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2023.05.25 12:37 yallwannawhiteclaw David Brandt Obituary from the Lancaster Eagle Gazette..poignant and well-written!

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2023.05.11 20:45 methodwriter85 In the spring of 1981, a young woman returns home to her apartment after a night out clubbing. The following Monday, her landlord finds her body stabbed to death. Who killed Linda O'Day?

Linda O'Day was a 25-year old (though some sources list her as 28) white female who was found stabbed to death on Monday, June 1, 1981 by her landlord in her apartment in New Castle, Delaware. Her apartment was in a converted 2 1/2 story house.
Linda was a life-long resident of New Castle who had three sisters and three stepsisters. Described as quiet and hard-working, Linda worked at the state mental health hospital as a secretary and a cashier at the McDonald's on Route 13.
She was last seen alive on Saturday, May 30th around 1:30 a.m. by her friend and the friend's boyfriend after a night of nightclubbing. Her body was found at 2 p.m. on the following Monday, after a tenant living upstairs from her noticed that she hadn't picked up her mail. They went to drop her mail off at the front of her door, and upon noticing the door ajar and a foul odor, immediately went to the landlord who entered into her apartment and found her body on the floor of her bedroom. She was partially clothed and was found stabbed to death. The position of her body as well as her nightgown being pulled up to around her neck suggested sexual assault.
Linda was killed by a steak knife from her kitchen. Curiously, they found additional steak knives in Linda's laundry basket in addition to the one that was found in her body. There was vomit on either side of her bed that was not explained.
Forensic examiners believed that the area around Linda's body was cleaned as there was little blood around her, but there was blood underneath her. They did take a piece of pipe beneath her sink, but couldn't find evidence of blood in the pipe. It looks as though Linda's face was covered by her pillow face by the killer, which I think is an interesting detail.
It can be inferred that the FBI has considered Henry Lee Lucas as they requested evidence from her case as seen in the Henry Lee Lucas FBI documents, but hair fiber matching tests were inconclusive. Henry Lee Lucas did live in the region at the time of her murder and is notorious for confessing to murders he did not actually commit.
My general theory on her case is that she was getting stalked by either a customer at the McDonald's she worked at, or a patient at the mental health facility she worked at who became fixated on her.
Sources:
Henry Lee Lucas FBI Documents
June 3, 1981 New Castle Gazette (Article on Page 1, Obituary on Page 12)
Linda O'Day FBI Flyer
Linda O'Day Delaware State Police Flyer
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2023.05.08 15:03 incorruptible_bk The sentencing of Chitra Selvaraj, Frank Parlato co-conspirator, moved to May 17

Per the WDNY case docket, the sentencing of Frank Parlato's co-defendant Chitra Selvaraj has been moved to May 17.
The sentencing was previously set for May 10. This rescheduling was done at the initiative of the court.
Curiously, information from both the government and Selvaraj's lawyers has been sealed nearly in its entirety. Two pieces of information did come through:
Parlato is scheduled for sentencing June 5.

Backstory

Chitra Selvaraj was manager of the One Niagara building during Frank Parlato's stint as owner of the property formerly known as the Occidental Chemical Building, also commonly called the Flash Cube Building.
Selvaraj also served as managing editor of his Niagara Falls Reporter newspaper. Her successor in that role was serial rapist Nicholas D'Angelo.
Selvaraj and Parlato were charged in a fraud scheme involving real estate in Western New York. Though the charges in 2015 initially involved the Bronfman sisters, a superseding indictment in 2018 removed all references to their dealings with the Bronfmans and concentrated solely on tax charges.
In 2021, Selvaraj agreed to a plea bargain to 1 count of violating 26 USC 7203, (willful failure to file an income tax return), for $150,000 she received while employed as a manager for the One Niagara Building. The maximum statutory penalty is 1 year in prison; additionally, Selvaraj faces deportation as a consequence of her immigration status.
In his case, Parlato plead guilty in 2022 to 1 count of failing to file paperwork on cash receipts exceeding $10,000, for rent payments totaling $19,970. The charge has a statutory maximum of 5 years imprisonment. Parlato's deal also has him admitting to having failed to file taxes for the years of 2006 to 2017; he is assessed $184,939.51 in taxes and penalties.
Per paragraph 38 of the deal bearing his signature, the government may treat this payment as "acceptance of responsibility." Parlato has also agreed not to contest the government's seizure of $1 million.
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2023.05.01 11:23 sprungy Things to do: May 1 - May 7

