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What began as a public inquiry to identify the person responsible for the rape and murder of one innocent little girl, has led to a startling but inescapable conclusion. The only suspect, an RCMP "agent" is a suspected serial killer. The last remaining witnesses live in fear for their own safety, not from the murder suspect, but from the RCMP themselves! A code of silence extends into the highest levels of the RCMP. This all began with the murder of Mindy Tran, an eight year old girl from Kelowna B.C. The RCMP investigation was badly botched right from the start. A suspect was arrested but then acquitted after a controversial trial. The police were forced to investigate themselves but withheld most of the concluding report. What little was released was damning, even stating that certain unnamed officers had failed to live up to their duty as members of the RCMP. Yet no charges were laid against any of these officers. Investigation findings The public was confused by the strange behavior of the RCMP and wondered whether the real killer had even been found. Shannon Murrin the only suspect, was publicly proclaiming his innocence and he sued the police for their actions, claiming that he was being framed. He stated that he and his new girlfriend, (a juror from his trial), were co-authoring a book that would reveal all. Police were called liars in court Murrin’s book The RCMP stood by their claim that the investigation was thorough and that the right man had been arrested. Rank and file members of the RCMP wanted the RCMP investigation report released in order to clear their name. This report is being withheld from public scrutiny and all media requests for its release are continually being denied. RCMP request Media Request A frightened witness came forward after the trial with information identifying a previously undisclosed and uninvestigated residence as the destination of the person suspected of killing Mindy Tran. Although this witness believed that the person he saw was Shannon Murrin, the residence was not where Murrin claimed to have been and is not mentioned in any of the RCMP investigation reports or court documents. This witness was assaulted and threatened during a home invasion just prior to Murrin's trial by masked assailants claiming to be the RCMP. see new witness A CBC producer later received information that Shannon Murrin was an RCMP informant and that Sgt. Tidsbury the lead investigator, was his "handler". The producer arranged for an interview with Sgt. Tidsbury during which, a reporter questioned and solicited an admission from Tidsbury, that Murrin was indeed an informant. Sgt. Tidsbury ordered the cameras to be shut off and for this to be kept off the record. Despite the producer's keen interest in this story, her ensuing request to investigate this connection was stopped by her superiors. She left the CBC shortly afterwards. Sgt. Tidsbury has hardly spoken to the press since. In a highly unusual move, National Security was cited as the reason for withholding details of the RCMP investigation from the jury. Testimony which would have revealed a unique physical characteristic common to both Mindy's killer and to Shannon Murrin, was with held from the public and the jury. Murrin’s
"tell all" book is now long over due and seldom mentioned. Neither Murrin nor his attorneys are
pushing for an investigation of the new
witness information and have ceased calling for an inquiry. The RCMP’s concluding report on their
own conduct which included washing the DNA evidence from the victim's clothing has never been released.
An RCMP spokesman claimed that the RCMP internal review of the RCMP investigation has
exonerated all RCMP
members of any wrongdoing. Even now, Shannon
Murrin is still receiving an unusual degree of assistance from some highly placed
individuals, including from a former B.C. judge. A private investigation revealed a
series of dead, missing, and obstructed witnesses in this case, along with a startling pattern of unsolved rapes, abductions and murders occurring every where
else the prime suspect was known to have
been.. The
RCMP said that this case was closed unless new information could be
found. However, when new information
was provided, they refused to investigate. The
identity of the killer, his accomplices, and or additional witnesses could all be
uncovered. An investigation would either reveal the identify of a
previously unknown suspect or confirm that the killer actually was Shannon
Murrin. Why is the new evidence not being investigated? The RCMP handling of this
case has far reaching implications. A similar pattern of obstruction is being
uncovered in other cases where RCMP informants are the prime suspects.
This child killer and his accomplices remain on the
loose to this day. The new information has not been investigated, nor has the
confirming evidence ever been secured. The RCMP are only being called upon
to do the bare minimum that society expects from them, an honest investigation
with the intent to gain a conviction, not facilitate the killer's escape from
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