Murder of Melanie Carpenter
Melanie Carpenter | |
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Born |
Melanie Carpenter April 22, 1971 British Columbia |
Died | January 6, 1995 23) found concealed by a white blanket, in a crevice near an isolated road, four kilometres north of Yale B.C. | (aged
Nationality | Canadian |
Parent(s) |
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Melanie Carpenter (April 22, 1971 – January 6, 1995)[1] was a woman who was abducted from a Fleetwood Town Centre tanning salon, and found dead several weeks later.[2][3]
Disappearance and death
On January 6, 1995 after Carpenter had received some suspicious phone calls from a man feigning interest in a business deal, she was snatched from where she was working.[4] The afternoon that Carpenter went missing, a bank security camera recorded a 37-year-old man named Fernand Auger making a $300 withdrawal using Carpenter's debit card. The image was shown on national TV the next day, and a warrant was issued for Auger's arrest. Auger at the time was on parole for doing an armed robbery, but before Auger could be arrested, he committed suicide[5] Carpenter's body was found several weeks later in Hope B.C., and was concealed by a white blanket, and in a crevice.[6]
Investigation and aftermath
Just days after Carpenter had disappeared, Auger had become the number one suspect in her abduction.[7][8] In 1995 the Melanie Carpenter Foundation was established.[9] After Carpenter's death, Steve Carpenter, Melanie's father formed a petition to keep murderers in prison as speeches were made, petitions were signed and rallies were held in protest against Canada’s parole system.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Canada's Daughter | Althea Thauberger". Althea Thauberger. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ↑ Zytaruk, Tom. "SURREY MURDER: Here we go again — cases like Serena Vermeersch's aren't new for Surrey - Surrey News". Surrey Now. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ↑ "Carpenter's body found in B.C". connection.ebscohost.com. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
- ↑ Crime in the West: True Horror Stories in the West. APH Publishing. 1996-01-01. ISBN 9788170247913.
- ↑ "Cameras, cameras everywhere - CBC Archives". Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ↑ Carpenter's body found in B.C. Alberta Report / Newsmagazine, 02250519, 2/13/95, Vol. 22, Issue 9
- ↑ "The prime suspect: Fernand Auger's suicide adds to the mystery of a woman's abduction. (Melanie Carpenter) (includes related article about the victim: Melanie Carpenter) | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared". business.highbeam.com. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- ↑ "Carpenter's body found in B.C". connection.ebscohost.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ↑ "Memorials". Reto Marti Stone Mason/Sculptor. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ↑ Zytaruk, Tom. "SURREY MURDER: Here we go again — cases like Serena Vermeersch's aren't new for Surrey - Surrey News". Surrey Now. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-24.