May 7
Toronto Marathon/10K/5K
http://www.torontomarathon.com/
Spring Litter Cleanup at Humber Bay Park
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/spring-litter-cleanup-at-humber-bay-park-tickets-593131862367
Community Environment Day @ Dufferin Mall
https://twitter.com/BravoDavenport/status/1651625335555858443?t=HaRuWCkg5b-5FIv5f3Gtlg&s=19
Jane's Walks. Free walks throughout the city. Ends today
https://www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/
Free ROM Walk - Mount Pleasant
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/romwalks
Rouge Valley Park Morning Hike🏔🏃‍♀️
https://www.meetup.com/2hr-advanced-hikes-toronto/events/293302531/
Forest Hill Walk Club Weekly Sunday Mornings
https://www.meetup.com/foresthillwalkclub/events/292955139/
Historic Humber River and James Gardens history walk
https://www.meetup.com/the-history-of-parkdale/events/292598465/
You've Been Bad Toronto: Brothels to the Blue Laws history walk
https://www.meetup.com/the-history-of-parkdale/events/293343890/
Downtown Toronto Walking Tour starting at St Lawrence
https://www.meetup.com/freetourstoronto/events/293241943/
$10/$15 unlimited GO Transit
https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-with-us/promotions-and-events/weekend-passes-with-go
Casino bus to Niagara Falls
https://safewaytours.net/en/casino-tours/
Reptile Expo @ International Centre
https://reptileexpo.ca/
Bata Shoe Museum free admission
https://batashoemuseum.ca/visit-us/
Ladies Night Out @ Golf Town
https://cloud.email.golftown.com/LadiesNight2023
Live thoroughbred horse racing @ Woodbine. Free admission and parking
https://woodbine.com/upcoming-races/
Toronto Maple Leafs Tailgate (Round 2 Game 3) @ Maple Leaf Square
Group bike ride w/TBN. Helmets mandatory
https://tbn.ca/event-5233900
Group bike ride w/Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/life-after-40-singles-group/events/293295933/
Free drop-in kickball. Beginners welcome @ Alexandra Park
https://www.facebook.com/TorontoKickball/
Scarborough Sunday Afternoon Outdoor Soccer (Coed)
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-soccer-meetup/events/292986065/
West End REC co-ed PICKUP soccer, almost free
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-soccer-meetup/events/293297003/
SOCCER ⚽️ All Genders Welcome! No Experience Necessary! @ Greenwood Park
https://www.meetup.com/mracx-multisport/events/293029481/
$18.88 unlimited evening bowling @ Splitsville
https://splitsville.ca/richmond-hill-bowling/
Bingo @ Flash on Church
http://flashonchurch.com/
Rivalry VCT Americas FREE Watch Party @ Offworld
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rivalry-vct-americas-free-watch-party-tickets-622511567857
Karaoke @ Toby's
https://www.instagram.com/jasonrolland/?hl=en
Karaoke @ Capone's Cocktail Lounge
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/karaoke-sundays-tickets-622795978537
Karaoke @ On The Rocks
https://myontherocks.com/
Karaoke Night hosted in a friendly restro & bar located at St. Clair Ave W
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/karaoke-night-hosted-in-a-friendly-restro-bar-located-at-st-clair-ave-w-tickets-509785591427
OCAD U GradEx . Free art exhibition. Ends today
https://www.ocadu.ca/gradex2023/
The Welcome Market @ 178R Ossington. Ends today
https://www.instagram.com/the.welcome.market/
Sunday Market @ Parkdale Hall
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-sunday-market-free-admission-tickets-523941341657
The Artbox Soirée
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-artbox-soiree-tickets-595024122167
Toronto Condo Living Expo @ Enercare Centre. Free admission.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-condo-living-expo-tickets-217610959237
Hot Docs Film Festival . Ends today. Free daytime screenings for students and seniors
https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival/festival-pass-package
Bigger Than Live @ Paradise Theatre
https://paradiseonbloor.com/calendar
I Was Born, But @ Revue Cinema
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/silent-revue-i-was-born-but-1932-tickets-596663064287
Gordon Lightfoot visitation . St. Paul's United Church, Orillia
https://www.mundellfuneralhome.com/obituary/Gordon-Lightfoot
GORDON LIGHTFOOT: BOOK OF CONDOLENCES SIGNING @ Massey Hall
https://masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/gordon-lightfoot-book-of-condolences-signing/
Xenia Concerts: The Thalea String Quartet @ Meridian Hall. $5 show
https://tolive.com/Event-Details-Page/reference/The-Thalea-String-Quartet-2023
Coheed and Cambria @ History
https://www.historytoronto.com/
Obiturary @ Phoenix
https://thephoenixconcerttheatre.com/
Wage War @ Danforth Music Hall
https://thedanforth.com/
Bruce Xiaoyu Liu @ Koerner Hall
https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances
Freefall open mic @ Dakota Tavern
https://www.dakotatavern.ca/
MJMS Spring Recital @ Drake Underground
