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I lost track of time and missed the Tory rally in Coquitlam had good walking in Richmond and Vancouver. Ate at the IHOP in Richmond, BC 6780 No. #3 Rd. have not been there since the early 1980's small place was 3/4 full. Cpl big Indo guys made a point of mentioning India as they left complimented the smaller guy on his Navy coat. Asian cpl knew just about everything about me but got the Jeremy Dyck aka Jeremy Nathan Dyck stuff wrong. Other two Indo's made it clear they did not like me the one guy had a basketball jersey on. Just like the one in New West half the customers seem to be active criminals would go to both places again. $24 including tip left burping had a glass of OJ and milk and late breakfast. Went to Minoru Library it was slow but after two hours 90% of the chairs/couches and computer stations were full and I split hope the two Asian youth males things work out sure as a 14-15 yr old no criminal record but juvie can involve all sorts of stuff I have heard guys in Surrey jail say it is worse than provincial jail. Seems H.A. is still telling ppl get with us you won't have to pay rent yes if they do that you will be doing a lot of income earning for them or all sorts of stuff that can land you in prison for 4 years at a minimum. In a gang or club you can't just up and quit. Library was 90% Asian with Whites and Indo's the rest. Yes just like Ironbottom they have free female hygiene products in the guys washroom EYEROLL. There is the rainbow flag sticker at the front door and the only flag in the rotunda is a gay agenda one. No BC flag or Canada flag. The large sewing room looks great for that purpose they have machines and looms. Heard a White female with a I.D. tag lying to her child about Trudeau there has only been one scandal she said this was outside the place as I entered.
Syl81 tag on Venables St. east of LandYachtz but on the other side of the street. Later two men passed me just west of Abbott St said they were with Syl and mentioned pot.
3 Indo's hanging on Seymour St mentioned the 7228 Westminster Hwy place place tonight. Leo-Gre how could I miss that plate white car Indo driver parked in a alley right next to them. For the record I am not with anyone at 7228 Westminster Hwy some I actively dislike the older lady in the trio was saying I was with them. For some reason the shuttle driver and cook the happily married Indo female twice has mentioned she does not care about the Pres. Nijjar murder.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/09/20/news/hardeep-nijjar-weekly-meetings-csis-murder-trudeau-india-son
I mentioned the Ramada Inn earlier today the front light sign is off all the time but the development sign says they plan to renovate the whole front of the building. Walked by a old hotel in Downtown Vancouver between Granville and Seymour the Ramada lighted sign was upside down a VPD police car was doing its thing some poor looking Whiter guy leaning on the front lots of garbage out front. Encouraged one of the Local 40 hotel strikers on Westminster Hwy in the afternoon had a friendly interaction with a cute/petite White young female Downtown around 7:30 PM she was on her cell phone walked back and was calling me a scab. Vans at Richmond Center Mall you can buy a tshirt and new jacket for $117 including taxes which I did. They no longer do the Vans Warped Tour. Someone left a nice cut flower on River Rd on the boardwalk thing near 5400 River Rd and for some reason someone left a bunch of beer cans in the parking lot for the AA building there. Right by the Lynas Rd Richmond Operations Yard sign someone has dragged a large tree branch thing on the sidewalk.
Yes stupid homeless 8 years Daryl Grant Macaskill aka Ace Ventura the guy banned from all social media unlike me and 2 billion other ppl 61 years old grey haired and thin the hater of realtors read all my posts catalogue when they are posted and where from. Remember when you were convicted for theft and fraud thy name in The Province newspaper? Thy family kicking you to the kerb permanently. Why does it say on twitter you were arrested for child porn? You look like the type and act like it.
Why doth the fat Whalley lawyer claim in court he is straight yet you post in this ng he is gay? You both admit knowing each other how is that? You post that his client in America is a transvestite and also gay. How is the flirting with the good looking court female staff going the staff call you a bitch now was it worth a 19k fee immigrant lawyer? How many cases you have where 3 armed officers of the law are present and the Judge expresses concern for his safety?
Why doth the 3 hole Asian lawyer based south of the Fraser River who likes black dresses hang with Anne Drennan of VPD? Why do they discuss my cock? Sure you have seen more dick and vaginas than I have seen rabbits. Not getting anything? Can't name the Asian as she has a legal gag order on me and a restraining order. Dealt with Anne in the VPD cells not impressed wasn't worth filing a complaint.
Why does the midwest client have to go to bars to demand the drinking cliques let him in? Why does he put an ad for employees and hire none and put his home based business for sale? Why do all the 3 men lie and have physical or mental health problems?
Who will be the first library employee sued into poverty?
Wanna find some Surrey H.A. 7228 Westminster Hwy Richmond BC they grow and sell pot so take it from them. Some White vaper idiot at the Ramada Inn was praising them today. Peewee Herman the small Indo for some reason has mentioned pot 4 times he goes to police then he doesn't has a child ppl in Whalley threaten him. 3 Indo's hanging on Seymour St mentioned the place tonight. Leo-Gre how could I miss that plate white car Indo driver parked in a alley right next to them. For the record I am not with anyone at 7228 Westminster Hwy some I actively dislike. For some reason the shuttle driver and cook the happily married Indo female twice has mentioned she does not care about the Pres. Nijjar murder.
HA Full Patches That Informed And The Club Could Do Nada Against Them Yves "Apache" Trudeau, George Wethern Oakland VP he wrote a book A Wayward Angel, Anthony Tait, Danny Kane, Joshua O'Bryan Denver chapter
Bunch Of Folks Who Informed On HAMC
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.motorcycles.harley/c/z6KaxMcMbcU 437 Google Groups views alone in 4 years. Charles Haas a former full patch testified in the case in the case.
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/MOQjRzBI9Bw This full patch killed 5 including a 5 yr old whose throat was slit.
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------Full Patches Who Ratted Out HAMC And Nothing Happened To Them. Club Presidents And VP's, Sgt. Of Arms.
Regular news reports of HA being offed, killing themselves, going to prison or informing. HA full patches that informed and the club could do nada against them Yves "Apache" Trudeau, George Wethern Oakland VP he wrote a book A Wayward Angel, Anthony Tait, Danny Kane, Joshua O'Bryan Denver chapter although technically the guys had clobbered him and expelled him the week before. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/20/at-start-of-hells-angels-rico-trial-feds-claim-they-infiltrated-biker-gang-defense-slams-unholy-alliance- of-shady-informants/ in this case a prospect and 2 former full patches proven in court. Former Hells Angels Sylvain Boulanger and Dayle Fredette confirmed against the club. Dave Atwell was the Toronto Chapter Sgt. Of Arms he wrote the book The Hard Way Out he informed on the Big Red Machine. William Gary Potter Tuscon Hell's Angel Pres was an informer. Stéphane “Godasse” Gagné killed a prison guard for HA his own gf was horrified because it was a single female trying to support two children he turned informant. Clarence "Butch" Crouch Cleveland full patch VP actually turned informant was personally made a patch by Sonny Barger. Steven Gault a full patch and his hated enemy Remond (Ray) Akleh were both informers Gault was paid a million dollars. Remond (Ray) Akleh was a Nomad full patch out of Ottawa. Michael Plante sent a bunch of HA's to prison but was not a patch or even a prospect. Someone tagged the back of the HA owned Drake strip bar in the DTES around 2005 they had been infiltrated nobody listens. To be fair some HA's are rich and lived into their 70's.
