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I recently received a copy of the 1991 W-5 coverage (a weekly public affairs TV program in Canada) about my sister’s case (the mysterious death of Cindy James), and viewed the segment for the first time ever. Even after having gone through the autopsy, toxicology and medical information and having read the police and medical […]


Posted at: July 26th, 2007 - 2:18 pm - Number of Comments » 0

I was reading through chapter 3 (Finding Cindy’s Body) of my book, checking for an error before the formatting/layout is complete, and realized it has been eighteen years since Cindy’s death. When I glanced at the calendar I realized today is the 27th, and she had disappeared on the 25th of May in 1989. I […]


Posted at: May 27th, 2007 - 10:35 am - Number of Comments » 0

I knew I would be publishing Who Killed My Sister, My Friend one day, because of a dream… …I am walking under a canopy of branches and heading down some stone steps that are cool to the touch, until I arrive upon a breathtaking beach. On this sweltering summer day I seem to have found […]


Posted at: February 20th, 2007 - 11:34 am - Number of Comments » 0

Imagine my surprise when I recently received an email from a young woman, now living in North Vancouver, who had been a Blenheim House client of my sister, Cindy James, three or four years before Cindy’s mysterious death in 1989. She said, “Cindy told me there were really bad people in this world and that […]


Posted at: February 15th, 2007 - 9:17 am - Number of Comments » 3

I had no idea so many people were still avidly debating the death of my sister, Cindy James. I was recently invited to post a message on the UM message board after someone wrote a note to me by gaining access through my website. It has been wonderful to receive so many messages from people […]


Posted at: February 2nd, 2007 - 10:33 am - Number of Comments » 0

I’ve spent years trying to figure out what happened to my sister, Cindy James. She endured seven years of attacks and harassment from an unknown assailant before her tied-up body was discovered beside an abandoned house. I was devastated and confused, unable to understand what had happened to her, and just wanted her back (if […]


Posted at: August 5th, 2006 - 5:56 pm - Number of Comments » 0