Classifieds 986-6222 Office. Editorial 985-2131

January 15, 1992 52 pages

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High flyin’
JOHN SMART of Lions Bay gets some air time during moguls competition at the Fibreglas
Canada World Cup Freestyle held at Blackcomb Mountain over the weekend. Smart finished
sixth and will be competing in the Oiympics in Albertville, France, in February. The winner of
the moguls competition was France’s Edgard Grospiron. American Nelson Carmichael was
second and his teammate Chuck Martin placed third. in the women's moguls, Americans

Donna Weinbrecht, Maggie Connor and Liz Mcintyre took all three top spots, with top Cana-
dian LeeLee Morrison of Calgary placing eighth.

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RCMP believe code of silence
protecting suspects on reserve

THREE PRIME suspects in
the North Yancouver
beating death of a Filipino
seilor remain beyond the
reach of the law three
months after the killing.

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

And North Vancouver RCMP
investigators believe the male
suspects, Squamish Nation
members living on the Capilano
reserve, are being protected by a
code of silence on the part of
some band members.

Said North Vancouver RCMP
Staff Sgt. Ron Babcock, ‘‘We
determined that there were several
people in the community who
have evidence to offer regarding
our three suspects and for some
reason the witnesses are not com-
ing forward.

““Now there cculd be various
reasons for this, one being that
they are afraid to; two, that they
are related to these people; and
the third possibility is that they
just don’t want to get involved.’”

Jovito Vaidueva Baguna, 36,
was beaten to death with a hockey
stick on Oct. 24, Danilo
Crisostomo, 35, was robbed and
assaulted.

The two sailors were on shore
leave when they were befriended
by three men while drinking at the
Coach House Inn. The victims
were offered a ride back to their
ship, but were instead driven to a
forested area near 26th Street and
Lloyd Avenue where they were at-
tacked.

The police arrested three North
Vancouver men Nov.4 in connec-
tion with the murder investigation.
The three were questioned and
released.

Said Babcock, ‘We've asked
for the assistance of the
(Squamish) peacekeepers and
they've made an effort, but
they’ve run into the same dif-
ficulties as we have. People are
jusi not talking any longer."

Said Squamish Chief Philip Joe,
“TI kaven’t followed it too closely.
You hear a Jot of things and I
don’t know how much of it is true
and I haven’t run it down. Ff don’t
know.”’

Meanwhile Squamish Nation
peacekeeper Sam George said the
reserve is rife with rumor.

But he said ‘‘We’re just as lost
as the RCMP. We’re not trained
to do this (murder investigation).
All we know is hearsay. Maybe
there are some people they (the
suspects) talked to, I don’t know.

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RCMP SKETCHES of the three
suspects in murder investiga-
tion.