The Charmed Appeals Of HAMC Hit Man Killer Leslie Douglas Greenwood Continues He Gets A Third Trial.
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Supreme Court clears way for 3rd trial in killings of NS couple in 2000
Leslie Greenwood has twice been convicted of first-degree murder, convictions thrown out on appeal
The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 17, 2023 11:07 AM PST | Last Updated: February 17
Leslie Greenwood is escorted through the courthouse in Kentville, NS, on Jan. 9, 2018. (CBC)
A Nova Scotia man accused of killing a couple in their Hants County home more than 22 years ago will face a new trial after the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday refused to hear a Crown appeal.
Leslie Greenwood has twice been convicted of first-degree murder in the September 2000 deaths of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen, and twice the convictions were thrown out on appeal.
In the most recent ruling in July, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal set aside the convictions and ordered a new trial.
Murder convictions overturned for meaningful Hells Angels hit man
The Nova Scotia Crown had sought to overturn the latest decision, but the high court refused to hear the case. As is standard, the judges did not provide reasons.
Nova Scotia journalists say a pretrial conference in Supreme Court in Halifax is scheduled for March 16, which will focus on disclosure of evidence for the upcoming trial.
Trial dates are to be set in Supreme Court in Kentville after preliminary matters are resolved.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/leslie-greenwood-third-trial-1.6752420 CBC is not allowing any commenting on this article the link has a pic of the fit Mr. Greenwood.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/supreme-court-denies-leave-to-appeal-in-greenwood-murder-case-100826030/ More info on the story his lawyer has never worked for him before just got her legal aid certificate the club is not helping him with legal expenses and to get legal aid you have to be broken sometimes crime does not pay. Oliver Abergel is the defense lawyer he has not yet received Crown disclosure.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mistrial-declared-in-murder-trial-of-leslie-greenwood-accused-of-killing-in-ndg Greenwood got a mistrial in 2015. One of the ppl who confirmed Robert William Simpson admitted in depth several murders he committed while in prison.
Leslie Douglas Greenwood Hell's Angel Hitman Has Conviction For Killing Couple In Their Home Overturned For Second Time. He Is Still Serving Time For Killing Two Other Ppl. $150K For Info On Missing Troy Cook Of Truro, NS
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Murder convictions overturned for alleged Hells Angels hit man
Leslie Douglas Greenwood has been tried twice over the deaths of Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Christensen
Blair Rhodes · CBC News · Posted: Jul 26, 2022 3:16 PM AT | Last Updated: July 26
Leslie Greenwood is escorted through the courthouse in Kentville, NS, on Jan. 9, 2018. (CBC)
Nearly 22 years after Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Christensen were murdered in their Nova Scotia home, the man accused of killing them is facing the prospect of a third trial on two charges of first-degree murder.
In a decision released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned the latest conviction of Leslie Douglas Greenwood, a reputed Hells Angels hit man.
Mersereau and Christensen were found dead in their home in Center Burlington, NS, on Sept. 9, 2000. They had been shot. Their infant son was lying unscathed in another room. (Greg Feb. 18 2023 Thankfully killed the cpl was not a freek killer.)
Initial conviction overturned
Greenwood was initially tried and convicted in a jury trial in 2012. But that conviction was overturned on appeal.
Greenwood was retried in January 2019. Jurors in that second trial were told about the first trial, but not the guilty verdict. So much time had passed, that some of the witnesses from that first trial had died and recordings of their testimony were played in court. That included Ruby McKenzie, the neighbor who discovered the bodies.
According to evidence in the various trials, all four murders were ordered by a Nova Scotia man, Jeffrey Albert Lynds, who has since died in prison.
The Crown's key witness against Greenwood in the Nova Scotia murders was Michael Lawrence, who had already confessed guilty to first-degree murder in their deaths.
In statements he made to police, Greenwood admitted to driving Lawrence to the scene of the murders but he said he did not go inside.
Fatal errors
In its ruling, the Court of Appeal said there were fatal errors in the trial judge's instructions to the jury, including on the question of whether Greenwood knew ahead of time that the plan was to murder Mersereau and Christensen.
"Based on the charge to the jury, they may have been left with the impression they could convict Greenwood of first degree murder because he drove Lawrence to the Mersereau home and assisted him in getting access to the house where Lawrence committed the murders without it being proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Greenwood knew that Lawrence had planned and deliberated on the murders," Justice David Farrar wrote for the three-member appeal panel.
A decision on whether to proceed with a third trial is up to the Crown, which is still studying the Court of Appeal decision.
Greenwood remains in a federal prison serving a sentence for two murders in Quebec. Kirk Murray and Antonio Anesi were killed in 2010.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/murder-conviction-overturned-leslie-douglas-greenwood-1.6532533 has pic.
Leslie Douglas Greenwood looks great even better than Moms Boucher in his 50ish prime.
Co-accused in Kentville murder trial says he shot couple after Greenwood shot them
Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist | Posted: Jan. December 12, 2018, 8:48 am | Updated: Jan. December 12, 2018, 8:48 am | 4 Min Read
A man serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in the killings of Barry Mersereau and Nancy Chistensen confirmed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court Thursday that he shot the couple on Sept. September 2000, after they had already been shot by Leslie Greenwood.
“He said 'hurry, get in there, I shot them. . . . Make sure they're dead,” Michael Lawrence reported at Greenwood's first-degree murder trial in Kentville.
Lawrence said he went into the house, shooting twice at a Rottweiler dog on the front porch. He said the first missed, but the dog yelped after the second shot and ran off. ( Greg: How did Mr. Greenwood get past the Rottweiler to shoot the two murder victims?)
Inside, he found the couple not moving and there was no sound. Christensen was sitting in a chair and Mersereau was face down on the floor.
He shot Mersereau twice in the head with the .32-caliber revolver he was carrying and Christensen once in the head before using the last bullet on Mersereau.
The men then drove off in a truck to the Kennetcook River Bridge, where Lawrence said he dropped the guns over the railing. They then drove to a clearing and burned the truck and the clothes they had been wearing. (Greg: Did anyone search the water for the firearms used in the double killing? Might be Greenwood's DNA on them. If no firearms were found there it shows Mr. Lawrence to be a liar perhaps of an important part of his story.)
Lawrence , who was from Hants County, said he got involved with the murder because he owed a significant drug debt to Curtis Lynds. He said Lynds would front him drugs, which we would sell and then pay for, while any profit was used for drugs for himself.
