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New and Explosive: The Mikolajewski Report (pdf file) exposes the shoddy work done on the Barbara Stoppel murder investigation and how Jack Ewatski helped block a proper re-investiagtion to protect a retired inspector and the secrets a warranted search of his premises would reveal.

Letter to me from Winnipeg Police Service

received Mar. 25, 2003 | My response is immediately below | Monique Turenne speaks out for the first time in response to this letter

(under a Winnipeg Police Service letterhead followed by my full name and address)

March 20, 2003

Dear Ms. Steele:

The internet site injusticebusters.com has recently come to the attention of the Winnipeg Police Service. As author of the articles, we wish to advise you that both Mr. Schinkel and Sergeant Thiessen deny the allegations made in respect of their actions in the prosecution of Monique Turenne.

The Winnipeg Police Service, Mr. Schinkel and Sergeant Thiessen are cognizant that Ms. Turenne's case is currently before the Courts, and that it would be inappropriate to respond as we would like to the contents of injusticebusters.com. The allegations that you make are certainly issues that are properly left for the judicial process and we will do so.

However, one must question the fairness of posting such allegations at a time when it is apparent that those facing them are unable to respond. Certainly that action does not seem to be in keeping with the principles of exposing injustice to which the site espouses to be committed.

Yours truly

(signed)

J.J. Ewatski

Chief of Police

My response:

Dear Chief Ewatsky:

Thank you for your letter dated March 20.

I don't think I have published anything which does not serve justice. And I don't think there is anything before the courts which would prevent you or your members from responding. Ms. Turenne is appealing the extradition order to the Manitoba Court of Appeal and to the Federal Minister of Justice regarding violations of her Charter Rights. The only other case before the courts is in Florida where a Grand Jury has ordered Ms. Turenne extradited based on testimony which has not been cross-examined.

If you or your officers have standing in any of these proceedings the public has a right to know. I have published the statement which your officers claim to have got from Ms. Turenne and which she, in turn, denies having made. On the face of things her assertion that she did not make the statement makes more sense than the officers' signed affidavit that she did.

The stark contrast between these two claims suggests a judicial inquiry should be struck to get to the truth.

The pages of this website are open to you and your officers for any clarification you would like to make. I would publish any such contribution unedited and under the name of the writer.

Sincerely,

Sheila Steele

March 25, 2003

injusticebusters would also point out to Chief Ewatsky that Monique Turenne's father has yet to receive a reply to the letter he sent to the chief by registered mail September 5, 2001.

Letter from Richard Klassen to Winnipeg Police Chief Jack Ewatski

November 30, 2003

Dear Mr. Ewatski,

I most recently had the opportunity of watching Disclosure wherein I heard you speak of the Driskell case. I have followed your career for some time now as I am a co-owner of the site injusticebusters.com where you are currently posted.

I will introduce myself by saying first that I too am a wrongfully charged person due to "bad" policing in Saskatchewan. I was charged in 1991 with child molestation along with several other members of my family. The charges were eventually stayed and we since launched a lawsuit against the investigating police officer and prosecutors in Saskatoon. That lawsuit has now been heard and we are awaiting a judgment. I have chosen to stay out of the foray in Winnipeg for several reasons, but after hearing your excuses and blatant lies about the Driskell case, I have decided that I will now launch my own investigation into your criminal conduct. (Guilty, guilty, guilty). You see, Sir, as you continue to maintain that Driskell is guilty, I have found you so as well. I will now set out to reveal the evidence of that guilt, and just maybe with a bit of hard work, you will find yourself "before the courts", to face your crime. And while you are "before the courts", I will continue to speak. I now have a fair bit of experience in the field of malicious prosecution, and you Sir, were and continue to be, nothing but malicious.

The case involving Monique Terenne is yet another one that I have followed and is posted on the injusticebusters site with all information, as you well know. The comment you made in your email to Sheila Steele regarding posting information on the injusticebusters site, when one cannot defend themselves is to say the least, ridiculous. I watched you on television as you sat there and continued to insist that Driskell is guilty when in fact you know by the D.N.A. evidence that he is innocent and you Sir are wrong. Please keep in mind that I am attempting to be kind.

I have concentrated my efforts here in Saskatchewan as this is where the injustice occurred to me; I am almost to the finish line in my case and will now concentrate on the cases you were involved in. The injustices that have occurred while under your watchful eye are unacceptable, and must be corrected. You seem to care very little about an innocent person being in prison, and like with David Milgaard, you are one of those imprudent people that would run around saying that although D.N.A. may have exonerated him for raping Gail Miller, he was still the man that killed her.

You Sir are sick for the utterances you made on national television. Stating you still feel you have the right man in jail after being scrutinized for your corrupt efforts to put him there is unbelievable. There are laws that prevent people like you from doing what you did, and an obvious one that comes to mind is sec. 139 of the Criminal Code (Obstructing Justice). Believe me when I say that you have just begun to be scrutinized, you will now begin to be revealed.

In Saskatoon we have corrupt police officer Brian Dueck who has managed to work his way up the ladder to Superintendent, in Winnipeg we have the likes of you becoming Police Chief. This is such a chilling coincidence that it makes me wonder if perhaps you and Dueck know each other.

In any event, I have made it my life's mission to bring to public attention Brian Dueck, now it is your turn to be exposed. I left Manitoba two years ago to come back to Saskatchewan to fight my case. After watching you I have decided that it will be Winnipeg that I move to once I have completed my task here. In the mean time I will continue to help expose you on the internet, and any other sources available to me.

I look forward to some day seeing you face to face while you attempt to struggle your way out of this corrupt situation you have put yourself in.

