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EARLY LIFE:
Geraldine Leona Settee was calved connected January 20, 1958, arsenic the youngest of 10 children. She spent the aboriginal years of her beingness connected Matheson Island, a Métis assemblage astatine the narrows of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, earlier her household relocated to the large city, moving to St. Anne’s Road successful Winnipeg.
Growing up, Geraldine was known for her enthusiasm and sensibility. While she had emblematic preteen interests – music, animals and playing pranks – she was besides precise smart, and this quality influenced however she approached the world.
Sadly, the 11-year-old’s beingness was chopped abbreviated successful 1970, erstwhile she was recovered murdered.
MURDER:
At astir 8:00 PM connected January 1, 1970, Geraldine near location to acquisition immoderate murphy chips and popular from the drugstore astatine 813 St. Mary’s Road. Along with $1.30 successful change, she had with her the transistor vigor her father, Leonard, had got her for Christmas.
Given however adjacent the drugstore was to the Settee residence, Geraldine wasn’t expected to beryllium gone for agelong – 8 minutes, astatine the most. However, erstwhile 25 minutes had gone by with nary connection from her, Leonard grew worried. He asked 1 of the 11-year-old’s siblings to spell look for her, which is erstwhile they realized the concern wasn’t unfastened and Geraldine was obscurity to beryllium found
The adjacent morning, the Settee household went retired searching for Geraldine. At 11:00 AM, her sister and brother-in-law discovered her partially frozen assemblage successful a vacant batch adjacent to 785 St. Mary’s Road, astatine Fremor Avenue. While they didn’t cognize it astatine the time, the section exigency fig had received a telephone from an chartless idiosyncratic earlier that day, saying her assemblage could beryllium recovered astatine the site. Before immoderate much details could beryllium gathered, the idiosyncratic hung up.
An autopsy showed that Geraldine had been stabbed 5 times successful the backmost and thorax with a spring-blade weapon that was 2 centimetres successful width and betwixt 15-18 centimetres successful length. Some of the blows were truthful beardown that they went done her sternum and broke a rib, starring investigators astatine the clip to theorize that the culprit was apt male.
Geraldine was afloat clothed erstwhile she was found, with 3 buttons from her overgarment recovered beneath her body. She wasn’t sexually assaulted, nor was she robbed, and the constabulary wouldn’t accidental if they ever recovered the execution weapon.
INVESTIGATION:
At the time, constabulary services successful Winnipeg weren’t centralized wrong 1 force. As such, the now-defunct St. Vital Police was successful complaint of the archetypal investigation. At the time, nary witnesses came forward, and portion persons of involvement were brought successful for questioning, each were released.
While speaking with the media, Leonard revealed Geraldine had answered a telephone telephone connected December 5, 1969, which near her incredibly scared. The time after, she fainted erstwhile the telephone rang again. It was lone aft her execution that the household learned 2 teenagers from the country had been threatened by different young idiosyncratic with a weapon 1 week anterior to Geraldine’s death. It’s believed this idiosyncratic was the 1 who called the location and was liable for what happened to the 11-year-old.
In 1971, a $1,500 reward was offered for accusation starring to the apprehension and condemnation of the individual(s) involved. Sadly, conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft that, Leonard passed away, ne'er seeing his daughter’s murderer brought to justice.
The aforesaid twelvemonth the reward was announced, a younker was interrogated and charged successful narration with Geraldine’s execution nether the Juvenile Delinquents Act. However, the complaint was stayed successful 1972, owed to a deficiency of evidence.
Over 50 years aft the tragic event, small headway has been made. The Winnipeg Police Service claims the Homicide Unit is presently looking into the lawsuit and, arsenic such, is incapable to remark connected the investigation. Hoping to make leads, the household runs the Facebook group, Justice for Geraldine Settee.
CASE CONTACT INFORMATION:
Anyone with accusation regarding the circumstances surrounding Geraldine’s execution oregon the person(s) liable is asked to interaction Winnipeg Crime Stoppers astatine (204) 786-8477. All tips tin beryllium submitted anonymously.
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