He spent four months in jail from February to June 2000 after being
arrested for drug trafficking. After he was released from prison, he said, he returned to his apartment and found that $28,500 worth of Lynds' drugs was missing.
On Sept. 6, 2000, he went to Lynds with a plan to rob an armored car while it was collecting its deposit at a grocery store in the Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax, and asked for a gun and a vehicle. Lynds gave him a .357 magnum revolver and told him to carjack a vehicle and kill the driver. He did so on Sept. 8 and went to the business park to meet Lynds. They scouted out a place to leave the truck and money after the robbery, but doing that meant they missed the cash pickup by the armored car.
Lynds dropped Lawrence at a hotel near Truro and said someone would pick him up the next morning to try the robbery again, but they didn't show up until the armored car would have been gone. Lynds was one of the people who returned to the hotel.
“Curtis Lynds told me I was going to do a hit for him” to settle the debt, Lawrence said. “He told me it would pay the bill.”
He said Lynds told him he wanted him to shoot Mersereau, whom he had never met. He was shown where Mersereau lived on Cogmagun Road in Hants County before heading back to Lynds' home.
“The killing had to happen (that day),” Lawrence said. “That's what I was told.”
He said he was concerned about knowing what Mersereau looked like because he had never met him, and told Lynds so. Lynds left Lawrence at his home, and returned a while later with Greenwood following.
Lawrence said he had never met Greenwood before and Lynds told him that
Greenwood was going along because he knew what Mersereau looked like and he would let Greenwood into the home without problem. He said the plan had also changed and that Christensen was to be killed too because she would be a witness. (Greg: Okay why didn't the Rotty freak out after its owners were shot and their baby crying? It was not leashed.)
Lawrence said the decision was made that he would hide in the truck until he heard shots, then go into the house and shoot the couple too.
Greenwood was given the .357 handgun used in the carjacking, while Lawrence was given the .32-caliber revolver. Both had six bullets. “It was said, 'empty them into them,'” he completed.
He said that on the way to the killing, “I asked what (Greenwood) was getting out of it. He said he was getting his life back.”
Lawrence was the last of five people arrested in connection with the murder. That happened in December 2010 at the jail in Springhill where he was serving time for robbery. He said he was expecting it because he saw the news of the other arrests in the case, starting in June.
He said he eventually confessed to killing the couple and Charles Maddison, the owner of the truck. “I wanted to. My conscience was bothering me so much.”
Under cross-examination he said he didn't initially decide confessing was the right thing to do and maintain his silence. He said he was initially shocked and confused. He said he wasn't forced to commit the murders, but felt pressured because of the drug debt.
The trial continues on Friday.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/co-accused-in-kentville-murder-trial-says-he-shot-couple-after-greenwood-shot-them-176666/
It gets even wilder and more hardcore:
Nova Scotia
Charges in former Hells Angel killing
CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2010 11:54 AM AT | Last Updated: December 10, 2010
A Nova Scotia man faces several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a biker gang war that rocked the province more than a decade ago.
Les Greenwood, 41, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the homicide of former Hells Angel Randy Mersereau, who disappeared 11 years ago.
Greenwood was arrested without incident at a residence in Bramber in Hants County early Thursday.
In addition to the accessory charge, Greenwood has also been charged with the attempted murder of Mersereau. That charge stems from an incident in 1999, in which Mersereau was the target of a bombing at his car dealership in Bible Hill.
Mersereau disappeared about a month after that bombing and has not been seen since October. 31, 1999.
Greenwood's charges don't stop there — he has also been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen.
The two were found dead in their home in Center Burlington, also in Hants County in September 2000 by a neighbor who went to check on the family. At the time, Investigators said they believed Barry Kirk Mersereau and Christensen were victims of a planned and possible professional killing. (Greg: Definitely not a nosy neighbor but didn't anyone notice a not very good guard dog Rot running around yelping, howling with a gun shot wound from the scene of the double hit.?)
Barry and Randy Mersereau were brothers.
Greenwood remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in a Truro court on January. 11, 2011.
Human remains found
Friday's developments are the latest in an ongoing investigation into a drug turf war more than a decade ago.
In October, there was renewed public interest in the case after RCMP searched a house and property in Onslow Mountain in connection with the Mersereau case. The Mounties have not said what, if any, evidence was discovered there.
Last week, RCMP uncovered human remains on a property on Hiram Lynds Road in Truro. The remains have not been identified. The Mounties said that search was initiated as a result of information given to Investigators when they searched the Onslow Mountain property.
On Dec. 1, Gerald Leslie MacCabe, 43, of Salmon River in Colchester County was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Randy Mersereau.
Court documents filed during the arraignment suggested police believe Jeffrey Albert Lynds, a well-known member of the Hells Angels, killed Mersereau. The documents allege MacCabe helped Lynds escape.
Mersereau and Lynds were close associates in the 1990s. Lynds became a member of the Hells Angels shortly after Mersereau disappeared, leading police to speculate he was involved.
The Lynds family owns much of the property on Hiram Lynds Road where the human remains were found.
Lynds is already facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a double homicide in Montreal. He has confessed not guilty to both charges and will be back in a Montreal trial on January. 11, 2011.
Corrections
An earlier version of this story misstated the name of the Nova Scotia accused facing murder charges as Lee Greenwood. The man's name is Les Greenwood.
Dec 10, 2010 5:36 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/charges-in-former-hells-angel-killing-1.912327
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local -news/two-witnesses-the-leslie-greenwood-jury-did-not-hear-from Lynds had his patch apparently taken away and was suspended from HA after running up a $40k cocaine debt he committed suicide in prison.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/prosecutor-questions-greenwoods-version-of-what-happened-after-ndg-double-murder Les Greenwood says in court his best friend was Mr. Lynds he also admitted to initiating a phone conversation with a Nova Scotia RCMP auto theft Officer Mr. Morgan to discuss a double murder in Montreal and the disappearance of a Troy Cook from Truro, NS who at that point was missing over 12 years.
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/ns-man-s-murder-trial-hears-from-gunman-in-january-2010-slayings-1.2597760 In his Hell's Angels heyday Mr. Lynds was a full patch Ontario Nomads living in Nova Scotia but on the outs with the club he promised to patch a criminal Mr. Murray but instead had him whacked.
https://hells122.rssing.com/chan-24788245/all_p5.html another take on it.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/informant-in-montreal-double-murder-trial-says-he-lives-in-constant-fear-of-being-poisoned The informer spills all the beans on himself and all his accomplices and admits killing 5 ppl in lockup.
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COLD CASES: Twenty-three years after his teen son Troy Cook disappeared in Truro, his dad is still searching for answers
Chelsey Gould | Posted: Oct. 8, 2021, 3:10 pm | Updated: Oct. 11, 2021, 8:41 am | 8 Min Read
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Tom Cook's son, Troy Cook, went missing over 23 years ago. He is still looking for answers about what happened.
