There is shocking and disturbing new information about the death of Jennifer Horne. It appears that prior to her death, she was sexually tortured by her captives and then had her throat slit. In nearly every way this case fits the definition of the term femicide: Femicide includes mutilation murder, rape murder, battery that escalates into murder, the mmolation of witches in Western Europe and of brides and widows n India, and crimes of honor in some Latin and Middle Eastern countries, where women believed to have lost their virginity are killed by their male relatives. Calling misogynist killings femicide removes the obscuring veil of non gendered terms such as homicide and murder.
The story is in the Daily News, and can be read here. The excerpt below contains graphic descriptions of her discovery.
It was New Year's Eve and a police officer and paramedic had just burst into a Dartmouth apartment. They didn't know if they would find Jennifer Horne dead or alive. But the officer knew where to look, based on new information gleaned during the investigation of her disappearance. In the spare room, a bloodstained white tissue sat on a baby stroller. The police officer opened the closet door, removing blankets and towels. Inside were green garbage bags, one of which he pulled back.
Underneath was Horne's body, naked and wrapped in a carpet. Her wrists and ankles were bound with duct tape. The young woman had been raped and tortured, her throat slit, police documents obtained by The Daily News yesterday say. The details of how police discovered the 20-year-old are graphic and horrendous. The allegations surrounding her death are found in two warrants used to search apartment 91 at 8 Lawrence St. None of the allegations in the warrants have been proven in court.
Charged with first degree murder in Horne's death are the common-law couple who lived in the Lawrence Street apartment. Des-mond Maguire, 37, and Ashley Haley, 20, are currently in custody and are due back in court on Jan. 16. Haley is pregnant, and she and Maguire have a child together.
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11 January 2008
02 January 2008
Woman Murdered, Body Kept in Apartment
From today's Chronicle-Herald:
A 37-year-old Dartmouth man and his pregnant 20-year-old girlfriend were charged with first-degree murder Tuesday night in the killing of a Cole Harbour woman.
Desmond Maguire and Ashley Haley were arrested Monday, the day after Jennifer Susanne Horne, 20, was reported missing by her family after she didn’t show up for work at a nursing home. Police issued a missing-person notice Monday.
Mr. Maguire and Ms. Haley are to appear in Dartmouth provincial court this morning.
Ms. Horne was last seen leaving her mother’s Cole Harbour residence alone Saturday night. Police say she was going out for the evening and had returned home briefly to change clothes.
Rest of story here.
There's so little to be said in addition to the article. It is sad, yet another act of femicide committed by a man, apparently with help from another woman. There is a brief story about Jennifer Horne in the Daily News, which is posted below. So much goodwill and promise, stolen from her family, her friends, and the world. As her stepfather said, she did not deserve this.
Victim 'was a really sweet, easy-going, laid-back girl'
BETH JOHNSTON
Jennifer Horne was a quiet, shy girl who had a smile for everyone, even people who didn't deserve it, her friends said yesterday. "She fit in with every group of people, because she was just such a kind heart," former Dartmouth High classmate Jillian Blackman said. "You couldn't not like her. She was a really sweet, easy-going, laid-back girl who was always willing to help anyone."
"She always had a smile on her face. She was really pleasant to be around. She was always really nice to everyone - even, probably, people who didn't deserve it.
"None of us can figure out why this would happen to her." Horne graduated from Dartmouth High School in 2006, and had taken a year off school to work as a dietary aide at a Dartmouth nursing home. That's where she met the man suspected of murdering her.
Two Facebook groups were set up after she went missing Saturday night.She had left her mother's Cole Harbour home, and her family reported her missing when she didn't report for work the next day.
"Jennifer is sadly no longer with us. She was loved very deeply by her family and friends. She was a lovely girl with an amazing smile. We miss her so much," her brother, Iain MacNeil, wrote on the group Help us Find Jennifer Horne.
Horne's stepfather, Gordon Andrews, described her as a kind-hearted animal lover yesterday."She loved her kittens," he said."She was a wonderful girl that didn't deserve to have this happen to her."
A 37-year-old Dartmouth man and his pregnant 20-year-old girlfriend were charged with first-degree murder Tuesday night in the killing of a Cole Harbour woman.
Desmond Maguire and Ashley Haley were arrested Monday, the day after Jennifer Susanne Horne, 20, was reported missing by her family after she didn’t show up for work at a nursing home. Police issued a missing-person notice Monday.
Mr. Maguire and Ms. Haley are to appear in Dartmouth provincial court this morning.