https://www.thedrake.ca/thedrakehotel/whatson/
Ben Kunder @ Cameron House
https://www.thecameron.com/shows
Bach Childrens Chorus
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cry-out-tickets-625103640817
La Cueva: Underground Flamenco @ BSMT254
https://www.bsmt254.com/events/
Dr. Mike Daley Presents 1964 @ Church of the Redeemer
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dr-mike-daley-presents-1964-tickets-618157003237
Candid Conversations Coffee House @ Cecil Community Centre. Free
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/candid-conversations-coffee-house-tickets-560805513387
Pretty/Gay Cabaret @ Painted Lady
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/prettygay-cabaret-tickets-605931366027
Bingo @ Flash on Church
http://flashonchurch.com/
Karaoke @ On the Rocks
https://myontherocks.com/
Trivia Sunday Afternoons at 99 Bottles
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/trivia-sunday-afternoons-at-99-bottles-tickets-558319066357
Weekly trivia roundup
https://www.reddit.com/toronto/comments/ukk8dm/roundup_of_trivia_nights_in_toronto/
Mirvish lottery for $19 discounted Harry Potter tickets
https://lottery.mirvish.com/
Bone Cage by Catherine Banks @ Assembly Theatre. Until May 20
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bone-cage-by-catherine-banks-tickets-580678564217
Cirque du Soleil Kooza. Until June 18
https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/kooza
Disney Animation: Immersive Experience Toronto
https://tickets.lighthouseimmersive.com/toronto/?#/
Stranger Things : The Experience
https://strangerthings-experience.com/toronto/
The Office Experience @ Yorkdale Mall
https://theofficeexperience.com/toronto/
Jurassic World The Exhibition @ Square One
https://jurassicworldexhibition.com/mississauga/
Registration continues for JAM sports leagues
https://toronto.jamsports.com/index.php
YMCA free 7-day trial pass
https://trythey.ymcagta.org
GoodLife Fitness free 7-day trial pass
https://try.goodlifefitness.com/raptors?utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MSLE-Partnership&utm_source=Partner
Images Festival
https://imagesfestival.com/events
Presto card discounts. Various attractions, shows , restaurants
https://www.prestocard.ca/en/about/presto-perks
The Power Plant free admission
https://www.thepowerplant.org/visit
Toronto History Museums free admission
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/museums/
Spring Flower Show @ Centennial Park Conservatory. Free admission
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-gardens-beaches/gardens-and-horticulture/conservatories/centennial-park-conservatory/
Self guided Discovery Tours
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/sidewalk-tours-wayfinding/self-guided-tours/discovery-tours/
Seeing the Invisible An Outdoor Augmented Reality Exhibition
https://moca.ca/exhibitions/seeing-the-invisible/
Lumière: The Art of Light @ Trillium Park. Free until May 7
https://ontarioplace.com/en/special_programs/lumiere/
Space For Grief. Public art installation @ Reference Library until May 9
https://www.spaceforgrief.com/
Volunteer w/Bike Brigade
https://www.bikebrigade.ca/
Volunteer w/Nature Stewards to remove invasive plants
https://torontonaturestewards.org/
Larry XL @ Absolute Comedy
https://www.absolutecomedy.ca/toronto
Skyline's The Limit @ Second City.
https://www.secondcity.com/shows/toronto/the-second-city-mainstage-87th-revue/?tickets=&date=#schedule
Second Brunch Comedy at Impact Lounge
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/second-brunch-comedy-at-impact-lounge-tickets-544996117057
Ladies choice gang bang party @ M4
http://clubm4.com/event-calenda
Deviant Playground @ Oasis
https://members.oasisaqualounge.com/sessions/new
Drag Brunch at Glad Day
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/drag-brunch-at-glad-day-tickets-596354080107
50% off wings @ Crown and Dragon. Drink purchase required
https://www.crownanddragon.com/
Karen's Diner on Tour. Until May 14
https://explorehidden.com/event/details/karens-diner-on-tour-toronto-1557690
Free burger @ Cabano's. Must bring in competitor receipt. Ends May 24
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDX6YwOfw8/
$10 unlimited toppings @ Pi . Co
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/pi-co-10-unlimited-topping-craft-pizza-2592458/
Birthday freebies. Marble Slab, and more
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/birthday-freebies-version-2017-2022-1719925/
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2023.04.30 08:55 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Wilhelm 'Willi' Klein Outfitted generations of Pittsburgh skiers Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.04.26 15:48 incorruptible_bk More information about the crimes Nicholas D'Angelo plead to --and how Frank Parlato's is trying to wash his hands while dirtying up D'Angelo's underage victim

