Police believe they've found N.S. kidnapping suspect's body

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Police believe they've found N.S. kidnapping suspect's body

By QMI Agency

Police in northern Ontario say they believe they've found the body of the second suspect accused in the forcible confinement and rape of a 16-year-old boy in Nova Scotia.
Police said they found the body, believed to be 31-year-old Wayne Alan Cunningham, on Wednesday night near the car he was believed to have been driving in the area of Long Lac, about 260 km northeast of Thunder Bay. The spot is near where the first suspect, David James Leblanc, 47, was arrested Sunday night, RCMP said in a release Thursday morning.
The pair were believed to have been travelling together. Police said when Leblanc was found, he was in rough shape and appeared to have been outdoors for a while.
The cause of Cunningham's death is under investigation, however police said foul play isn't suspected.
Cunningham and Leblanc were wanted for charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement, after a 16-year-old boy told police he was scooped off the street in Halifax, chained up and raped for two weeks in a remote cabin in Upper Chelsea, about 125 km west of Halifax.
The teen managed to escape, making it 2 km down a gravel road and through the woods with his wrists and ankles still chained together. A couple found him in their yard and cut his shackles. The teen recently visited the couple to thank them.

Leblanc was already awaiting trial on sexual assault charges against two boys, aged two and five, in different towns in Nova Scotia, and on charges he produced child pornography. Police say he is being held under guard at a Thunder Bay hospital and is too ill to fly just yet.
"As soon as he is better, he will be transported back to Nova Scotia so he can face these serious allegations," RCMP Sgt. Alain LebBlanc said.


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[karrie]

In cases like this I find the use of the term 'alleged' deplorable by the media. The boy wasn't 'allegedly' kidnapped, chained, and raped for two weeks people. This happened.

 

[JLM]

In cases like this I find the use of the term 'alleged' deplorable by the media. The boy wasn't 'allegedly' kidnapped, chained, and raped for two weeks people. This happened.

I hear you, but to be sure of a conviction it's simple enough to say and everyone knows it's just a precaution plus I guess there's always the one chance in a billion they have the wrong guy. You just don't want A$$holes like this to walk.

 

[karrie]

I can see why they have to use such language regarding innocence. But, I don't think it makes any sense from a legal standpoint to have to say 'the alleged rape'. There was a rape, whether this guy is guilty of it or not, there was a rape.

 

[SLM]

I can see why they have to use such language regarding innocence. But, I don't think it makes any sense from a legal standpoint to have to say 'the alleged rape'. There was a rape, whether this guy is guilty of it or not, there was a rape.

I agree, they should use much more care because the implication when they do that is that the 'victim' is lying. In this case, and in many others, an examination is usually more than enough to determine that a rape has been committed. There was an eye witness account that he was chained as well.

I'm just glad they are both accounted for. The last thing I read before this morning was they'd found the second suspects car abandoned and suspected he was headed out West.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

In cases like this I find the use of the term 'alleged' deplorable by the media. The boy wasn't 'allegedly' kidnapped, chained, and raped for two weeks people. This happened.

While I am sure it did, it has not been proven in court thus the use of the term alledged is correct.

 

[JLM]

I agree, they should use much more care because the implication when they do that is that the 'victim' is lying. In this case, and in many others, an examination is usually more than enough to determine that a rape has been committed. There was an eye witness account that he was chained as well.

I'm just glad they are both accounted for. The last thing I read before this morning was they'd found the second suspects car abandoned and suspected he was headed out West.

Update, he allegedly dead!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I can see why they have to use such language regarding innocence. But, I don't think it makes any sense from a legal standpoint to have to say 'the alleged rape'. There was a rape, whether this guy is guilty of it or not, there was a rape.

The rape is also not proven in court so is alledged. I think most people hear the word and automatically remove it from what they are interpreting anyhow but the word covers everybody's ass.

 

[relic]

I was hoping he'd get a couple of alleged warning shots,to the kidneys.

 

[TenPenny]

I can see why they have to use such language regarding innocence. But, I don't think it makes any sense from a legal standpoint to have to say 'the alleged rape'. There was a rape, whether this guy is guilty of it or not, there was a rape.

Well, the alleged victim says there was a rape, but it hasn't been proven. Were you there? If not, how can you state for certain what happened?

I'm fairly certain that it was as reported, but jumping to conclusions is a dangerous game, and if you're expecting a jury to be selected, you shouldn't be printing newspaper articles claiming facts that aren't proven.

IThere was an eye witness account that he was chained as well.

Yes, there was an eyewitness account that he appeared on a doorstep in chains, that's not disputed.

Do you have witnessed that he was chained up in a house and raped? I don't think we have any of them, and even if we did, it would only be allegations until proven.

 

[shadowshiv]

If he was indeed guilty of the crimes that he was accused of, then I can't say I'm very sad that this has happened. The punishment he has received (dying) is far greater than he probably would have received in the justice system.