Dig Fails to Turn Up Any Sign of Burns Lake Woman

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:11 AM

Vancouver, B.C.- The digging in the basement of a Vancouver home has been completed and Vancouver Police say they have not found any human remains.

Acting on information from the son of a Burns Lake woman, police started a dig in the home on March 9th. The son had told them he witnessed the murder of his mother, Catherine Mary Brown of Burns Lake, at the hands of his abusive father.

The murder was said to have happened in 1977.

The son's story was corroborated by a sibling who said he recalls having to haul home the bags of cement used to fill in the basement grave.

After a week of digging, police were not able to find any human remains in the home.

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Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:11 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Andyfreeze on March 15 2011 11:46 AM

Weird.
Why would they both lie about this?
Hmmm....

Posted by: Dragonmaster on March 15 2011 11:52 AM

I never saw or read any news reports that said they witnessed the body being buried in the basement.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on March 15 2011 12:01 PM

Come to think of it Dragonmaster..neither did I.
The guy said what they would find in the hole,but did he see it actually put there with the body?
Strange.

Posted by: Outwest on March 15 2011 1:28 PM

Drugs induced Memories ,screwed up Brains,

Posted by: mythoughts on March 15 2011 1:35 PM

Yes, Global BC reported it about a week ago and they interviewed the guy. He remembers seeing his father bury his mother. I couldn't find the link on Global BC but here's the one from CBC.
[url]http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/03/11/cold-case-revisited-katherine-mary-brown-murder/[url]

Posted by: mythoughts on March 15 2011 1:36 PM

let's try that again...
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/03/11/cold-case-revisited-katherine-mary-brown-murder/

Posted by: lou on March 16 2011 9:36 AM

The "son" here is the story.
He had something to do with it.
I think he is trying to throw Police off the track.
He is acting very strange.

Posted by: gus on March 16 2011 11:08 AM

The son was 5 years old when she was murdered. If he had anything to do with the murder, he would be too young to have any responsibility such as an adult would have.

People have different recollections of things that happened to them at that age. Some are clear as a bell, some are almost totally lacking, and some have become embellished over the years.

Do we know anything of the family situation the kid found himsdelf in at that time?

Posted by: metalman on March 16 2011 11:33 AM

I heard him (the son, Sturtz?) on the radio yesterday, now he is saying that the family lived in two of the townhouses at different times in the same complex, and the cops went to the wrong one. He says he told them which one the body was under, but that they went to the other one.
This guy is an admitted addict.
My intuition tells me to carefully consider any sort of information that is offered by an addict, or in this case, a recovering addict. I have known addicts who are brilliant liars. Not saying he is not telling the truth, but........
metalman.