An Eerie Truth: The MO Blog #2

In the eyes of the court the death toll for John Crawford’s killing spree in the early 1990’s was three. Three beautiful First Nations woman who never had the chance to say goodbye to those that they loved such as mothers, fathers, brothers and children. Those who of which still have regrets in not being able to protect those that they loved and will never be able to hug, speak and cherish; in this life.

Looking at the woman he murdered we shall look at the characteristics that defined these women.

• Shelley Napope- A ward of Social Services, a runaway, a high school dropout and only 16 the year of her murder. A young First Nations woman, who was trying to make herself better but my a chance of misfortunate events hoped in the vehicle of a stranger that was John Crawford.
• Calinda Waterhen- A First Nations woman age 22, ex-psychiatric patient, constant alcohol abuse, an absent mother and happened to get into the wrong vehicle at the wrong time; yet another unfortunate event.
• Eva Taysup- A struggling mother of four, a First Nations woman age 28, lost her children to the care of other family members, liked to party, happened to get in the vehicle of a serial killer.

As we can see with the ages and race a pattern is shown, the woman did not surpass the age of 30 and were of First Nation descent. All the woman he prayed upon were fans of alcohol and were under the influence when he picked them up. The woman that John looked for were the easiest targets. He didn’t want a challenge he wanted someone he could easily overpower, these women were helpless the time that they entered his vehicle and unprepared for the brutalities that they were subjected to. Out of all the woman that John chose he picked the ones he probably thought no one would want or the ones he thought wouldn’t be missed. This to John meant he would be free to do these brutalities time and time again without having interference from police or anybody else that would have standed in his way.