Tom Cook's son, Troy Cook, went missing over 23 years ago. He is still looking for answers about what happened. - Chelsey Gould
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Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at 66 years old. It is a dedication to his children and future grandchild – including his son Troy, who disappeared without a trace over 23 years ago.
The tattoo depicts a dreamcatcher around the tree of life - a nod to his sons' Indigenous heritage. A falling leaf has Troy's name, representing him being lost. Another leaf has younger son Michael Cook's name, and the name of Mike's child will go on the third leaf. Cook hopes the image will spark conversations on his missing son, a topic he has kept at the forefront over the past two decades.
“That just shows he's so devoted, you know?” said Dakota Betts, who is like a nephew to Tom.
Betts has many tattoos and was shocked that Tom wanted one. “That, to me, says he wants people to ask him. It's a conversation about Troy … In any which way he can get any answer, he tries.”
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Disappeared
As a young adult, Troy decided to move into his own apartment on Willow Street in Truro.
Troy Cook was 19 when he disappeared. He was 120 lbs, five feet six inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. - Contributed
Troy Cook was 19 when he disappeared. He was 120 lbs, five feet six inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. - Contributed
“I said 'No problem, I'll help you set up an apartment,'” said Cook. “He was 19 and he just want(ed) to spread his wings. You know, he had a good social life."
Troy lived there for less than a month. Being very close with Cook, he was still coming home lots to do laundry and have meals. Cook always left care packages at his place.
After Troy spent a night at home in Kemptown, Cook dropped Troy off at the apartment in Truro around 10 am on Thursday, June 11, 1998. He never saw the driveway or if Troy went through the door and continued to an appointment at the garage.
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Truro Police continue search for missing Troy Cook, 17 years after disappearing
At about 10:30 am, someone made a call to Atlantic Superstore claiming to be Troy, saying he would not be able to work his shift there that evening. The employee who answered thought it was Troy but couldn't say it was with absolute certainty, notably he sounded sick and strange.
The call was made from a phone booth by the Tim Hortons on Pictou Road and Wright Avenue in Bible Hill. No security cameras captured footage.
Troy planned to meet Cook on Friday at a restaurant. When he didn't show up, the family called Atlantic Superstore and learned he hadn't checked in there.
When they couldn't find him at the apartment, either, they contacted the RCMP and were redirected to the Truro Police Service.
Cook and Betts said it would have been odd for Troy to call in sick shortly after Cook dropped him off, and Troy seemed well during his visit with family. He never mentioned plans to go anywhere.
Tom Cook and Dakota Betts are not related by blood but have developed a familial bond. Betts is a father now and knows, that like Tom, he won't stop looking for his children. - Chelsey Gould
Tom Cook and Dakota Betts are not related by blood but have developed a familial bond. Betts is a father now and knows, that like Tom, he won't stop looking for his children. - Chelsey Gould
The only thing missing from his apartment is his driver's license.
“He lived at home for 19 years, never, never in trouble, never gave me an ounce of trouble,” said Cook.
“He was only in an apartment for a month, he was still coming home.”
'Just a typical teenager'
Troy was a social butterfly who “just drew people in,” bringing girlfriends home and striking up conversations and frequenting Chevy's, a local bar.
He did not have access to a car since he was broken at home.
“Why would he go back the way we came … we timed it to walk, he couldn't walk it within that time, so he had to get a drive from somebody,” said Cook. “So, there were plans made with somebody to do something. Either he knew the person or just got acquainted.”
Cook does not believe Troy was involved in crime and thinks he could have just gotten in with the wrong person.
“If he had any kind of debt he'd come to me first … he wasn't into drugs,” said Cook. “He smoked a little weed and stuff like that. But nothing heaviest. He was just a typical teenager."
Despite the passage of time and lack of clues, Cook is insistent upon one point.
“Somebody knows something in this town,” he says.
Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at the age of 66. A falling leaf has his son Troy's name, representing him being lost. - Contributed
Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at the age of 66. A falling leaf has his son Troy's name, representing him being lost.
Support system
Cook is still recovering from brain tumors following surgery in 2016, when he also suffered a stroke on the operating table, as well as undergoing radiation for remaining cancer.
Sometimes it's hard to remember things and he suffers from constant headaches. He now lives in Truro after the smoke from an electrical fire ruined the belongings in his Kemptown home.
Cook was too sick to be active for the anniversary of Troy's disappearance and his birthday on June 16, but still wants to make sure Troy is not forgotten.
Betts met Cook when he was 12 through a mutual friend. Although they have no blood connection, the 27-year-old and 66-year-old Cook have developed a familial bond. It started with odd jobs like mowing the lawn, then Cook took Betts go-karting and taught him how to drive and the value of money.
“The things my parents couldn't do for me,” said Betts.
Betts is expecting his second child, and the middle name of Betts' new baby is going to be named after Tom. As a father, he knows he also will not stop searching for his child as Cook continues to do.
“I couldn't imagine being a father not doing exactly what he's doing,” he said.
Still seeking answers
Tom is dedicated to finding out what happened to his boy. When he had a car, he always kept posters inside of it and has always been open to a conversation - doing anything to raise awareness about Troy.
He makes sure to reach out to others whose loved ones have also gone missing. And in today's age, social media makes a difference, said Betts.
“I'm retired now. I'm 66. I want to find him before I'm in the ground … been over 23 years now. No wonder my head's aching.” - Tom Cook
“The best way to get out (is) if I talk somebody I don't know, and they'll start talking to people,” said Cook.
Cook thinks his son would have grown up to be an announcer or a musician, maybe even a politician today – a public face. He had a good voice and played electric guitar.
And his searching will continue in the hopes of finding some clues as to his eldest son's disappearance. All he wants is closure. Each time he hears about unidentified remains being discovered, Cook said, it drives him insane.
“I'm retired now. I'm 66. I want to find him before I'm in the ground … been over 23 years now. No wonder my head's aching.”
There is a $150,000 reward under the Nova Scotia Justice Department's major unsolved crimes program for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for his disappearance.
Troy Cook when he disappeared:
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: Five-foot-six
Weight: 120 pounds
Clothing Worn: T-shirt covered with blue shirt, light colored pants, brown deck shoes
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/communities/cold-cases-twenty-three-years-after-his-teen-son-troy-cook-disappeared-in-truro-his-dad-is- still-searching-for-answers-100643827/
https://www.bluenoser.net/post/the-disappearance-of-troy-cook-truro Lots more information on the Troy Cook disappearance.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5077339341/ Troy Cook's cousin FB feed to find Troy Cook.
