

Lamb was arrested while in custody Sunday and accused of three counts of second-degree murder in connection to the deaths of Tanya Nepinak on Sept. 13, 2011, Carolyn Sinclair on Dec. 18, 2011 and Lorna Blacksmith on Jan. 11. He is presumed innocent.

Sutherland said police have long questioned what he termed are “incredibly generous” early-release provisions even chronic criminals appear to benefit from.

It is common in both the federal and provincial corrections systems to grant inmates “earned remission.” Justice sources said Tuesday that typically translates into an automatic one-third reduction in what was ordered by the courts, regardless of an inmate’s background or history of criminal activity.

“Protection of the public just does not seem to be a top priority,” Sutherland said.

Progressive Conservative Justice Critic Kelvin Goertzen said he reacted with “shock, outrage and disgust,” upon hearing Lamb had been granted “earned remission” — or early release — given his lengthy record.

Goertzen called on the province to move toward an “earned” early-release system where inmates must demonstrate they have taken concrete steps to correct their offending behaviour.

“It seems that in this case and a lot of other cases, there’s just an assumption that an offender should be released early,” Goertzen said.

Justice minister Andrew Swan declined to discuss specifics.

“I’m not going to speculate on any particular details of the case,” he said. “The issue right now is making sure we stand with the families and the communities — and the issue as well is not getting in the way of the criminal investigation,” he said.

Lamb is also charged with two sexual assaults, one involving a teen girl allegedly taking place last October and the other, involving a 36-year-old woman, taking place last week.

He remains in custody and has not applied for bail. His next court appearance is July 6.

CATCH AND RELEASE

• Jan. 16, 2009: Lamb is handed an 18-month conditional sentence by Judge Wanda Garreck for attempted robbery.
• April 5, 2009: Lamb is rearrested on a slew of new charges. The clock on his conditional sentence order (CSO) stops ticking, leaving about 14 months on it left to serve. 
• May 26, 2010: Lamb is sentenced to serve 19 more months for robberies by Judge Linda Giesbrecht. A judge orders the many months left on his CSO to start up again only after he’s released from jail.
• June 24, 2011: Lamb gains early release from a provincial jail.
• Sept. 13, 2011: The date police allege Tanya Nepinak is killed.
• October 23-30, 2011: Lamb is out of custody and allegedly sexually assaults a vulnerable teen runaway.
• Dec. 18, 2011: The date police allege Carolyn Sinclair is killed.
• Jan. 11, 2012: The date police allege Lorna Blacksmith is killed.
• Feb. 26, 2012: Lamb is arrested and accused of breaching his probation order.
• Feb. 27, 2012: Lamb is released on conditions approved by a judicial justice of the peace.
• April 17, 2012: Lamb is arrested and accused of the October 2011 sexual assault. Police release him on a promise to appear in court.
• May 28, 2012: Lamb makes his first appearance on the sexual assault charge.
• June 22, 2012: Lamb is arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 36-year-old mother and held in custody. 
• June 24, 2012: Lamb is arrested for three counts of second-degree murder.
• June 26, 2012: Lamb makes a routine court appearance.

Woman tells of escape from alleged serial killer

A Winnipeg woman who claims she was attacked by alleged serial killer Shawn Lamb says she is lucky to be alive — but she's angry that police didn't seem to care when she tipped them off about his violent behaviour.

Vigils

In Winnipeg, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Southern Chiefs Organization, and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, are holding a vigil Tuesday evening at the Manitoba legislature.

A march to the legislature begins at 6 p.m. CT from Young Street and Broadway. Aboriginal leaders will address the crowd at 7 p.m. and the vigil will take place between 8 and 9 p.m.

A similar vigil for is taking place in Ottawa at 6 p.m. ET at Gatineau Park.

It was a frigid January night earlier this year when 29-year-old Denise, a sex-trade worker who lived on the streets and sold her body in exchange for crack cocaine, was looking for a warm place to get high.

She knocked at the door of her friend's apartment suite. The friend wasn't home but a neighbour, Shawn Lamb, was. Denise says he invited her inside and they shared some crack that she had just scored.

But he wanted more, said Denise, who didn't want her last name published.

"He was forcing himself on me and I fought him off me and I told him if he don't let me out of this house that I'm going to smash up your house," she said, adding her street survival instincts took over.

"Forget this I'm not going to let this guy do this to me — rape me. I'm not going to let this guy do this because I have been through this so many times on the street and out there I'm a fighter."

