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WOMEN:
THE FORGOTTEN CHILD MURDERERS

Women who kill their children are given sympathy and sentenced to "treatment" while men who do the same thing are charged with murder and sentenced to life.

Perhaps it is not a coincidence that women are many times more likely to murder their offspring than men.  More ..

WOMEN:
THE FORGOTTEN CHILD MURDERERS

Women who kill their children are given sympathy and sentenced to "treatment" while men who do the same thing are charged with murder and sentenced to life.

Perhaps it is not a coincidence that women are many times more likely to murder their offspring than men.  More ..

Child Murder

Coroner's Inquest

Investigation into the Death of Zachary Andrew Turner (18 July 2002 to 18 August 2003)

Zachary Turner, a 13 months old baby, died at the hands of his fugitive mother, Dr. Shirley Turner, who killed him and then committed suicide on August 18, 2003.

Turner was facing extradition to the United States to stand trial for the 2001 murder of Dr. Andrew Bagby, Zachary's father.

28-year-old Dr. Andrew Bagby was found shot to death in Keystone State Park, 55 kilometres northeast of Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Turner fled to Newfoundland, Canada where Zachary was born. She was out on bail against the wishes of U.S. authorities at the time of Zachary's death.


Turner Review and Investigation, September 2006

The Child and Youth Advocate for the Province of Newfoundland

For Immediate Release

Child and Youth Advocate Calls Press Conference for October 4, 2006

Re: Turner Child Death Review

The Child and Youth Advocate, Darlene Neville, announced today that Dr. Peter Markesteyn provided her with his Findings regarding the Turner Child Death Review on Friday, September 15, 2006.

Neville will release the Findings in their entirety at a Press Conference scheduled for 12 noon, October 4, 2006 at the Media Centre, Ground Floor, East Block, Confederation Building.


Turner Review and Investigation, September 2006

Volume 1 (551 pages) PDF Click here

Volume 2 (478 pages) PDF Click here

Volume 3 Table of Contents (9 pages) PDF Click here

Appendix A   PDF Click here

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No need for Zachary Turner to die: death review

CBC News, Wednesday, October 4, 2006

The social services system in Newfoundland and Labrador failed a 13-month-old boy, who drowned along with his mother in a 2003 murder-suicide, a review has found.

Zachary Turner died when Shirley Turner, 42, clutched him to her body and jumped into Conception Bay, several kilometres outside of St. John's.

"Nowhere did I find any ongoing assessment of the safety needs of the children," coroner Peter Markesteyn, referring both to Zachary and Turner's daughter from another relationship, wrote in a three-volume report released Wednesday.

Turner, a general practitioner, fled to Newfoundland after her estranged lover Andrew Bagby, 28, was shot to death in a Pennsylvania parking lot on Nov. 5, 2001. More..

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