Below, I am sharing a round up of more articles about the Nicholas D'Angelo story and following up about Frank Parlato's apparent ongoing irresponsibility.

The Niagara Falls Reporter (owned by Frank Parlato) blames the underage sex trafficking victim

Here is the writeup of Niagara Falls Reporter, a publication edited by Frank Parlato (it often overlaps with Frank Report, which people here will probably be familiar with). I don't know that he wrote it, because since Parlato plead guilty to tax crimes, he's started wiping articles of named bylines and credits some articles to "NIAGARA REPORTER-" [sic]. However, click that byline and the URL it goes to is niagarafallsreporter [dot] com [slash] author [slash] frank).
I wouldn't normally share this article, because it is trash, but to demonstrate how unrepentant Parlato (who at least is editor here). Recall that even after learning Camila was abused as a minor, Parlato had to repeatedly be told to get his manners in order before he stopped running her photo and last name in a disgusting bit of slut-shaming.
So you'd think Parlato (or his proxy) would know better than to write this bit of apologism for rape and sex trafficking:
The third accuser, a minor who turned to prostitution to support her drug addiction, was allegedly two months short of the legal age of consent of 17 when D’Angelo began a sexual relationship.
Dismissing the victim as "a prostitute" is rather neat. It also omits some truly repulsive facts: including that D'Angelo is a grown-ass man, and a lawyer, and was working for Niagara County Social Services. He also, at one point, knew that his victim was in the welfare system (because he sought her records to dirty up her reputation).

And what does the Niagara Falls Reporter have to say for themselves?

Meanwhile, Parlato (or his proxy) tries to exonerate the publication, writing the following disingenuous description of its role in this.
"part-time as managing editor of the Niagara Falls Reporter for about three years [...] D’Angelo resigned from the Reporter in August 2020, three months before his arrest, following the announcement of a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused D’Angelo of raping her when she was his client."
This buries several facts:
Parlato is currently awaiting sentencing in federal court for an unrelated tax conviction; the tentative date is June.
It's my understanding that the judge in Parlato's case is considering what factors to allow prosecutors to consider. I would certainly hope that the judge looks at a history of Parlato shirking responsibility and find that this man simply will not respect the law until he sees consequences.
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2023.04.19 21:45 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Mary Elizbaeth Lewis Long-time acting teacher and Pittsburgh Playhouse veteran Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.04.16 23:20 byrdslover Former Chief Illiniwek confesses to making false claims against U of I Professor

Story

https://preview.redd.it/ltvnlrhkcbua1.png?width=682&format=png&auto=webp&s=d60e7f9af0f16c0c29fb7c51aa6775215d1c4a09
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2023.04.15 16:04 incorruptible_bk Upcoming dates in the sentencing of Chitra Selvaraj, co-defendant of Frank Parlato