Shawn Lamb is charged with three counts of second-degree murder. (CBC)

She says she fought him off, screaming, kicking, punching, and escaped, running out the door and down the stairs.

Shortly after that she entered a sobriety program, in part because of the disappearance of her friend Carolyn Sinclair, whose body was found near a city dumpster in March.

Like Denise, Sinclair was battling a drug addiction and worked in the sex trade to support her habit.

On Monday, Winnipeg police announced that Lamb, 52, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection to the deaths of women reported missing within the last year.

One of those is Sinclair, who was 25.

The others are Tanya Jane Nepinak, 31, and Lorna Blacksmith, 18.

Lengthy record

Lamb, who is originally from Ontario, has an extensive criminal record extending across four provinces.

Since 1979, he has had 109 convictions in Ontario, Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba. In the latter, Lamb has 45 convictions since 2002 for everything from robbery to forgery, fraud, and uttering threats.

Most recently he was charged with sexual assault in May and again this month. When Lamb was picked up on June 21, that was when police say they learned of his alleged connection to the three homicides.

The news of Lamb's arrest angered Denise, who says she has been sober since her January encounter with the alleged serial killer.

After Sinclair's body was found, Denise and others told police about Lamb's violent behavior and their suspicions he could have something to do with missing women cases.

"I had a gut feeling [he might have been involved]. I thought, 'Oh my God.' I was enraged. My stomach was twisted," Denise said.

But police officers just shrugged her off, she said. She never filed a formal complaint with police.

"It made me feel enraged, as if my voice wasn't heard and it wasn't looked upon and other people made reports of him too," she said.

But Denise said she is relieved she did not become another homicide statistic.

"I thank God every day for letting me live, for letting me survive that [encounter]," she said.

‘Evil Chinese Rambo’ Suspected Serial Killer Gunned Down After 8 Years on Run

BEIJING — One of China’s most wanted men, Zhou Kehua, was shot and killed by police early Tuesday morning in the western city of Chongqing after he’d eluded Chinese authorities  since 2004.  The 42-year-old Zhou had allegedly left a trail of terror and bodies across China, and was suspected of  killing at least nine people, including a 29-year-old police officer who’d tried to question him  Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Credit: Zheng Yue/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom

 Money seemed to be Zhou’s motivation, as  many of his alleged robberies and killings took place  outside bank ATMs.  He appeared to have lived completely off the grid yet had the means to pop up in several provinces across the country, according to state news reports.

A massive manhunt with hundreds of armed police and soldiers was mobilized in Chongqing  last weekend after Zhou allegedly gunned down a woman and injured two others outside  a bank in the city’s shopping district last Friday.

Zhou was classified as a  Class-A suspect – the highest possible level. The bounty on his head from various provinces had reached a total of 5.4 million yuan (about $850,000).

Gun-related crimes are exceedingly rare in China, given the limited access to firearms,  including a  ban on private ownership of guns.  Zhou’s alleged crime spree captured the country’s attention in part because of its reported brutality and Zhou’s ability to elude China’s well-funded public security apparatus, despite having what the Chongqing police described as only a “junior middle school education.”

Prominent China watcher Bill Bishop coined Zhou as the “Evil Chinese Rambo” on his Sinocism blog for Zhou’s ability to avoid capture for so long.

The Burmese newspaper Irrawaddy reported that Zhou may have operated, somewhat like Rambo at least in the 2008 installment of the movie,  as a mercenary in Myanmar, formerly Burma, whose restive north shares a border with China’s  southwestern Yunnan Province.  The newspaper also cited local news agencies that reported the gun Zhou might have used was of Burmese origin.

China’s Xinhua News Agency also reported on Monday that Zhou had spent time in a Yunnan jail in 2005 for arms trafficking , which places him near the Chinese-Burmese border.

Before Friday’s deadly robbery, Zhou was last sighted earlier this year on the other side of the country in Nanjing, where he was suspected of another robbery-homicide. At the time, Nanjing authorities unsuccessfully attempted to cast a net around the city with checkpoints to prevent his escape.  They couldn’t catch him but  managed to lift his DNA from the crime scenes and shared it with their counterparts across to country in an effort  to close the net on Zhou.

Zhou Kehua was also wanted for four murders in Changsha in central China.