Ms. Horne was last seen leaving her mother’s Cole Harbour residence alone Saturday night. Police say she was going out for the evening and had returned home briefly to change clothes.
Rest of story here.
There's so little to be said in addition to the article. It is sad, yet another act of femicide committed by a man, apparently with help from another woman. There is a brief story about Jennifer Horne in the Daily News, which is posted below. So much goodwill and promise, stolen from her family, her friends, and the world. As her stepfather said, she did not deserve this.
Victim 'was a really sweet, easy-going, laid-back girl'
BETH JOHNSTON
Jennifer Horne was a quiet, shy girl who had a smile for everyone, even people who didn't deserve it, her friends said yesterday. "She fit in with every group of people, because she was just such a kind heart," former Dartmouth High classmate Jillian Blackman said. "You couldn't not like her. She was a really sweet, easy-going, laid-back girl who was always willing to help anyone."
"She always had a smile on her face. She was really pleasant to be around. She was always really nice to everyone - even, probably, people who didn't deserve it.
"None of us can figure out why this would happen to her." Horne graduated from Dartmouth High School in 2006, and had taken a year off school to work as a dietary aide at a Dartmouth nursing home. That's where she met the man suspected of murdering her.
Two Facebook groups were set up after she went missing Saturday night.She had left her mother's Cole Harbour home, and her family reported her missing when she didn't report for work the next day.
"Jennifer is sadly no longer with us. She was loved very deeply by her family and friends. She was a lovely girl with an amazing smile. We miss her so much," her brother, Iain MacNeil, wrote on the group Help us Find Jennifer Horne.
Horne's stepfather, Gordon Andrews, described her as a kind-hearted animal lover yesterday."She loved her kittens," he said."She was a wonderful girl that didn't deserve to have this happen to her."
01 January 2008
Mi'kmaq Activist Murdered by Grandson
It has been revealed that the woman who led the charge for justice for native people who were abused in residential schools across Canada was murdered by her own grandson. The full story, posted on the Chronicle-Herald website (there is no paper publication today), can be found here.
Police say Mi'kmaq activist Nora Madeline Bernard died last week of blunt force trauma to her face and stab wounds to her upper body, and have charged her grandson with first-degree murder.
James Douglas Gloade, 24, of Millbrook was crying as sheriff's deputies led him into a Truro provincial courtroom for arraignment Monday morning.
Mr. Gloade stared at the floor, occasionally rubbing his bloodshot eyes and face with his hands during the court appearance that lasted two minutes. He didn't speak or enter a plea and will remain in custody until his next court date Jan. 7.
The 72-year-old Ms. Bernard is best known for leading a successful fight for justice and compensation for Indian residential school survivors like herself from across Canada.
Police say her 32-year-old son found her body on the kitchen floor of her Willow Street home in Truro shortly before 3 a.m. last Thursday. He lived with his mother and had returned home after visiting friends.
Truro Police Chief David MacNeil said Ms. Bernard sustained severe trauma and was stabbed with what investigators believe was a knife to the front of her body, around the neck, but he said little else about her injuries.
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Every year in Canada, an average of 74 women are killed by their spouses. There are no figures readily available on the overall number of women murdered by men, but there is a grassroots effort being undertaken to catalogue the names of women who are killed. It is called The Femicide List.
Police say Mi'kmaq activist Nora Madeline Bernard died last week of blunt force trauma to her face and stab wounds to her upper body, and have charged her grandson with first-degree murder.
James Douglas Gloade, 24, of Millbrook was crying as sheriff's deputies led him into a Truro provincial courtroom for arraignment Monday morning.
Mr. Gloade stared at the floor, occasionally rubbing his bloodshot eyes and face with his hands during the court appearance that lasted two minutes. He didn't speak or enter a plea and will remain in custody until his next court date Jan. 7.
The 72-year-old Ms. Bernard is best known for leading a successful fight for justice and compensation for Indian residential school survivors like herself from across Canada.
Police say her 32-year-old son found her body on the kitchen floor of her Willow Street home in Truro shortly before 3 a.m. last Thursday. He lived with his mother and had returned home after visiting friends.
Truro Police Chief David MacNeil said Ms. Bernard sustained severe trauma and was stabbed with what investigators believe was a knife to the front of her body, around the neck, but he said little else about her injuries.
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Every year in Canada, an average of 74 women are killed by their spouses. There are no figures readily available on the overall number of women murdered by men, but there is a grassroots effort being undertaken to catalogue the names of women who are killed. It is called The Femicide List.
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