Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, July 25, 1997

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 958rent 7368 Canada x world july 1997 business b Patrick Flynn 6977294 b More Canada and world news d11 andd12 around Canada historic visit marked Montreal about Sovereign lists gathered in front of Montreal City Hall yesterday to Mark the 30th anniversary of Charles de Gaul Les visit to the commemorative rally came a Day after federalists and Sovereign lists clashed at the unveiling of a statue of de Gaulle in Quebec a few federalists showed up yesterday As but after some shoving and pushing they were quickly coalition complains Ottawa a coalition of environmental and social Justice organizations has filed a complaint under the North american free Trade agreement saying Canada has failed to protect endangered Greenpeace the Council of canadians and the animal Alliance of Canada tabled the com plaint with the commission on environmental cooperation established under free on bail two canadians charged in an alleged conspiracy to sell military helicopters to Iraq have been released on Manuel of and Gary of the Bancroft area were granted bail in a court Oliveria is charged with attempt ing to Export a controlled Fin Lay is charged with conspiring to sell military aircraft to contrary to a 1991 United nations Reserve in crisis Toronto an Ojibwa Reserve with a near epidemic of child abuse is struggling to regroup after the Ontario government seized control of its troubled child welfare its believed to be the first time the social services ministry has used Powers allowing it to take Over a childrens Aid the ministry says it moved into isolated Wabash Moong in North Western Ontario last january when earlier difficulties reached crisis Mckenna backs Down Fredericton three acadian communities on new Brunswick North Shore have faced Down pre Mier Frank Mckenna and will get to keep their local in a big Victory for the tiny Mckennas government reversed its decision to close the schools because of declining bilingualism pays learning both of Canadas official languages seems to be Good for the a University of Guelph study shows bilingual canadians make More Money than unilingual Cana Plant not dead Halifax plans for Canadas first blood fractionation Plant May not be dead after the project was thought to be doomed when a company the red Cross set up to run the backed out three weeks ago because it get but the blood Plant could be run without the red Nova Scotia health minister said compiled from Canadian press death his Only escape Cunanan leave few clues to killing spree by John Pacenti associated press Miami Andrew Cunanan called someone he knew in a Des Perate Effort to obtain a false pass port and failing he stuck a handgun in his Mouth and pulled the the Fri said the suspected serial killer claimed his last victim himself late in the upstairs master bedroom of a Houseboat in which he was holed four Kilometres from the spot where fashion designer Gianni Versace was gunned nine Days after Versace murder and after an intense authorities had Cunanan what they lacked was in the course of three did Cunanan kill five men Why did he kill these five men How did Cunanan elude one of the Bis most intense dragnet and Why did so Clever a Man stay close to Miami Beach after Versace murder when the end finally Cunanan didst there was no suicide note and no correspondence to reflect Why he committed the Miami Beach police chief Richard Barreto it is Clear that he wanted to William Deputy director of the said at a Washington news conference that a nervous and agitated Cun aftan was in touch with an associate within 48 hours of the ver Sace they discussed who on the East coast might have Gay Gigolo he was trying to reach out to these individuals for the purpose of obtaining false Espe a so that he could flee the Esposito a 27yearold described by his own Mother As a Gay was the Bis mos wanted the prime suspect in the slaying of Versace and four other men in min Illinois and new he managed to elude capture even though his picture was plastered on the internet and wanted after the Versace Cunanan abandoned a stolen pickup truck belonging to the new Jersey victim in a parking garage and but he didst go he was out of places to said Doyle Jordan of the Florida depart ment of Law there was absolutely no other place to residents in the area of the House boat said they May have seen Cunanan roaming the neighbourhood in the Days after Versace on wednesday police got a Fernando the caretaker of the Houseboat owned by fugitive German businessman Thorsten dropped by to Check on the Home along the Intra coastal waterway and he saw the door partially As Carreira looked around he saw slippers and a Pillow and then heard a investigators friends recall a Complex Man Preuter Cunanan police stand outside Houseboat where Cunanan shot Cunanan murder Trail Rush May 3 David masons body is found on the Edge of a he had been shot three police say Madson and Cunanan were once april 29 police discover the bludgeoned body of Jeffrey the Fri said Trail and Cunanan were lovers Trail knew the Fri named Andrew Cunanan As a in the Ying of Gianni Cunanan had previously been charged in one killing and named As the prime suspect in three others Miami july 15 Gianni Versace is shot twice in the Back of the head outside his oceanfront May 9 cemetery caretaker William Reese is found shot to death near Miglins Tovar Versace Madson Miglin Reese Carreira quickly retreated across the Street and called never Tak ing his eyes off the front according to an Fri dozens of police and swat officers converged and tried to communicate with the Man then they fired tear Gas inside and entered the quickly finding the victims body on a bed in the upstairs master investigators didst say sex when Cunanan shot but said he did it with a semiautomatic the same Type of weapon linked with Versace death and two other Barreto noted the death of strongly believed to be ver sales does not close out the murder san Diego in the three months since he left his Home town of san Andrew Cunanan left a Trail of bodies across the but Little Trace of no one May Ever know what made him by All he was a Bril Complex Man driven by greed and a deep desire for if attention was what he was look ing he got what he but his moment in the spotlight ended wednesday when he killed himself on a Houseboat in Miami Kilometres from the spot where he allegedly shot his fifth designer Gianni i feel sorry for the person holed up in a Houseboat knowing he killed five peo ple and holding the gun of the first person he a person he considered to be his Best said Daniel an acquaintance who last saw Cunanan in april in san it must have been a difficult final hour for i dont know Why this had to its a total friends arid acquaintances said he was alternately a Bookish intellect who could talk politics and world affairs and a party boy who danced bar chested in he was voted most Likely to be remembered by his classmates at a private Episcopalian High school and according to those who knew a Brilliant he was incredibly said Louis a Friend in new York who met him in san Diego four years he was very Well read and very it was always a real pleasant social experience to talk with the youngest of four was born and raised in san his parents split up in 1988 when his fled to his native Philippines amid allegations he had embezzled thousands of dollars from his Stock brokerage Modesto Cunanan said he last saw his son during a three week visit in friends described Cunanan As a popular figure in the Gay Community who was secretive about his work and he spent lavishly on dinners and gifts for his using Money he received from Gay they said his life began spinning out of control in the past year As he became addicted to gained weight and no longer had the Means to support his expensive the bodies started turning up april Jeffrey a former Navy officer whom Cunanan consid ered one of his Best friends then David a Minneapolis architect and Elover then Lee a millionaire Chicago Developer then William caretaker of a civil War cemetery in in not store vide summer sate a Winnipeg tradition since 1883 everything in the store is on Sale now even special orders Wilson furniture is the Premier upholstery shop in trend setters for selection of Comfort and excellent everything in the store is on Sale Gofa chair As Low As sofa As Low As love seat As Low As 280 main at Graham 9434411 fit 9 to 9 visa furniture Mastercard ;