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A BOUT 20 Winnipeg police officers and two sniffer dogs searched the West End on Thursday with the gruesome goal of finding more evidence about a serial killer. They scoured yards and bushes, looked over fences and peered in garbage cans as part of a ground search for clues tied to alleged killer Shawn Lamb, charged this week with the homicides of three women. Const. Jason Michalyshen said police searched an area in the West End between Maryland and Arlington streets and Ellice and Notre Dame avenues. He said these locations were chosen because of where the bodies of two of Lamb's alleged victims were found. Michalyshen would not say if officers searched for another body. " There is an element of unknown to what we could find," he said. " In light of what we found over the past week. and because of the recent arrest and information we have gathered, we believe this is the best way to move on and move forward with this investigation." Lamb, a 52- year- old drifter and career criminal, was charged Monday with three counts of second- degree murder in the deaths of Lorna Blacksmith, Carolyn Sinclair and Tanya Nepinak. On Thursday, West End resident Charlie watched her three- year- old daughter Bella play as police sifted through her garbage bins in the alley behind her home. " I don't want to raise my kids around here," said Charlie as she sat on her front porch watching Bella play with a doll. " I grew up around this crime and I don't want the same for my daughter. I'm moving away the first chance I get." The body of Sinclair, 25, was found in March in a Dumpster in a back lane near Notre Dame Avenue and Toronto Street. The body of Blacksmith, 18, was discovered near a Dumpster and wrapped in plastic. Nepinak, 31, was last seen around Sherbrook Street and Ellice Avenue on Sept 13. The search for her body is ongoing. Tanya Roberts had her back lane searched Thursday by police. Roberts said she remembers the day police found Sinclair's body less than a block from her home. " You could smell the body for days, but we all just thought it was garbage or something rotten," she said. Russell Grisdale, who has lived in the West End all his life, was rebuilding the fence around his house on Home Street while police dogs barked in the distance. He said there is crime in the neighbourhood and he never lets his children out of his sight because he's afraid of " bad people." But Grisdale maintained these types of crimes don't only happen in the West End. " It's happening all over the city. There are probably crimes everywhere that police haven't found out about yet, not just here, not just in the West End," said Grisdale. Police said the neighbourhood search may continue today. katherine. dow@ freepress. mb. ca jennifer. ford@ freepress. mb. ca A romp with a young stranger he brought home. A forced kiss coupled with a chilling threat. Chronic drug and alcohol abuse. Accused serial killer Shawn Lamb's so- called love life left a trail of dysfunction through the Winnipeg court system, documents obtained by the Free Press show. Two former girlfriends filed for protection orders against Lamb, with one of them being successful. Lamb, in turn, filed for two orders of his own and also obtained one. The supporting affidavits in each case add to a troubling picture of Lamb that has emerged this week. He's accused of killing three young women over the past nine months. Police continue to probe whether he is linked to any other unsolved homicides across Canada. The first document was filed in 2000 by a woman who said she feared for her life after her brief relationship with Lamb ended. " He has been verbally and emotionally abusive to me while in and out of jail," she said in her affidavit. " He is a heavy drinker and does drugs. I am against that behaviour." She said the final straw came when Lamb brought home an intoxicated woman " for the purpose of more drinking and sex." She called police to have them both removed, but claims Lamb returned later and tried to break in. " I am afraid for my safety as well as for my children," she said. The order was granted, forbidding Lamb from having any contact with her. The next application occurred in 2003, when another of Lamb's ex- girlfriends said he was stalking, threatening and intimidating her. " He pushed me against a wall. He wasn't moving for me. He forced me to kiss him right at the door," she said, adding he also threatened her safety. The woman's application was dismissed, as was one Lamb had previously filed against her, saying she'd attacked him. " She assaulted me with a frying pan," said Lamb. He claimed the woman was jealous because he'd moved on to a new relationship. However, Lamb obtained a protection order against that new girlfriend in early 2004, saying she was making " malicious threats" and " false allegations" against him. In other court documents, Lamb discussed three serious adult relationships that failed - all of which ended in domestic violence and alcohol and drug abuse. www. mikeoncrime. com By Mike McIntyre Lamb's trail of dysfunction highlighted Police scour West End for evidence Officers, dogs check alleys, yards, trash bins in murder probe By Katherine Dow and Jenny Ford ' In light of what we found over the past week. and because of the recent arrest and information we have gathered, we believe this is the best way to move on and move forward with this investigation' - Const. Jason Michalyshen PHOTOS BY BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Russell Grisdale says crime happens in every neighbourhood while Tanya Roberts ( below left) wants to move away. A_ 06_ Jun- 29- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A4 6/ 28/ 12 10: 27: 33 PM ;