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/j6zhyt/19yearold_troy_cook_was_dropped_off_at_his_truro/
https://groups.google.com/g/can.politics/c/U8y26ua73Bw/m/Jg1BvJcQAgAJ
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BodyLawrence said he had never met Greenwood before and Lynds told him that
Greenwood was going along because he knew what Mersereau looked like and he would let Greenwood into the home without problem. He said the plan had also changed and that Christensen was to be killed too because she would be a witness. (Greg: Okay why didn't the Rotty freak out after its owners were shot and their baby cried? It was not leashed.)
The men then drove off in a truck to the Kennetcook River Bridge, where Lawrence said he dropped the guns over the railing. They then drove to a clearing and burned the truck and the clothes they had been wearing. (Greg: Did anyone search the water for the firearms used in the double killing? Might be Greenwood's DNA on them. If no firearms were found there it shows Mr. Lawrence to be a liar perhaps of an important part of his story.) I understand the water there is not very deep. )
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/7kg7QDd0pbU has more but its all available on the WWW.
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Syl81 tag on Venables St. east of LandYachtz but on the other side of the street. Later two men passed me just west of Abbott St said they were with Syl and mentioned pot.
3 Indo's hanging on Seymour St mentioned the 7228 Westminster Hwy place place tonight. Leo-Gre how could I miss that plate white car Indo driver parked in a alley right next to them. For the record I am not with anyone at 7228 Westminster Hwy some I actively dislike the older lady in the trio was saying I was with them. For some reason the shuttle driver and cook the happily married Indo female twice has mentioned she does not care about the Pres. Nijjar murder.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/09/20/news/hardeep-nijjar-weekly-meetings-csis-murder-trudeau-india-son
I mentioned the Ramada Inn earlier today the front light sign is off all the time but the development sign says they plan to renovate the whole front of the building. Walked by a old hotel in Downtown Vancouver between Granville and Seymour the Ramada lighted sign was upside down a VPD police car was doing its thing some poor looking Whiter guy leaning on the front lots of garbage out front. Encouraged one of the Local 40 hotel strikers on Westminster Hwy in the afternoon had a friendly interaction with a cute/petite White young female Downtown around 7:30 PM she was on her cell phone walked back and was calling me a scab. Vans at Richmond Center Mall you can buy a tshirt and new jacket for $117 including taxes which I did. They no longer do the Vans Warped Tour. Someone left a nice cut flower on River Rd on the boardwalk thing near 5400 River Rd and for some reason someone left a bunch of beer cans in the parking lot for the AA building there. Right by the Lynas Rd Richmond Operations Yard sign someone has dragged a large tree branch thing on the sidewalk.
Yes stupid homeless 8 years Daryl Grant Macaskill aka Ace Ventura the guy banned from all social media unlike me and 2 billion other ppl 61 years old grey haired and thin the hater of realtors read all my posts catalogue when they are posted and where from. Remember when you were convicted for theft and fraud thy name in The Province newspaper? Thy family kicking you to the kerb permanently. Why does it say on twitter you were arrested for child porn? You look like the type and act like it.
Why doth the fat Whalley lawyer claim in court he is straight yet you post in this ng he is gay? You both admit knowing each other how is that? You post that his client in America is a transvestite and also gay. How is the flirting with the good looking court female staff going the staff call you a bitch now was it worth a 19k fee immigrant lawyer? How many cases you have where 3 armed officers of the law are present and the Judge expresses concern for his safety?
Why doth the 3 hole Asian lawyer based south of the Fraser River who likes black dresses hang with Anne Drennan of VPD? Why do they discuss my cock? Sure you have seen more dick and vaginas than I have seen rabbits. Not getting anything? Can't name the Asian as she has a legal gag order on me and a restraining order. Dealt with Anne in the VPD cells not impressed wasn't worth filing a complaint.
Why does the midwest client have to go to bars to demand the drinking cliques let him in? Why does he put an ad for employees and hire none and put his home based business for sale? Why do all the 3 men lie and have physical or mental health problems?
Who will be the first library employee sued into poverty?
Wanna find some Surrey H.A. 7228 Westminster Hwy Richmond BC they grow and sell pot so take it from them. Some White vaper idiot at the Ramada Inn was praising them today. Peewee Herman the small Indo for some reason has mentioned pot 4 times he goes to police then he doesn't has a child ppl in Whalley threaten him. 3 Indo's hanging on Seymour St mentioned the place tonight. Leo-Gre how could I miss that plate white car Indo driver parked in a alley right next to them. For the record I am not with anyone at 7228 Westminster Hwy some I actively dislike. For some reason the shuttle driver and cook the happily married Indo female twice has mentioned she does not care about the Pres. Nijjar murder.
HA Full Patches That Informed And The Club Could Do Nada Against Them Yves "Apache" Trudeau, George Wethern Oakland VP he wrote a book A Wayward Angel, Anthony Tait, Danny Kane, Joshua O'Bryan Denver chapter
Bunch Of Folks Who Informed On HAMC
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.motorcycles.harley/c/z6KaxMcMbcU 437 Google Groups views alone in 4 years. Charles Haas a former full patch testified in the case in the case.
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/MOQjRzBI9Bw This full patch killed 5 including a 5 yr old whose throat was slit.
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------Full Patches Who Ratted Out HAMC And Nothing Happened To Them. Club Presidents And VP's, Sgt. Of Arms.
Regular news reports of HA being offed, killing themselves, going to prison or informing. HA full patches that informed and the club could do nada against them Yves "Apache" Trudeau, George Wethern Oakland VP he wrote a book A Wayward Angel, Anthony Tait, Danny Kane, Joshua O'Bryan Denver chapter although technically the guys had clobbered him and expelled him the week before. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/20/at-start-of-hells-angels-rico-trial-feds-claim-they-infiltrated-biker-gang-defense-slams-unholy-alliance- of-shady-informants/ in this case a prospect and 2 former full patches proven in court. Former Hells Angels Sylvain Boulanger and Dayle Fredette confirmed against the club. Dave Atwell was the Toronto Chapter Sgt. Of Arms he wrote the book The Hard Way Out he informed on the Big Red Machine. William Gary Potter Tuscon Hell's Angel Pres was an informer. Stéphane “Godasse” Gagné killed a prison guard for HA his own gf was horrified because it was a single female trying to support two children he turned informant. Clarence "Butch" Crouch Cleveland full patch VP actually turned informant was personally made a patch by Sonny Barger. Steven Gault a full patch and his hated enemy Remond (Ray) Akleh were both informers Gault was paid a million dollars. Remond (Ray) Akleh was a Nomad full patch out of Ottawa. Michael Plante sent a bunch of HA's to prison but was not a patch or even a prospect. Someone tagged the back of the HA owned Drake strip bar in the DTES around 2005 they had been infiltrated nobody listens. To be fair some HA's are rich and lived into their 70's.
The Charmed Appeals Of HAMC Hit Man Killer Leslie Douglas Greenwood Continues He Gets A Third Trial.
