Death in scary places

From the OPP news release:

  BELLEVILLE, ON, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - On Sunday, February 7, 2010, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Belleville Police arrested 46-year-old Russell Williams, of Tweed, Ontario for the disappearance and death of 27-year-old Jessica Lloyd who was last seen on January 28, 2010.

As a result of information sharing, bless them all who put these pieces together, the Belleville Police Service and the OPP began reviewing other serious incidents in the vicinity of the City of Belleville. Due to similarities in those incidents, the police investigative team linked this case to other crimes.

The body of Jessica Lloyd (left) was located this morning off Carry Road, The Globe and Mail reports, in the Municipality of Tweed.  [View Belleville/CFB Trenton murders in a larger, interactive map.] 
 
In a horrible tragedy, that mimics some of the mystery novels I read, we hear that the top dog at Trenton's base, Col. Russell Williams, one step away from being a general, has been arrested for several violent acts upon women. I have written previously about the War on Women.

I am so very shocked.
On a family trip between Muskoka and Ottawa, we took a detour along the hughway south from Tweed. A leisurely trip, my camera at hand. I presumed the men and women working were part of a training procedure, as there were many places where we saw SUVs belonging to, as I recall, police.

We drove past several groups of police searching in the ditches as we drove south on highway #37, looking for a lunch spot. It was on Oct. 1st, 2009. The first murder occurred September, 2009.
Marie France Comeau was found murdered in her Brighton residence on November 25, 2009. Comeau was a Corporal with 437 Squadron at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario. Brighton is the southern most pin on the above map. My heart bled for those looking for evidence, as well as the families of who will now be forever identified as victims of violence.

In September of 2009 there were two separate home invasions in the Tweed area, in which two women were the victims of sexual assault.

Williams came to the attention of the police as a result of information gathered during a road side canvass on Highway 37 on the night of February 4,  2010. On Sunday, February 7, 2010 Williams was arrested in Ottawa.  As a result of the intense joint police investigation, Williams is
charged with:
 1. 1st degree murder of Jessica Lloyd,
2. 1st degree murder of Marie Comeau
3. 2 counts of forcible confinement and
4. 2 counts of Break and enter and sexual assault
My sympathies and condolences to the families. My deepest appreciation to those who were instrumental in recovering the victims' bodies, and giving families closure.