Because they are coming up and have some bearing on the sentencing of former NXIVM publicist Frank R. Parlato Jr. (here is his sentencing schedule as of today), here are dates in the sentencing of his co-defendant Chitra Selvaraj from their joint docket.
Previously on the docket:
Forthcoming and subject to change:
Chitra Selvaraj was managed the One Niagara building during Parlato's stint as owner, and served as managing editor of his Niagara Falls Reporter newspaper.
Selvaraj plead guilty to 1 count of violating 26 USC 7203, (willful failure to file an income tax return), for $150,000 she received while employed as a manager for Frank Parlato's One Niagara Building. The maximum statutory penalty is 1 year in prison; additionally, Selvaraj faces deportation as a consequence of her immigration status.
In his case, Parlato plead guilty to 1 count of failing to file paperwork on cash receipts exceeding $10,000, for rent payments totaling $19,970. The charge has a statutory maximum of 5 years imprisonment.
Though his activities may seem less severe --especially because Parlato uses his blog to minimize his misconduct-- Parlato's deal also has him admitting to having failed to file taxes for the years of 2006 to 2017; he is assessed $184,939.51 in taxes and penalties. Per paragraph 38 of the deal bearing his signature, the government may treat this payment as an acceptance of responsibility. Parlato has also agreed not to contest the government's seizure of $1 million.
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2023.04.13 18:02 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Deb Docherty Docherty Agency founder and Pittsburgh entertainment icon Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.04.08 15:35 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Charles Alan Saunders Helped former inmates return to society Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.04.04 14:50 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: David John Bartholomae, Ph.D. Professor who led Pitt's English department and focused on writing Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.03.27 15:15 ll-NORTE-ll The Hits, Misses, & Kidnappings of Canada's Mafias.

Montreal

Attemped Murders & Kidnappings:

Murders:

Ontario

Attemped Murders & Kidnappings:

Murders:

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2023.03.23 01:05 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Ruth Byrd-Smith / Helped minority- and women-owned businesses get contracts Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.03.18 16:44 HorseWithNoUsername1 Falls pastor may be headed to U.S. Supreme Court over New York gun law

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/falls-pastor-may-be-headed-to-u-s-supreme-court-over-new-york-gun-law/article_6a0915bc-c44d-11ed-b665-db854fd55801.html
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2023.03.17 00:35 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Nicholas ‘Nick’ Radoycis Jr. Attorney and longtime community leader in McKees Rocks Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.03.13 04:40 methodwriter85 The 1981 murder of Linda O'Day.

Linda O'Day was a 25-year old (though some sources list her as 28) white female who was found stabbed to death on Monday, June 1, 1981 by her landlord in her apartment in New Castle, Delaware. Her apartment was in a converted 2 1/2 story house.
Linda was a life-long resident of New Castle who had three sisters and three stepsisters. Described as quiet and hard-working, Linda worked at the state mental health hospital as a secretary and a cashier at the McDonald's on Route 13.
She was last seen alive on Saturday, May 30th around 1:30 a.m. by her friend and the friend's boyfriend after a night of nightclubbing. Her body was found at 2 p.m. on the following Monday, after a tenant living upstairs from her noticed that she hadn't picked up her mail. They went to drop her mail off at the front of her door, and upon noticing the door ajar and a foul odor, immediately went to the landlord who entered into her apartment and found her body on the floor of her bedroom. She was partially clothed and was found stabbed to death.
It can be inferred that the FBI has considered Henry Lee Lucas as they requested evidence from her case as seen in the Henry Lee Lucas FBI documents, but it doesn't look like a connection was ever definitively made. Henry Lee Lucas did live in the region at the time of her murder.
My general theory on her case is that she was killed by a man she met while clubbing. I think she dropped off her friends and then went back to her house and invited someone into her house.

Sources:
Henry Lee Lucas FBI Documents
Article clipping from June 3, 1981 New Castle Gazette
Obituary clipping from June 3, 1981 New Castle Gazette
Linda O'Day FBI Flyer
Linda O'Day Delaware State Police Flyer
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2023.03.11 17:57 jookco Death - Obituary : We are heartbroken to hear Kiska ‘The world’s loneliest orca’ has passed away at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada. 💔 📷Caio Ribeiro/ Inherently Wild.

