Anyone with PTSD is at a high risk for suicide because negative thoughts about oneself can coincide with depression…you can feel as if you are drowning in a world of worthlessness, hopelessness and helplessness…and you don’t know how to cope with your hauntings. When you find yourself in that world of disarray, take baby steps. […]

Think about this…Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental disorder that can happen to many people! –To law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMT workers, war veterans…to anyone who experiences or witnesses intense violence, serious accidents, or life-threatening situations and events. (Involvement in these difficult situations can make you feel hopeless, fearful, horrified, and overwhelmed…as Cindy expressed about […]

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ~William Shakespeare Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

On June 2nd 1988 (Cindy died the following year) Cindy was watching a special program on TV about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam vets and identified with a lot of the symptoms being described—nightmares, anxiety, anger, mistrust of people, flashbacks and suicidal feelings. In her journal she wrote: “As the man said, ‘It’s not […]

According to Dr. Joseph Noone, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia (at the time of the inquest into Cindy’s death) and accepted as an expert in his field by the B.C. and Alberta courts, Cindy was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, which Dr. Noone explained as: “People who […]

An epitaph written on a gravestone back in 1820: “The only pain she ever caused was when she left us.” Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Two nights ago I was watching Canada’s Fifth Estate (a CBC news show) about a crime that’s haunted one of Canada’s prairie provinces, Saskatoon, for 46 years: Beautiful 22-year-old nurse Alexandra Wiwcharuk went for a walk along the bank of the South Saskatchewan River and then disappeared. Her body was accidentally discovered in the bushes…13 […]

For three days in October 1989 I took a Stress Management Workshop offered to me through my workplace, from the Training and Development branch. I jumped at the chance even though I knew some of my co-workers and my boss’s boss would be taking it as well! At first I was nervous with the idea […]

A few days ago someone wrote to me and said her local newspaper was featuring cold cases…and Cindy’s name came up along with a reference to me and my website. Thank you for that! Did you know Cindy’s case has been touted as one of the most controversial cases Unsolved Mysteries ever did? —Not necessarily […]

Patrick Mathieu (seen in the above photo) is a walking miracle. He was born with a “bad” heart—it had, and still has, a hole! –A big hole! When he was 18-years-old he was told, considering his defect, he MIGHT live to 30…if he was lucky! Guess what…he’s well into his 30’s…and living strong…with eyes wide […]