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Supreme Court clears way for 3rd trial in killings of NS couple in 2000
Leslie Greenwood has twice been convicted of first-degree murder, convictions thrown out on appeal
The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 17, 2023 11:07 AM PST | Last Updated: February 17
Leslie Greenwood is escorted through the courthouse in Kentville, NS, on Jan. 9, 2018. (CBC)
A Nova Scotia man accused of killing a couple in their Hants County home more than 22 years ago will face a new trial after the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday refused to hear a Crown appeal.
Leslie Greenwood has twice been convicted of first-degree murder in the September 2000 deaths of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen, and twice the convictions were thrown out on appeal.
In the most recent ruling in July, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal set aside the convictions and ordered a new trial.
Murder convictions overturned for meaningful Hells Angels hit man
The Nova Scotia Crown had sought to overturn the latest decision, but the high court refused to hear the case. As is standard, the judges did not provide reasons.
Nova Scotia journalists say a pretrial conference in Supreme Court in Halifax is scheduled for March 16, which will focus on disclosure of evidence for the upcoming trial.
Trial dates are to be set in Supreme Court in Kentville after preliminary matters are resolved.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/leslie-greenwood-third-trial-1.6752420 CBC is not allowing any commenting on this article the link has a pic of the fit Mr. Greenwood.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/supreme-court-denies-leave-to-appeal-in-greenwood-murder-case-100826030/ More info on the story his lawyer has never worked for him before just got her legal aid certificate the club is not helping him with legal expenses and to get legal aid you have to be broken sometimes crime does not pay. Oliver Abergel is the defense lawyer he has not yet received Crown disclosure.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mistrial-declared-in-murder-trial-of-leslie-greenwood-accused-of-killing-in-ndg Greenwood got a mistrial in 2015. One of the ppl who confirmed Robert William Simpson admitted in depth several murders he committed while in prison.
Leslie Douglas Greenwood Hell's Angel Hitman Has Conviction For Killing Couple In Their Home Overturned For Second Time. He Is Still Serving Time For Killing Two Other Ppl. $150K For Info On Missing Troy Cook Of Truro, NS
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Murder convictions overturned for alleged Hells Angels hit man
Leslie Douglas Greenwood has been tried twice over the deaths of Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Christensen
Blair Rhodes · CBC News · Posted: Jul 26, 2022 3:16 PM AT | Last Updated: July 26
Leslie Greenwood is escorted through the courthouse in Kentville, NS, on Jan. 9, 2018. (CBC)
Nearly 22 years after Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Christensen were murdered in their Nova Scotia home, the man accused of killing them is facing the prospect of a third trial on two charges of first-degree murder.
In a decision released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned the latest conviction of Leslie Douglas Greenwood, a reputed Hells Angels hit man.
Mersereau and Christensen were found dead in their home in Center Burlington, NS, on Sept. 9, 2000. They had been shot. Their infant son was lying unscathed in another room. (Greg Feb. 18 2023 Thankfully killed the cpl was not a freek killer.)
Initial conviction overturned
Greenwood was initially tried and convicted in a jury trial in 2012. But that conviction was overturned on appeal.
Greenwood was retried in January 2019. Jurors in that second trial were told about the first trial, but not the guilty verdict. So much time had passed, that some of the witnesses from that first trial had died and recordings of their testimony were played in court. That included Ruby McKenzie, the neighbor who discovered the bodies.
According to evidence in the various trials, all four murders were ordered by a Nova Scotia man, Jeffrey Albert Lynds, who has since died in prison.
The Crown's key witness against Greenwood in the Nova Scotia murders was Michael Lawrence, who had already confessed guilty to first-degree murder in their deaths.
In statements he made to police, Greenwood admitted to driving Lawrence to the scene of the murders but he said he did not go inside.
Fatal errors
In its ruling, the Court of Appeal said there were fatal errors in the trial judge's instructions to the jury, including on the question of whether Greenwood knew ahead of time that the plan was to murder Mersereau and Christensen.
"Based on the charge to the jury, they may have been left with the impression they could convict Greenwood of first degree murder because he drove Lawrence to the Mersereau home and assisted him in getting access to the house where Lawrence committed the murders without it being proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Greenwood knew that Lawrence had planned and deliberated on the murders," Justice David Farrar wrote for the three-member appeal panel.
A decision on whether to proceed with a third trial is up to the Crown, which is still studying the Court of Appeal decision.
Greenwood remains in a federal prison serving a sentence for two murders in Quebec. Kirk Murray and Antonio Anesi were killed in 2010.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/murder-conviction-overturned-leslie-douglas-greenwood-1.6532533 has pic.
Leslie Douglas Greenwood looks great even better than Moms Boucher in his 50ish prime.
Co-accused in Kentville murder trial says he shot couple after Greenwood shot them
Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist | Posted: Jan. December 12, 2018, 8:48 am | Updated: Jan. December 12, 2018, 8:48 am | 4 Min Read
A man serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in the killings of Barry Mersereau and Nancy Chistensen confirmed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court Thursday that he shot the couple on Sept. September 2000, after they had already been shot by Leslie Greenwood.
“He said 'hurry, get in there, I shot them. . . . Make sure they're dead,” Michael Lawrence reported at Greenwood's first-degree murder trial in Kentville.
Lawrence said he went into the house, shooting twice at a Rottweiler dog on the front porch. He said the first missed, but the dog yelped after the second shot and ran off. ( Greg: How did Mr. Greenwood get past the Rottweiler to shoot the two murder victims?)
Inside, he found the couple not moving and there was no sound. Christensen was sitting in a chair and Mersereau was face down on the floor.
He shot Mersereau twice in the head with the .32-caliber revolver he was carrying and Christensen once in the head before using the last bullet on Mersereau.
The men then drove off in a truck to the Kennetcook River Bridge, where Lawrence said he dropped the guns over the railing. They then drove to a clearing and burned the truck and the clothes they had been wearing. (Greg: Did anyone search the water for the firearms used in the double killing? Might be Greenwood's DNA on them. If no firearms were found there it shows Mr. Lawrence to be a liar perhaps of an important part of his story.)
Lawrence , who was from Hants County, said he got involved with the murder because he owed a significant drug debt to Curtis Lynds. He said Lynds would front him drugs, which we would sell and then pay for, while any profit was used for drugs for himself.
He spent four months in jail from February to June 2000 after being
arrested for drug trafficking. After he was released from prison, he said, he returned to his apartment and found that $28,500 worth of Lynds' drugs was missing.
On Sept. 6, 2000, he went to Lynds with a plan to rob an armored car while it was collecting its deposit at a grocery store in the Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax, and asked for a gun and a vehicle. Lynds gave him a .357 magnum revolver and told him to carjack a vehicle and kill the driver. He did so on Sept. 8 and went to the business park to meet Lynds. They scouted out a place to leave the truck and money after the robbery, but doing that meant they missed the cash pickup by the armored car.