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2023.03.07 14:42 AhavaKhatool Alec Neal Obituary (2023) - Champaign, IL - The News-Gazette

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2023.02.23 06:05 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: Paul S. Fleming Managed several Pittsburgh movie houses Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.02.18 15:25 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Local] - Obituary: The Very Reverend George L. W. Werner Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Pgh Post-Gazette

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2023.02.17 23:16 Nearby-Complaint Independence Pass John Doe Identified As Missing Skiier

https://www.leadvilleherald.com/free_content/article_e44a127e-ae3e-11ed-ac37-331aaaa88197.html
Marcia Martinek
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The Independence Pass John Doe has been identified. His name is Gardner Paul Smith.
Although the identification has answered a lot of questions about the man whose body was found on Independence Pass in 1970, other questions remain. Some may never be answered.
It’s been thought in recent years that DNA would be the only way this man would be identified, and indeed this turned out to be the case.
For Jeanne Smith Gaida, a realtor in Austin, Texas, the news came via a phone call from a cousin who carefully told Gaida that her father had been identified. As far as Gaida knew, her father had deserted the family shortly after her birth and had never been heard from again. Gaida was then contacted by Melissa Kramer, a forensic genealogy analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who provided her with a 2016 Herald Democrat article describing the story of the Independence Pass John Doe.
Gaida said she has spent 60 years wondering why her father disappeared “and being pissed off and on.” Her mother and other family members were reluctant to discuss her father with her. Yet the cartons of newspaper clippings that she acquired do tell a portion of the story.
Gardner Smith was born Sept. 22, 1930, the older son of Paul and Bernita Smith, and attended Modesto High School in California. The Smith family, which included Gardner Smith’s younger brother Armour, was a skiing family. The skiing industry, especially in the West, was just getting started after World War II. Paul Smith’s obituary in The Modesto Bee credits him with creating the ski resort Boreal Mountain California as well as being associated with several other businesses. It said he discovered skiing in 1936 during a trip to the Midwest and returned to Modesto to help charter the Modesto Ski Club. His obituary notes that he continued to ski throughout most of his life. A broken leg at age 74 during a 1973 ski trip to Vail only slowed him down briefly. He continued skiing 25 days a year. His wife was also a skier, and it was natural that the sport was introduced to their sons. Paul Smith lived to be 93 and his wife 88. Since the whereabouts of Garner Smith were still a mystery when they died, both of their obituaries list him as a survivor.
For Gardner Smith, skiing became his life. He attended the University of Nevada in Reno, skiing for the college team with some documented success. His daughter has one undated clipping which describes a win by the Nevada ski team at Edelweiss and says her father took first in the jumping, cross-country, and downhill events.
In June 1951, Gardner Smith joined the Army, serving two years of active duty and then transferring to the reserves where he served four more years. He was honorably discharged in June 1957. The Reno Gazette noted in 1959 that Smith had been training in Europe and in Aspen. In 1960, the newspaper said he was “sparring fires in Northern California” that summer and then freelance writing in Aspen about potential Winter Olympics athletes. Smith was described as the “former Mammoth and Nevada ski star.”
In the early 1960s, Gardner Smith was in Argentina where he met an Englishwoman, Jennifer Dawn Andrews. The two were wed and Smith brought his wife back to California where their daughter, Jeanne, was born on June 18, 1962. At that point, Smith disappeared. A divorce was obtained in 1968 and Gaida’s mother went on to marry Ernest M. Dillard, who died in 1974, leaving her a widow once again. Jennifer Dillard died on July 5, 1994.
As Gaida grew older she had questions about her father that her mother didn’t want to answer.
“She was not a nurturing person,” Gaida said. They lived in the Bay Area, but Gaida often went to Modesto by Greyhound bus to visit, and eventually live with, her father’s parents. She is not aware of any contact between her father and his parents after he disappeared from her life, although she admits it could have been possible and she wasn’t told.
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Probably some of the best clues to the person Gardner Smith was are found in an article titled “The Mystery of Gardner Smith” by Dick Dorworth in the December 1983 issue of Ski Magazine.
Dorworth, ski racer, coach, world record holder, and author of four books, describes Gardner as a ski racer and a free spirit, a maverick, a humanist, a pioneer, an explorer, and a natural foe of the status quo. He said that Garner’s ski results were respectable by any standards
“Competing against the world’s best skiers he won a Roche Cup, finished second in a U.S. National giant slalom, third in a Harriman Cup downhill, and fifth in a Harriman Cup slalom.”
Dorworth had several anecdotes about Smith, including the time Smith and a friend flew to Guatemala during the 1954 revolution and were jailed for a while. He said Smith had a favorite saying, used often: “Whatever’s right, friend.”
