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I’ve been researching and writing about missing people for a long time. From this experience, I’ve learned that two groups of people are most likely to vanish:. Children. Young women in their teens to early thirties Thelma Krull, however, was a 57-year-old grandmother when she disappeared a year ago. And she vanished in my own backyard–the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, which is located in central Canada–just a hop, skip and a jump from North Dakota and Minnesota. Thelma had a habit of taking long walks. She left her home at 7:23 on the morning on July 11th, 2015, strolling through the neighbourhood known as Transcona.
This isn’t an area known for crime. Police believe she made it to Civic Park by 8 a.m., where they say she encountered some type of “distress.” They aren’t clear about what kind of distress it was–it could have been medical, but at least some officers suspect the woman was abducted. Why on earth would anyone kidnap this woman, who from all accounts had loving family and friends, a good life?
Even her boss misses her, to the point that he gave an emotional speech at her vigil last night. There have been no demands for ransom. Disturbingly, police found Thelma’s glasses and cell phone near this park. That’s never a good sign.
What’s even more disturbing about Thelma’s disappearance is that Winnipeg, with a population just shy of 800,000, is really just a big small town. Most people who live here were born and raised here. There’s less degrees of separation between the residents than celebrities have with a certain Mr. When a young man went missing here earlier in the year, he was found within a week, and it turned out quite a few people had known where he was all along–they just weren’t talking. In Thelma’s case, it must be the same.
Someone must know what happened to her–probably several someones. Why aren’t they coming forward?
Police have released the descriptions of several people known to be in the park at the time of Thelma’s disappearance. One is this woman, pictured to the left. The others are described as a Caucasian couple in their thirties. Not a lot to go on, and honestly, our officers seem stumped, although there have been rumours that are far more disturbing. I won’t repeat them until I can get some confirmation. UPDATE: Police have spoken to the woman in this photo, but she was unable to provide any helpful information.
As far as I know, I never met Thelma, but Winnipeg being what it is, we’ve probably crossed paths. She seems like someone I’d like. She loved purple–even had a purple streak in her blonde hair. The people who attended her vigil yesterday wore purple in her honour. I really hope someone finds her soon. What do you think happened to Thelma Krull? Have you ever had someone disappear from your hometown?
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Let’s bring her home. I sure hope they find her. I know tragedy could be the case, but let them find the answers so her loved ones can have peace. I live in the area where Jacob Wetterling disappeared. Although, they now have a suspect, it is still awful and haunting.
Also, a couple years ago, a man named Peter Achermann went missing. He was older, late 70’s.
His car was found at the edge of a woods, left his wife’s meds in the car, and was never seen again. His face was on a billboard for a couple years.
I don’t think the family ever got closure on what happened to him. Here’s an article from a couple years ago in the Brainerd Dispatch,. The police reported that the scene where her glasses and cell phone were found, was disturbed and showed signs of a possible medical emergency. My theory is she fell hard enough to lose her glasses and cell phone and “someone” offered to help her and took her to their vehicle to drive her home or to a hospital—-a few yards away. She probably asked for her glasses and phone—- what happened from there, I don’t have any ideas. That would account for why no one thought she was in danger. But you’d think someone would have seen this and is probably afraid to come forward because they know they should have reported it.
My other theory is it was someone she knew. A dear friend of mine was murdered the night before her last day of University. When she didn’t show up for the final exam, a few of us joked that she’d gotten drunk and was hungover. It was typical, we said, of her to miss the last day, the last test. A man had broken in to her apartment, assaulted her two roommates and stabbed her in the heart. I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten over it. This was in 1999.
Twice, men have stood accused of her murder and twice they have been acquitted. I’m not expecting to ever know who killed my friend or why, but dammit, I’d sure like to. I’m thinking either a robbery or a rape gone wrong. She may have tried to defend herself but only ended up making it worse for herself. I live in the city with Paul Bernado and his ghastly wife hail from and committed the brutal Myers of Leslie Mohaffey and Kristen French. What is disturbing is that my niece in law came for Christmas and was upset because a good ie d of hers died from throwing up and choking. Much later it came out that it was Bernardo’s sister in law and that the bitch coaxed her husband to make her feel dopey and then having sex with her all while she watched.
Bernado is still in jail but the bitch has been out for a while. She has 2 kids I think, plus she owns her home.disgusting isn’t it?