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BC man found guilty of Heather Thomas murder

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver jury convicted Shane Ertmoed of first-degree murder Thursday in the death of 10-year-old Heather Thomas of Surrey.   (CBC – Sept. 30, 2002)   MORE:   Jury moves fast to convict

Family friend guilty of murdering Alberta child

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A judge has found Tony Gallup guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of five-year-old Jessica Koopmans.    (CBC – June 19, 2002)   

Missing girl's body found in BC lake

VANCOUVER - Investigators have shifted their focus from searching for a girl in British Columbia to searching for her killer.   (CBC – Nov. 23, 2000)

Jessica's body found

FORT MACLEOD, AB - Police say only a medical examiner can say for sure, but the grandfather of Jessica Koopmans says a body found in a farmer's field near Fort Macleod is that of his five-year-old granddaughter.    (CBC - May 12, 2001)

Search scaled back for missing BC girl

SURREY, B.C. - Police called off a massive air and ground search for 10-year-old Heather Thomas Sunday, exactly one week after she vanished near her father's townhouse near Vancouver.   (CBC – Oct. 8, 2000)

Search continues for young Alberta girl

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Searchers are once again walking through fields and brush and along river banks looking for a five-year-old girl missing from her home.   (CBC – May 8, 2001)

Police review list of offenders in search for missing BC girl

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP are looking at more than 100 "people of interest" as they continue to search for a 10-year-old girl from Surrey, B.C.   (CBC – Oct. 3, 2000)

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