Chongqing’s massive weekend manhunt extended into the forested mountains surrounding the city where authorities believed Zhou was living off the land in a cave.  The China Daily reported  the police were only able to find “a ragged green T-shirt, two cigarette cartons, some skinned wires and fresh excrement.”

It all ended at around 6:45 a.m ,Tuesday, when two Chongqing police officers were ordered to follow a suspect matching Zhou’s description who had been spotted near a bank.

One of the officers told CCTV News how it unfolded:

“When he looked back and saw us, he ducked into an alley,” the officer told a CCTV reporter.  ”We followed him and when we were about 10 meters away, he suddenly turned toward  us.”

The officers said that they ducked out of the way as Zhou Kehua fired the first shot.

A firefight then ensued. Zhou Kehua reportedly shot three rounds toward the officers, who managed to return two rounds each.

It all ended quickly, said the officers,  and graphic images of Zhou Kehua’s body,  bloodied from an apparent head wound were splashed on TV screens across the country on the morning news.

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French fear new serial killer after four people are murdered by gunman on a motorbike (just like Muslim fanatic who killed seven just weeks ago)

• Murders have chilling echoes of Muslim fanatic Mohamed Merah's killing spree
• Three of the victims shot in the head with the same 7.65mm handgun used for each killing
• Shootings took place in the same Paris suburb as attack last November

By IAN SPARKS

PUBLISHED: 15:45 GMT, 6 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:13 GMT, 7 April 2012

The French fear a new serial killer is on the run after a gunman claimed the life of his fourth victim yesterday before fleeing on a motorbike.

The murders have chilling echoes of Muslim fanatic Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in south-west France last month.

An urgent hunt is underway for the new killer who killed his first victim with a shot to the body, while his next three targets died from a bullet to the head. 

Probe: Forensic officers investigate after a 47-year-old woman was shot in the head by a gunman who fled on a motorbike. He has been linked with another three killings

Police said the new killer has used the same 7.65mm handgun each time having carried out the four killings in the space of six months.

District prosecutor Marie-Suzanne Le Queau said that witnesses had also seen a man ‘staking out’ the building where the latest killing took place today.

A neighbour of the latest victim, said: ‘There were at least four loud bangs and then terrible screaming. There were people standing around saying “He killed her – he killed her”. 

‘The man was tall, and he was white. After the shootings he leapt on to the moped and drove off at high speed.’

Murder: The same killer is believed to have shot three other people over the last six months in Grigny, Paris

The killings have drawn instant comparisons with murders carried out by Toulouse Al-Qaeda fanatic Merah.

He shot seven people dead before he was shot himself by marksmen.

The latest victim of the new killer was a 47-year-old mother who was killed yesterday outside her home in the suburb of Grigny.

The murderer, who was wearing a crash-helmet, then made his escape.

In at least two of the previous shootings between November and April - all in the same southern Paris district - the killer had also fled on a bike.

Similarities: The serial killer has drawn comparisons with Toulouse Al-Qaeda gunman Mohammed Merah who killed seven people

The 23-year-old Al-Qaeda follower shot dead three soldiers in Montauban, then days later gunned down a rabbi and three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse - always escaping on his Yamaha T-Max scooter.

He died in a hail of gunfire while leaping from a window after a 32-hour siege at his flat.

Interior minister Claude Gueant said today: 'This series of killings is worthy of our attention and we have put all our energies into the investigation.'

The first victim was a young woman shot as she was parking her car outside her flat in the suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge on November 27.

That murdered woman’s neighbour was then shot and killed in the street on February 22.

An 81-year-old man was killed as he entered his apartment block in the nearby suburb of Ris-Orangis on March 17.

Then a 47-year-old mother was shot in Grigny yesterday.

Asked if he believed the killings were linked, Mr Gueant replied today: 'Yes, this is a concern.'

Investigation: Police probe the killing of a 47-year-old woman in Grigny, France, who was shot in the head by a gunman

Mr Gueant also said in a separate interview that Islamist groups in France may now be plotting to to seek revenge for the death of Merah.

He told Europe 1 radio: 'We have noticed a renewed enthusiasm and a desire to avenge the death of Mohammed Merah.

'Some radical Muslims may follow in his footsteps and try to become a martyr. We have to be vigilant.'

French news media stressed that the first two killings pre-dated Merah’s murders in south-west France, but LCI TV news added: 'The similarity of the modus operandi is both striking and frightening.'

A Paris police spokesman added today that they did not yet have any ‘political or religious profile’ of the person responsible for the latest spate of shootings.