Yours truly,

Richard Allen Klassen
Born March 27th, 1961 (in case you want to run my C.P.I.C)

As it turned out we have stayed in Saskatoon.. We can continue to expose Chief Ewatski from here. Winnipeg is hosting and Ewatski will address an International Conference on Wrongful Convictions October 22, 2005.

Winnipeg's Bad Apples in the police force

A proper investigation would reveal that Police Union head Loren Schinkel (above and his partner, Sgt. Jim Thiessen (below conducted themselves improperly when they interrogated Monique Turenne.

Such investigation would further show that Schinkel broke the law when he created statements allegedly signed by Turenne and that he lied on an affidavit he provided to Florida officials.

It is a fiction, a conveniently agreed-upon consensus among justice power-brokers (i.e. lawyers) that they cannot speak of matters which are before the courts. A good lawyer who believes in the righteousness of his client's case will often encourage a client to talk to the media.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.
William Blake, The Proverbs of Hell

Truth suppress'd, whether by courts or crooks, will find an avenue to be told. Sheila Steele, injusticebusters.com

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Publisher Sheila Steele

co-founder: Richard Klassen

New: injusticebustersblog. Participate!

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Monique Turenne pages

Extradition order comes down: 2003

The incredible persecution of Monique Turenne previous

UPDATE: The Extradition process | Reports from trial in Florida | Ralph Crompton: Pants on fire!

Nov. 2002: Monique Turenne's father writes to Law Enforcement Review Agency

Beyond a coerced confession

injusticebusters gets a letter from Winnipeg Police Chief

Monique Turenne has been denied disclosure of material which would assist her in fighting extradition. The law regarding disclosure in criminal cases had been clearly laid out in Stinchcombe. Extradition law is not so clear -- and not so fair. In the coming weeks injusticebusters will clearly explain the differences -- and show why the law must change.

Monique Turenne speaks out for the first time

Dan Lett wrote a week-end feature in the Winnipeg Free Press, May, 2000. This story, almost three years old is the most thorough investigation of the murder of David Turenne. We have it on the following four pages: Part 1: a | b Part 2: a | b

The gutter press has continued to feed on the lies originally planted by Florida police with eager co-operation of Winnipeg Police Detective Sergeant Loren Schinkel (now head of the Winnipeg Police Association) and fueled by in-laws looking for ju$tice. Winnipeg Sun, October, 1988 | Winnipeg Sun, February, 2001 |

Headlines with links to the stories

James Driskell |

2003: Tokarchuk killing in Winnipeg (a case which shows how a few bad cops, a powerful -- and misguided -- police union and lack of communication within the force can be a deadly mix)

Tom Sophonow

Monique Turenne: the headlines

1996, June 19: AP, Panama City, Fla.-- Turenne to face more charges?

1996, Oct. 12: AP, Panama City, Fla.-- Confession Detailed: Police say Turenne killing admitted

1996, Oct. 16: Winnipeg Free Press -- Woman's ex-lover convicted in killing: Widow hopes pain is over | Woman advised not to testify | Winnipeg Sun -- Monique to face trial predicts killer's lawyer: Says Canada will extradite her to Florida 'sooner or later' |

1997, Mar. 20, Winnipeg Free Press -- Turenne indicted in U.S. slaying: Winnipeg woman could face death penalty in husband's murder

1998, June 12: Winnipeg Free Press -- Turenne arrested in 1996 murder: Faces Florida trial in husband's slaying (p.A1) | Turenne to contest extradition warrant

1998, June 13: Winnipeg Free Press -- Turenne gets bail: Extradition decision on Florida murder charges may take year (Front page) | Legal hurdles still ahead for Turenne

1998, October 23: Winnipeg Sun --- Florida hides game plan: lawyer (scanned image of paper)

1998, Nov. 21: Winnipeg Sun -- Judge rules release of statement: Local Turenne interview unprotected

1999, Mar. 27: Winnipeg Free Press -- Extradition law unconstitutional: Turenne's lawyer; Don't breach her rights to fair trial, he pleads

May 5, 2000: Winnipeg Free Press -- A Soldier's Murder by Dan Lett: Part 1a | Part 1b

2001, Nov. 12: Winnipeg Free Press -- Turenne fights to get murder trial in Canada

2001, February 21: Winnipeg Sun-- 'Playing the system': Victim's sister sick of Turenne delays (scanned image of paper)

Disinformation about her was in the community where she lives before she knew it existed:

• an "affair" she can prove never happened, concocted by the equivalent of a jailhouse informant (a man facing conviction and death and possibly innocent himself);
• rumours she stood to gain huge sums of money as a motive when in fact she returned to the estate the $128.000 (minus legal fees) and has received only $409 a month from Canada Pension Plan for the six years since David's death.
• Reports of her candid statements about her marital troubles distorted into wishing him dead
• Reports she had tried to get a gun from a source who could be easily impeached. (Guns can be purchased at many stores in Panama City.)

Monique Turenne has been indicted by a grand jury in Florida on a circumstantial case which she has no opportunity to answer.

The US. media continue to run with the lies told by convicted murderer Ralph Crompton. There was blood evidence against him. He has been caught in dozens of lies.

Combine his lies with the lies of Winnipeg cop Loren Schinkel and maybe we have a Guiness world record for the two biggest liars ever involved in attempting to frame an innocent person.

There is not now nor ever has been a single shred of evidence that Monique Turenne killed her husband . . . except the testimony of these two liars.

The Panama City newspapers have also played into the hands of Monique Turenne's greedy in-laws who have repeatedly stated on talk-radio and to the gutter press that Monique Turenne profitted from her husband's death.

In fact, Pat Turenne, as executrix of the will, is having some trouble accounting for some of the funds and the fact that she did not settle claimes against the estate in timely fashion.