The slaying of Miss Rhona Duncan, 16, whose partly-dressed body was found by a neighbor a half-a-block from her home on West Fifteenth, has brought grief to her parents and some of her acquaintances who were interviewed by the North Shore News. Most. of them are expected to attend funeral services scheduled for this afternoon. Miss Duncan was‘returning home from a birthday party over the weekend when she was raped and strangled according to an eutepsy report quoted by Staff Sgt. J.T. Woods, who has replaced retiring S. Sgt. Fred Bodnaruk as chief of the GIS at North Vancouver RCMP. “She was the type of girl who'd say ‘hi’’ to you if she were in your class, even found. There have been no suspects as of press time. Anyone who.can help the Mr, and Mrs. E. Williard of West Vancouver have kept the windows of their mobile home closed as tight as a clam for the past two months. to fight the quartz sand raining down from the north viaduct of the Lions Gate Bridge. Sand used for blasting old paint to prepare the north. viaduct for priming and painting have been annoying the: Williards and residents of 73 other units at the mobile park on Squamish Indian Band land> ‘‘But we do realize the job must be done,” Mrs. Williard sighed. As the air conditioner though she didn’t know investigators should call you,’’ one classmate said. North Vancouver RCMP at Miss Duncan, who was going 985-1311. into grade 12 in the new school year, was a student at Carson Graham in North Vancouver, Another said: ‘‘A friend of mine told me about the murder. It didn’t sink in until T looked at her picture in the annual and it really hit me. ‘*l can understand people dying from diseases, but not the way she died,’’ he lamented. A team of 12 RCMP. members, headed by Sgt. Mel! Tait, has interviewed more than 45 persons so far in attempts to trace Miss Duncan’s whereabouts be- tween 1.a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday when her body was y a RHONA DUNCAN . Police reports state that Miss Duncan was strangled early Saturday. morning . A spokesman said Miss ' Duncan was walking home ‘around 2 a.m. with a group of the party-goers from East Queens Street where the party was held. ; - _ The group walked south on. Regent Avenue, west on 29th Street, south on Jones Avenue; and south on Larson: Road. é Re, 1m oF MITTEN 94 ve are | re-elected Charles I. Mitten of North | Vancouver, has been re- elected chairman of the Real Estate Council of British Columbia. . é Plight your troth with an original hand-made en- gagement ring from J. . Yjord, This la an 18K dlamond ‘engagement ring, .40 carat In total. Mitten, of Mitten Realty, was elected at the first meeting of the new 1976-77 Council on Tuesday, July 13, in Vancouver. Reappointed to the Council engagement rings appraisal ‘service Whirred in the background, Mrs. Williard told how the coarse sand would filter through the windows and settle on the furniture, and when you wipe it off it scratches the surface. MRS. E. WILLIARD sifts sand which accumulated in front of her home. residents. and has asked North Vancouver’s district office to discuss the issue Tom Taylor, bridge main- with Acme. tenance foreman‘ who is not associated with the paint . project, told the North Shore News the work is only half-way done, so residents can expect more sand- blasting. His excuse didn’t work. The regional office of the Highways Department has Thus Richard Thomas Sib- received complaints from the son, 35, will spend nine months in jail for beating one-year-old Deanna Sibson last July in North Vancouver. They then went separate. Judge Patricia Proudfoot ways to their homes. Miss found Sibson guilty last week Duncan and another girl of assault causing bodily were left. 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