xvii, 219 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm

ia/justanotherindia0000goul.pdf

Warren Goulding

Fifth House Publishers

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Fifth House Limited

Canada - English Language, Canada

Calgary, c2001

1, FR, 2003

<p><P><br><b><i>"It seems any time a Native is murdered, it isn't a major case. . . It's just another dead Indian."</i><p><p><p>Justine English,</b> sister of murder victim Mary Jane Serloin</p><p><p><p align="left">John Martin Crawford is a serial sex killer, but his crimes have gone almost unnoticed in the media and he is currently serving out his three concurrent life sentences in virtual anonymity. In addition to a prior sentence for manslaughter, Crawford has been convicted of three murders, all of them women, all of them Native. He is also suspected in at least three other murders or mysterious disappearances of aboriginal women. His name should be as notorious as those of Paul Bernardo and Charles Ng. Yet few people have heard of him.</p><p><p><p align="left">Author Warren Goulding raises disturbing questions about racism in both the police force and the media treatment of John Crawford and his victims. He lays bare the assumptions and attitudes that resulted not only in Crawford's obscurity, but the public dismissal of the deaths of Mary Jane Serloin, Shelley Napope, Eva Taysup, and Calinda Waterhen. The result is a gripping and disquieting book that questions the value a predominantly white society places on aboriginal lives.<p><p><p><b>Saskatchewan Book Award winner Non-Fiction category, 2001</b><p></p>

The Forgotten Victims
Eva Taysup
Shelley Napope
Mary Jane Serloin
Calinda Waterhen
"It seems any time a Native is murdered, it isn't a major case. It's just another dead Indian." Justine English, sister of murder victim Mary Jane Serloin
John Martin Crawford is a serial killer who preys on native women. Convicted in 1996, Crawford is serving concurrent life sentences for brutally murdering Canadian Native women and is a suspect in the killing of at least one other Native woman.
Crawford has staked his claim as one of the nation's most prolific sex killers with little fanfare. He is anonymous, his deeds are virtually forgotten. Who is he?
Journalist Warren Goulding traces the crimes, prosecution, convictions, and media treatment surrounding Crawford and his victims. By raising disturbing questions about racism, police actions and policy, and the media, he draws the whole story out of obscurity and onto the public record. This disquieting book deaths of these four Native women and challenges all Canadians to consider the possibility that in this country, some lives are worth more than others.

2023-06-28