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4- Friday, July 4, 1997-- North Shore News

Key admissions
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vy blunt forge injuries to her head while her bus.

. band’s death was due to blunt force injuries of
© the head and neck, The autopsy of Basia Ratay
was also carried out on July li and the cause of
‘death according to Richard Harruff, an ‘assocl-
-ate medical examiner in’ King County,
Washington, was die to multiple ‘blunt foree
injuries of the head that resulted in a skull frac-
ture and extensive cerebralcortical contusions,
and lacerations, Examination of the shower

_ enclosure at the Ratay residence revealed that

wv othe killer or killers had showered at the resi-

dence after the killings, Dilute blood covered
“Aarge sections of the shower enclosure, From

the blood pattern, it was-apparent that a deter-

Shinkaruk posed as criminals to win the conti.
dence af the fugitives,

On july 18, 1995, the fugitive Burns adinit-
ted to Cpl Haslett that they, that Is he and
Rafay, had planned and carried out the murders
of Sultana Rafay, ‘Tariq Rafay and Basma Rafay,
The fugitive admitted to Cpl, Haslett that on
July 12, 1994, they left the theatre during a
movie and returned. to the Rafay residence,
There Burns beat the victiins with a baseball bat
while Rafay watched, Sultana Rafay was
attacked first, followed by ‘Tariq Rafay and,
finally, Basnea, After the attacks, Burns said he

‘showered, washing blood off himself and. the’

baseball bat, His clothes were not bloody.
because he had worn only underpants during
the murders, After the murders, the fugitives

2" mined effort had been made to wash a consid:
erable amount of blood from the shower enclo-
sures « ‘s

er enclosure.
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better without drugs _

He Vadded™ her current. North’ Shore--Health says

me See sensevof well-being ‘is-consis* ~ benzodiapine can lead to cog-

Clancy 'said hospital udimis- “nitive. impairment such as
‘records: and family evi- decreased short and long: . ::

chat conclusion, term memory loss, behavioral

problems including agitation,

and addiction and -withdraw-

ale: os
‘+ The health agency said
benzodiazepines “are — pre-
scribed for short term, acute
problems but are often taken
for longe? periods. _
Gadsby represents a group
_¢alled The Benzodiazepine
Call to Action Group on the —_ 7 nN 3 4pn
North Shore.. - ; be:
Gadsby started taking: the Mer
~drugs after‘the death of her. ,
young son in 1966, She said
she nearly died of an uninten: -
tional, overdose in 1990 and
suffered an acute withdrawal.
“>, Talking about the’ suicide
attempts outlined by Clancy
in’: his.. judgement,. Gadsby
pointed to a.1982° study by
Dr. Mark Berne that describes
the emergence of suicidal
play: between ‘hi ets behavior in patients taking the
* problems’ ‘and - her. excessive Gadsby said 27% of North drugs. Patients, he said, felt
use of alcohol have caused the Shore seniors over 60 are pre- - driven to by an outside force
psychological .deficits.‘from . scribed the drugs, compared to. commit suicide ; even
which she. suffers today,” said _ with’ a- provincial average .of though they did not wish to

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