Lynds dropped Lawrence at a hotel near Truro and said someone would pick him up the next morning to try the robbery again, but they didn't show up until the armored car would have been gone. Lynds was one of the people who returned to the hotel.
“Curtis Lynds told me I was going to do a hit for him” to settle the debt, Lawrence said. “He told me it would pay the bill.”
He said Lynds told him he wanted him to shoot Mersereau, whom he had never met. He was shown where Mersereau lived on Cogmagun Road in Hants County before heading back to Lynds' home.
“The killing had to happen (that day),” Lawrence said. “That's what I was told.”
He said he was concerned about knowing what Mersereau looked like because he had never met him, and told Lynds so. Lynds left Lawrence at his home, and returned a while later with Greenwood following.
Lawrence said he had never met Greenwood before and Lynds told him that
Greenwood was going along because he knew what Mersereau looked like and he would let Greenwood into the home without problem. He said the plan had also changed and that Christensen was to be killed too because she would be a witness. (Greg: Okay why didn't the Rotty freak out after its owners were shot and their baby crying? It was not leashed.)
Lawrence said the decision was made that he would hide in the truck until he heard shots, then go into the house and shoot the couple too.
Greenwood was given the .357 handgun used in the carjacking, while Lawrence was given the .32-caliber revolver. Both had six bullets. “It was said, 'empty them into them,'” he completed.
He said that on the way to the killing, “I asked what (Greenwood) was getting out of it. He said he was getting his life back.”
Lawrence was the last of five people arrested in connection with the murder. That happened in December 2010 at the jail in Springhill where he was serving time for robbery. He said he was expecting it because he saw the news of the other arrests in the case, starting in June.
He said he eventually confessed to killing the couple and Charles Maddison, the owner of the truck. “I wanted to. My conscience was bothering me so much.”
Under cross-examination he said he didn't initially decide confessing was the right thing to do and maintain his silence. He said he was initially shocked and confused. He said he wasn't forced to commit the murders, but felt pressured because of the drug debt.
The trial continues on Friday.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/co-accused-in-kentville-murder-trial-says-he-shot-couple-after-greenwood-shot-them-176666/
It gets even wilder and more hardcore:
Nova Scotia
Charges in former Hells Angel killing
CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2010 11:54 AM AT | Last Updated: December 10, 2010
A Nova Scotia man faces several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a biker gang war that rocked the province more than a decade ago.
Les Greenwood, 41, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the homicide of former Hells Angel Randy Mersereau, who disappeared 11 years ago.
Greenwood was arrested without incident at a residence in Bramber in Hants County early Thursday.
In addition to the accessory charge, Greenwood has also been charged with the attempted murder of Mersereau. That charge stems from an incident in 1999, in which Mersereau was the target of a bombing at his car dealership in Bible Hill.
Mersereau disappeared about a month after that bombing and has not been seen since October. 31, 1999.
Greenwood's charges don't stop there — he has also been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen.
The two were found dead in their home in Center Burlington, also in Hants County in September 2000 by a neighbor who went to check on the family. At the time, Investigators said they believed Barry Kirk Mersereau and Christensen were victims of a planned and possible professional killing. (Greg: Definitely not a nosy neighbor but didn't anyone notice a not very good guard dog Rot running around yelping, howling with a gun shot wound from the scene of the double hit.?)
Barry and Randy Mersereau were brothers.
Greenwood remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in a Truro court on January. 11, 2011.
Human remains found
Friday's developments are the latest in an ongoing investigation into a drug turf war more than a decade ago.
In October, there was renewed public interest in the case after RCMP searched a house and property in Onslow Mountain in connection with the Mersereau case. The Mounties have not said what, if any, evidence was discovered there.
Last week, RCMP uncovered human remains on a property on Hiram Lynds Road in Truro. The remains have not been identified. The Mounties said that search was initiated as a result of information given to Investigators when they searched the Onslow Mountain property.
On Dec. 1, Gerald Leslie MacCabe, 43, of Salmon River in Colchester County was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Randy Mersereau.
Court documents filed during the arraignment suggested police believe Jeffrey Albert Lynds, a well-known member of the Hells Angels, killed Mersereau. The documents allege MacCabe helped Lynds escape.
Mersereau and Lynds were close associates in the 1990s. Lynds became a member of the Hells Angels shortly after Mersereau disappeared, leading police to speculate he was involved.
The Lynds family owns much of the property on Hiram Lynds Road where the human remains were found.
Lynds is already facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a double homicide in Montreal. He has confessed not guilty to both charges and will be back in a Montreal trial on January. 11, 2011.
Corrections
An earlier version of this story misstated the name of the Nova Scotia accused facing murder charges as Lee Greenwood. The man's name is Les Greenwood.
Dec 10, 2010 5:36 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/charges-in-former-hells-angel-killing-1.912327
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local -news/two-witnesses-the-leslie-greenwood-jury-did-not-hear-from Lynds had his patch apparently taken away and was suspended from HA after running up a $40k cocaine debt he committed suicide in prison.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/prosecutor-questions-greenwoods-version-of-what-happened-after-ndg-double-murder Les Greenwood says in court his best friend was Mr. Lynds he also admitted to initiating a phone conversation with a Nova Scotia RCMP auto theft Officer Mr. Morgan to discuss a double murder in Montreal and the disappearance of a Troy Cook from Truro, NS who at that point was missing over 12 years.
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/ns-man-s-murder-trial-hears-from-gunman-in-january-2010-slayings-1.2597760 In his Hell's Angels heyday Mr. Lynds was a full patch Ontario Nomads living in Nova Scotia but on the outs with the club he promised to patch a criminal Mr. Murray but instead had him whacked.
https://hells122.rssing.com/chan-24788245/all_p5.html another take on it.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/informant-in-montreal-double-murder-trial-says-he-lives-in-constant-fear-of-being-poisoned The informer spills all the beans on himself and all his accomplices and admits killing 5 ppl in lockup.
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COLD CASES: Twenty-three years after his teen son Troy Cook disappeared in Truro, his dad is still searching for answers
Chelsey Gould | Posted: Oct. 8, 2021, 3:10 pm | Updated: Oct. 11, 2021, 8:41 am | 8 Min Read
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Tom Cook's son, Troy Cook, went missing over 23 years ago. He is still looking for answers about what happened.
Tom Cook's son, Troy Cook, went missing over 23 years ago. He is still looking for answers about what happened. - Chelsey Gould
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Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at 66 years old. It is a dedication to his children and future grandchild – including his son Troy, who disappeared without a trace over 23 years ago.
The tattoo depicts a dreamcatcher around the tree of life - a nod to his sons' Indigenous heritage. A falling leaf has Troy's name, representing him being lost. Another leaf has younger son Michael Cook's name, and the name of Mike's child will go on the third leaf. Cook hopes the image will spark conversations on his missing son, a topic he has kept at the forefront over the past two decades.
“That just shows he's so devoted, you know?” said Dakota Betts, who is like a nephew to Tom.
