....*Shakes*

Typhoid · 02-09-2005, 06:57 PM

Ok....so lets build this up a little bit.

My old neighbours name was Mike Wilson.

He was a really nice guy. He would babysit me all the time (Hes 28 now) and he dated my sister back when they were in Grade 12.

Everyone liked him.

He had lots of friends, he wasnt physically attractive to girls, (or guys) but he was really nice, so he got by on that.

So I came home today, Looked at the cover of The Province (the newspaper) and said to myself. "Hey, thats Mike"

I read on a little.

And the newspaper said "Hey, Sean, Mike Killed 2 people."

/me is in shock

(Heres the whol article, I would link it, but tomorrow it would go to tomorrows front page story.)

Quote:

Mystery driver urged to speak up
Man who picked up suspected killer may have information to give

February 9, 2005

Bernie and Louise Smith were at the Burnaby RCMP detachment yesterday. Police there have arrested Langley resident Michael Joseph Wilson, 27, for the 2002 killings of their daughter, Julie Smith, and Glen Martin.

A Good Samaritan who unwittingly gave a ride to a suspected killer on a cold winter morning two years ago could hold the key to a double killing.

Police say the Samaritan's passenger had just abandoned a car with two bodies in the trunk.

"We want this Good Samaritan to know he is completely innocent," Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Pierre Lemaitre said yesterday after Michael Joseph Wilson, 27, of Langley was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Julie Smith, 33, and Glen Martin, 48, both of Burnaby.

Julie's distraught mom and dad, Louise and Bernie Smith, also begged the Good Samaritan to come forward.

"There are more arrests hopefully to be made," said Bernie. "And if this Samaritan hears this plea, from a father . . . I would hope to hell you'd come forward."

Police allege that Wilson was driving Julie's beat-up Ford LTD, with her body and Martin's in the trunk, when he abandoned it on the shoulder of westbound Highway 1 near the Kensington exit in Burnaby early on Nov. 26, 2002.

They would not say if the car broke down or ran out of gas, but the Good Samaritan gave the driver a ride to a gas station.

RCMP believe the two victims were killed at a home on McTavish Road in Maple Ridge and the killer was driving the bodies away to dispose of them.

"Our greatest concern is that this Good Samaritan may balk at the idea of coming forward just out of shock, not realizing that the person he picked up was arrested for murder," said Lemaitre.

Smith, a retired bank employee, described his daughter as a kind woman who would go out of her way to help someone in need.

He said he did not believe his daughter was in a relationship with Martin, her neighbour in a four-unit apartment building in Burnaby, but had been driving him around in her vehicle because his had broken down.

He said the two years since her death have been difficult, not knowing whether charges would be laid.

"Julie was the youngest of four children," he said. "She was unmarried, she was kind to a fault, helpful to a fault, and to us that is the reason Julie was there -- helping out someone who lived in the same building because his truck broke down."

He said Julie was close to her two sisters and brother and when she hadn't been heard from for two days the family began making inquiries.

They found the car at a towing company's lot. It had sat at the side of the highway for two days -- with thousands of motorists passing by -- until the towing company removed it as an abandoned vehicle. The Smiths alerted police, who made the grisly discovery in the trunk.

Lemaitre said Martin was known to police for possible involvement in the illegal drug business.

Lemaitre also said police believe Julie was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Police investigators believe that Martin may have been involved with drugs at the time of his death," said Lemaitre.

"Smith, on the other hand, does not appear to have been involved in criminal activity and was at the wrong place at the wrong time."

Police have not said how the two victims were killed, nor will they say how they obtained the information about the Good Samaritan, who unwittingly gave a ride to the alleged killer.

Its just unnerving because he was so nice...and....I wouldnt expect him to do this.

dropCGCF · 02-09-2005, 07:01 PM

Innocent until proven guilty.

Dyne · 02-09-2005, 07:11 PM

He looks a bit like that guy.. you know, from the old "Who's Line Is It Anyways" series?

He's even got a mark on his lower cheek.

Regardless, that's pretty creepy.

CamFu · 02-09-2005, 07:37 PM

Sounds like braggin' rights too me. You survived at the hands of a killer! And you can say that there was no fear when you were around him. Man, this makes you TUFF... thats right T-U-F-F! TUFF.

Yeah, that's kind of creepy.

Typhoid · 02-09-2005, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CamFu

Sounds like braggin' rights too me. You survived at the hands of a killer! And you can say that there was no fear when you were around him. Man, this makes you TUFF... thats right T-U-F-F! TUFF.

Yeah, that's kind of creepy.

What?

Shut the fleece up please.

That is, if you're being serious.

He wasnt a killer when I knew him. Hence his niceness.

When he moved he became a crackie, Hence the murdering.

And of course their wasnt fear when I was around him, I was 6, and he was a really nice guy.

And if you were kidding, I retract the fleece off part.

Its hard to tell sarcasm in text.

dropCGCF · 02-09-2005, 07:45 PM

You posted for a reaction.

Typhoid · 02-09-2005, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dropCGCF

You posted for a reaction.

Isnt every post here about geting some sort of a reaction?

I wasnt looking for sympathy or what have you.

I was informing people of what happened.

It has nothing to do with me. I just knew the guy. I wasnt accompanying him on his murders. He never stored bodies oin my house.

Im not forcing you to post. Im not forcing you to read. Im not forcing you to react in any way at all.

This is much like GM's scalping thread. To inform people.

CamFu · 02-09-2005, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid

What?

Shut the f*ck up please.

That is, if you're being serious.

He wasnt a killer when I knew him. Hence his niceness.

When he moved he became a crackie, Hence the murdering.

And of course their wasnt fear when I was around him, I was 6, and he was a really nice guy.

And if you were kidding, I retract the f*ck off part.

Its hard to tell sarcasm in text.

I'm not going to get into this. Don't have the time. Relax... I was being sarcastic.

Neo... I think you should make a text box for sarcasm... like for quotes... that would all confusion.

dropCGCF · 02-09-2005, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Im not forcing you to post. Im not forcing you to read. Im not forcing you to react in any way at all.

This is much like GM's scalping thread. To inform people.

So if people react in a way that you don't like, you can't say anything. And I never heard you calling people's comments in the aforementioned thread innapropriate.

Typhoid · 02-09-2005, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dropCGCF

So if people react in a way that you don't like, you can't say anything. And I never heard you calling people's comments in the aforementioned thread innapropriate.

Because it doesnt bug me?

Why would I make a post int eh scalping thread about how I wasnt looking for sympathy?

It didnt come up in the other thread....

Now, If you told GM that he posted that to just get a reaction, then yes, I would have posted something similar to this.

Im done. Continue to argue.

Perfect Stu · 02-09-2005, 08:22 PM

sick son of a b*tch.

personally, I couldnt care less about his past and how "nice of a guy" he was/is

Seth · 02-09-2005, 08:33 PM

What was your sister's reaction to this news?

Typhoid · 02-09-2005, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth

What was your sister's reaction to this news?

I dont know, I havent seen her for a long time. I havent talked to her today, but my mom said she was pretty shaken up.

And I have no idea why she dated him. Shes a gorgeous girl.

Something doesnt add up.

Yan · 02-09-2005, 09:29 PM

I guess it's always a shock when something like this happens within a community. Plus, you personally know this guy, which makes things even worse.

If i were in your shoes, I'd feel really creeped out.

GameMaster · 02-10-2005, 02:08 AM

I wonder what his motives were?

Too much pressure in the world today, some people just can't handle it and they crack.

When he finally gets settled, why don't you write him a letter and bring some happiness into his world.