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Man charged with murder in cold case
Thursday, 8 January 2009 - 5:23pm
Yesterday, OPP from Kirkland Lake charged a 60-year-old London, Ont. man, Barry Manion, with first-degree murder in the girl’s disappearance.
Manion, due in court in nearby Haileybury tomorrow, also is charged with abducting a person under 14 years.
Little was immediately known about the London man, but police expected to have more to say on the case later today.
Manion lived in Kirkland Lake at the time Wilson vanished, police said last night. He would have been 20 or 21 at the time.
The girl’s mother, Aline Wilson, told the CBC she hasn’t been able to sleep properly since her daughter disappeared.
“I jumped to the ceiling. I’m so happy,” Wilson told CBC News after hearing of the charges. “I never gave up hope.”
The town hasn’t forgotten about Wilson since she went missing 39 years ago, Mayor Bill Enouy said.
“I don’t think you should ever forget something like that, especially when it’s someone so young,” he said.
“I remember when it happened . . . there’s no closure when someone disappears,” he added. “I don’t think people ever forgot.”
A tribute website to Wilson (www.friendsofkathy.com) said she went missing after she was sent by her mother to pick up groceries in Kirkland Lake, about 1.5 km from her home in the village of Harvey.
She phoned home to say she was going to stop at the post office for mail. That was the last time her family heard her voice.
Over the years since, police in Kirkland Lake never forgot about the case, said OPP S/Sgt. Don Goard.
“It was always sitting there waiting for some work,” he said.
The amalgamation of the Kirkland Lake police force with the OPP in 1996 meant more resources to pursue the case, he added.
A $50,000 reward was posted for information about Wilson’s disappearance, but it’s unclear whether anyone has claimed the reward.
Goard declined comment on what developments in the investigation led to the charges, adding the probe continues.
By Daniela Simunac London Free Press THE CANADIAN PRESS
KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont.—On a warm October night in 1970, a Northern Ontario girl went missing after a trip to the local store and post office.
Katherine Wilson, 12, was never seen again after that night in Kirkland Lake, a gold mining town of about 8,500.
Manion, due in court in nearby Haileybury tomorrow, also is charged with abducting a person under 14 years.
Little was immediately known about the London man, but police expected to have more to say on the case later today.
Manion lived in Kirkland Lake at the time Wilson vanished, police said last night. He would have been 20 or 21 at the time.
The girl’s mother, Aline Wilson, told the CBC she hasn’t been able to sleep properly since her daughter disappeared.
“I jumped to the ceiling. I’m so happy,” Wilson told CBC News after hearing of the charges. “I never gave up hope.”
The town hasn’t forgotten about Wilson since she went missing 39 years ago, Mayor Bill Enouy said.
“I don’t think you should ever forget something like that, especially when it’s someone so young,” he said.
“I remember when it happened . . . there’s no closure when someone disappears,” he added. “I don’t think people ever forgot.”
A tribute website to Wilson (www.friendsofkathy.com) said she went missing after she was sent by her mother to pick up groceries in Kirkland Lake, about 1.5 km from her home in the village of Harvey.
She phoned home to say she was going to stop at the post office for mail. That was the last time her family heard her voice.
Over the years since, police in Kirkland Lake never forgot about the case, said OPP S/Sgt. Don Goard.
“It was always sitting there waiting for some work,” he said.
The amalgamation of the Kirkland Lake police force with the OPP in 1996 meant more resources to pursue the case, he added.
A $50,000 reward was posted for information about Wilson’s disappearance, but it’s unclear whether anyone has claimed the reward.
Goard declined comment on what developments in the investigation led to the charges, adding the probe continues.
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