Smith’s skiing career was about a decade too early to actually make a living at professional skiing, Dorworth said in the article.
A decade younger than Smith, Dorworth describes the last time he saw Smith in 1968. Smith was living on the road at the time and attempting to market a ski pole grip that he had designed. Earlier he had designed a double lens goggle but never was able to market his inventions. Smith camped out on Dorworth’s couch for a week. He was said to be in bad physical shape, but his mind was sharp as ever. Dorworth never saw him again.
Gaida met up with Dorworth in Sun Valley in 2006 or 2008 and spent a day with him learning about her father. She emailed him this month with the news about his identification.
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It was on June 19, 1970, that two young men walking east from the summit of Independence Pass discovered the decomposed body of a white male lying in a ditch on the north side of the road about two miles from the top of the pass. It was partially covered with rocks that had fallen from the slope above. It’s now known this was Gardner Smith.
According to a story on June 22, 1970, Herald Democrat, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the body appeared to be that of a person in his early 20s (he was actually almost 40), 5’7” to 5’8” in height. The entire left arm and rib cage of the body was missing.
On July 15, 1970, a state highway maintenance man found the missing portion of the body below the road on the switchback where the body was found. Speculation was that the damage had been done postmortem by a snowplow.
July 17, 1970, Herald Democrat reported that the body part appeared to have been chewed by an animal. The shoulder and arm were only bone, but the hand and wrist still had flesh on them. The plans were to send them to the FBI so fingerprints could be taken. It is unknown if this ever happened.
The body was dressed in a tattered sweatshirt and grey trousers. Smith wore three pairs of socks and tennis or hiking shoes with an unworn sock over the left shoe. In his pockets were $7 and a razor. No identification was found, although the area was extensively searched by deputies and members of the sheriff’s posse.
Eventually, the Independence Pass John Doe was buried in Evergreen Cemetery with a metal marker saying “Unidentified Male, May 1970.” At the time of the burial, someone probably guessed that the man had been dead for a month or so, accounting for the May date.
The story could have ended here if it weren’t for John Piearson. The man who devoted many years cleaning up Evergreen Cemetery noticed the marker when he cleared out an overgrown section of the cemetery next to the Old Catholic section. Piearson, who died March 18, 2021, was a Vietnam veteran. He became curious about the identity of the unidentified man, thinking he might also be a Vietnam veteran.
Piearson contacted Audrey Simkins, then a crime/intelligence analyst with CBI. Simkins in turn contacted Silvia Pettem, who has experience in identifying John and Jane Does.
Pettem is the author of “Someone’s Daughter,” a book outlining her successful efforts in identifying a Jane Doe who was found murdered west of Boulder in April 1954, and “Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases.” In 2017 she published “The Long Term Missing,” which includes a brief section on the Independence Pass John Doe.
Pettem came to Leadville and met with Piearson in August 2011 to view the grave.
Records were never found
In April 2013, Simkins and Pettem returned to Leadville and discovered the records of the case could not be found. The two worked with then-coroner Shannon Kent to ensure that the facts of the case were entered in the NamUs database of missing and unidentified persons. The body was disinterred in 2013 and a fingerprint was obtained by the CBI. DNA was extracted from a femur and from the skull at the University of Northern Texas.
Smith’s body was supposed to be reinterred at Evergreen Cemetery after 2013. Instead, it remained in the Bailey-Kent Funeral Home until the facility was raided by the sheriff’s office in 2021. The sheriff’s office was investigating allegations against Kent and his wife. The coffin was actually reinterred in Evergreen Cemetery shortly after its 2021 discovery, according to Deputy Coroner Kaleb Yoder.
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Gaida, who is married with two children, hasn’t determined the next steps, but she hopes to have a small military funeral for her father and obtain a headstone. She hasn’t said if he will remain in Evergreen Cemetery.
She believes her father was homeless at the end of his life and was possibly experiencing some mental health issues. Pettem, who provided the Herald with some of the information used in this story, wonders if Smith was the victim of foul play. She thinks it’s possible that he was murdered and dumped along the Independence Pass road the fall before the body was discovered. Cold temperatures would have preserved his body to some extent. Smith’s familiarity with Colorado, especially Aspen, should have meant he wouldn’t try to cross the pass without adequate clothing. The fact that he was wearing a sock over one of his shoes remains puzzling.
Gaida still does not know why Gardner Smith walked away from her family shortly after her birth, although she now has a better understanding of the complicated man he was. She does know why, after all these years, her father never came back to find her.
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