Betts has many tattoos and was shocked that Tom wanted one. “That, to me, says he wants people to ask him. It's a conversation about Troy … In any which way he can get any answer, he tries.”
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Disappeared
As a young adult, Troy decided to move into his own apartment on Willow Street in Truro.
Troy Cook was 19 when he disappeared. He was 120 lbs, five feet six inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. - Contributed
Troy Cook was 19 when he disappeared. He was 120 lbs, five feet six inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. - Contributed
“I said 'No problem, I'll help you set up an apartment,'” said Cook. “He was 19 and he just want(ed) to spread his wings. You know, he had a good social life."
Troy lived there for less than a month. Being very close with Cook, he was still coming home lots to do laundry and have meals. Cook always left care packages at his place.
After Troy spent a night at home in Kemptown, Cook dropped Troy off at the apartment in Truro around 10 am on Thursday, June 11, 1998. He never saw the driveway or if Troy went through the door and continued to an appointment at the garage.
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Truro Police continue search for missing Troy Cook, 17 years after disappearing
At about 10:30 am, someone made a call to Atlantic Superstore claiming to be Troy, saying he would not be able to work his shift there that evening. The employee who answered thought it was Troy but couldn't say it was with absolute certainty, notably he sounded sick and strange.
The call was made from a phone booth by the Tim Hortons on Pictou Road and Wright Avenue in Bible Hill. No security cameras captured footage.
Troy planned to meet Cook on Friday at a restaurant. When he didn't show up, the family called Atlantic Superstore and learned he hadn't checked in there.
When they couldn't find him at the apartment, either, they contacted the RCMP and were redirected to the Truro Police Service.
Cook and Betts said it would have been odd for Troy to call in sick shortly after Cook dropped him off, and Troy seemed well during his visit with family. He never mentioned plans to go anywhere.
Tom Cook and Dakota Betts are not related by blood but have developed a familial bond. Betts is a father now and knows, that like Tom, he won't stop looking for his children. - Chelsey Gould
Tom Cook and Dakota Betts are not related by blood but have developed a familial bond. Betts is a father now and knows, that like Tom, he won't stop looking for his children. - Chelsey Gould
The only thing missing from his apartment is his driver's license.
“He lived at home for 19 years, never, never in trouble, never gave me an ounce of trouble,” said Cook.
“He was only in an apartment for a month, he was still coming home.”
'Just a typical teenager'
Troy was a social butterfly who “just drew people in,” bringing girlfriends home and striking up conversations and frequenting Chevy's, a local bar.
He did not have access to a car since he was broken at home.
“Why would he go back the way we came … we timed it to walk, he couldn't walk it within that time, so he had to get a drive from somebody,” said Cook. “So, there were plans made with somebody to do something. Either he knew the person or just got acquainted.”
Cook does not believe Troy was involved in crime and thinks he could have just gotten in with the wrong person.
“If he had any kind of debt he'd come to me first … he wasn't into drugs,” said Cook. “He smoked a little weed and stuff like that. But nothing heaviest. He was just a typical teenager."
Despite the passage of time and lack of clues, Cook is insistent upon one point.
“Somebody knows something in this town,” he says.
Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at the age of 66. A falling leaf has his son Troy's name, representing him being lost. - Contributed
Tom Cook recently got his first tattoo at the age of 66. A falling leaf has his son Troy's name, representing him being lost.
Support system
Cook is still recovering from brain tumors following surgery in 2016, when he also suffered a stroke on the operating table, as well as undergoing radiation for remaining cancer.
Sometimes it's hard to remember things and he suffers from constant headaches. He now lives in Truro after the smoke from an electrical fire ruined the belongings in his Kemptown home.
Cook was too sick to be active for the anniversary of Troy's disappearance and his birthday on June 16, but still wants to make sure Troy is not forgotten.
Betts met Cook when he was 12 through a mutual friend. Although they have no blood connection, the 27-year-old and 66-year-old Cook have developed a familial bond. It started with odd jobs like mowing the lawn, then Cook took Betts go-karting and taught him how to drive and the value of money.
“The things my parents couldn't do for me,” said Betts.
Betts is expecting his second child, and the middle name of Betts' new baby is going to be named after Tom. As a father, he knows he also will not stop searching for his child as Cook continues to do.
“I couldn't imagine being a father not doing exactly what he's doing,” he said.
Still seeking answers
Tom is dedicated to finding out what happened to his boy. When he had a car, he always kept posters inside of it and has always been open to a conversation - doing anything to raise awareness about Troy.
He makes sure to reach out to others whose loved ones have also gone missing. And in today's age, social media makes a difference, said Betts.
“I'm retired now. I'm 66. I want to find him before I'm in the ground … been over 23 years now. No wonder my head's aching.” - Tom Cook
“The best way to get out (is) if I talk somebody I don't know, and they'll start talking to people,” said Cook.
Cook thinks his son would have grown up to be an announcer or a musician, maybe even a politician today – a public face. He had a good voice and played electric guitar.
And his searching will continue in the hopes of finding some clues as to his eldest son's disappearance. All he wants is closure. Each time he hears about unidentified remains being discovered, Cook said, it drives him insane.
“I'm retired now. I'm 66. I want to find him before I'm in the ground … been over 23 years now. No wonder my head's aching.”
There is a $150,000 reward under the Nova Scotia Justice Department's major unsolved crimes program for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for his disappearance.
Troy Cook when he disappeared:
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: Five-foot-six
Weight: 120 pounds
Clothing Worn: T-shirt covered with blue shirt, light colored pants, brown deck shoes
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/communities/cold-cases-twenty-three-years-after-his-teen-son-troy-cook-disappeared-in-truro-his-dad-is- still-searching-for-answers-100643827/
https://www.bluenoser.net/post/the-disappearance-of-troy-cook-truro Lots more information on the Troy Cook disappearance.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5077339341/ Troy Cook's cousin FB feed to find Troy Cook.
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/j6zhyt/19yearold_troy_cook_was_dropped_off_at_his_truro/
https://groups.google.com/g/can.politics/c/U8y26ua73Bw/m/Jg1BvJcQAgAJ
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BodyLawrence said he had never met Greenwood before and Lynds told him that
Greenwood was going along because he knew what Mersereau looked like and he would let Greenwood into the home without problem. He said the plan had also changed and that Christensen was to be killed too because she would be a witness. (Greg: Okay why didn't the Rotty freak out after its owners were shot and their baby cried? It was not leashed.)
The men then drove off in a truck to the Kennetcook River Bridge, where Lawrence said he dropped the guns over the railing. They then drove to a clearing and burned the truck and the clothes they had been wearing. (Greg: Did anyone search the water for the firearms used in the double killing? Might be Greenwood's DNA on them. If no firearms were found there it shows Mr. Lawrence to be a liar perhaps of an important part of his story.) I understand the water there is not very deep. )
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