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‘Domestic Violence’ narratives: the murders of
Lois Mordue and Dave Lucio
By Sue McPherson 2010
Reference & Bibliography Links updated Apr 2012
See also on Sue’s Views on the News blog (minus the bibliography) June 9, 2010:
http://suemcpherson.blogspot.com/2010/06/domestic-violence-narratives-murders-of.html
'Violence against women' came to be a women's issue when feminists realized the term for violence
between intimate partners - 'domestic violence' - did not acknowledge the differences from men that
women who were abused experienced in their relationships. I first learned about this in the mideighties, doing women's studies at university, at UWO in London, Ontario. Since then, the subject of
violence in relationships has arisen once more, in the context of two separate homicides, first of Lois
Mordue, second, that of Dave Lucio, both of whom had been in an intimate relationship with their
killer.
In 2005, I read about the homicide of Lois Mordue on August 8, 2005, had taken place in my
hometown, Woodstock, Ontario. At that time I wrote letters to the editor of the Sentinel Review in
response to the articles, giving my own views on the murder and on the subject of domestic violence
in general. As time went on, I saw that it was being referred to as domestic homicide, woman abuse,
and domestic violence, as Robert Alexander, Lois Mordue’s brother, increasingly became involved,
claiming that “violence against women won’t stop until both sexes are involved.” (Moving forward,
April 19, 2007).
More recently, an article in the National Post (Myths of Domestic Violence, June 2, 2010) brought to
my attention another case of homicide, of Dave Lucio, in London, Ontario, on June 6, 2007, which
may or may not have been ‘domestic violence.’ A second article reinforced the idea that Doug Lucio,
the father of the victim, was referring to the killing of his son as domestic violence (Lucio vigil, June
7, 2010). “Violence is violence, whether it’s men or women. There is no difference” he was quoted as
saying. Once again, I felt compelled to write in, to the comments section of the article, as much of
what I was hearing, just did not ring true to me.
To summarize, these were two homicides, one male, one female, both killed by individuals with
whom they were in intimate relationships but both of which had ended before the murders took place.
In the Mordue case, one article refers to the victim's brother, stating "While the Crown prosecutes an
alleged domestic homicide, Alexander is trying to find some answers to why domestic violence is
happening." (In Honour, Dec 28, 2005). Doug Lucio, the father of Dave Lucio, the male homicide
victim, not happy at the way the Police handled the murder case, has been quoted as saying, "there
needs to be more equal treatment in cases of domestic violence" (Vigil, June 6, 2010).
Controversy surrounds the Dave Lucio/ Kelly Johnson murder-suicide, apparently due to the neglect
of Chief Faulkner to name this a 'domestic' homicide (Myths, June 2, 2010). Erland Mordue,
however, was apparently alleged to have committed 'domestic' homicide (In Honour, Dec 28, 2005),
although whether that stuck or made any difference to local statistics is not known to me. As it
happens, Erland had intended to kill himself also, making that a murder-suicide, but failed in his
attempt. He was convicted of first-degree murder and is now serving his sentence.
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Both these men - Doug Lucio and Robert Alexander - have turned to domestic violence narratives as
a means of dealing with the trauma of the violent deaths of their family members. Yet I wonder how
well the circumstances of the cases fit into any version of this narrative. The term narrative is used to
suggest a theme, a cultural understanding or norm that is accepted in society as a way of explaining a
social phenomenon. When survivors ask themselves Why?, they seek some kind of explanation, and
domestic violence is a term that adapts fairly easily to a number of different situations. But I wonder
how good the fit is.
Cases that are placed in this category due to the fact they immediately fulfil a basic definition of
domestic violence will become subject to the wider implications of domestic violence - domestic
abuse, for one, or 'violence against women', the kind of situation women have had to endure
historically as the second-class person in the relationship.
Killing one's intimate partner might well be seen as an example of domestic abuse to the extreme violence resulting in death. But if the relationship had not been abusive earlier, does the end result of
murder make it fit the description, on looking back?
If one believes that power has a lot to do with it, and that abuse only happens if one partner has
control over the other - financially, emotionally, psychologically, sexually - is it possible to determine
whether or not the victims had previously been abused in their relationship, forced to comply with the
wishes of the abusing partner? Seeing the misuse of power as the underlying basis of an abusive
relationship, we can ask whether the perpetrator of violence, as seen by investigators, might actually
be the partner fighting back from their position of powerlessness against a more subtle or insidious
form of domestic abuse. Sometimes only the ones involved know whether coercion or other forms of
abuse were being used as a means of control. If the killer had also planned to die, making it a murdersuicide, does that change the way they are viewed, as victims as well as victimizers?
Dying a violent death doesn't mean one has been a victim of domestic violence, except in a very
narrow meaning - a police definition, or a statistic to be included in a particular set of stats. But on its
own it isn't proof that the victim was in an abusive relationship. If domestic violence is used as an
excuse - a reason for a murder taking place, the real reason it happened might not be being
recognized. So when the victims are happy, fulfilled, independent and financially secure, and not
noticeably vulnerable, one could look to other reasons for problems in the relationship and the end
result of murder.
Violence against women came to be a feminist cause because any woman who was vulnerable in her
relationship was at risk of being subjected to controlling, abusive behaviour from her partner if he
didn't know how to act with maturity in the relationship, or chose not to. If not financially
independent or holding down a job it might be difficult for her to leave. Now, in Canadian society,
more women are working and able to support themselves. Staying in an abusive relationship would
no longer be necessary if the man wasn't agreeable to changing abusive behaviour. Hence we have
such programs as the White Ribbon Campaign and Changing Ways, for men.
The other side of violence against women has now turned out to be the growth of men's groups aimed
at assisting men who are the victims of women's acts of violence in their intimate relationships. If this
was a problem previously, it received virtually no attention, but since the growth of the women's
movement, and possibly due to increasing numbers of women gaining financial independence and
working outside the home, some men have become vulnerable to abuse by their female partners. The
pendulum has swung from one side completely over to the other. Thus, as well as groups and
programs geared towards assisting women in particular, there are now the same kinds of groups, etc,
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formed to assist men. One emphasis of such groups is on the legal side of it. Where once women
needed feminist lawyers to comprehend and fight for their rights, now men need to have lawyers who
can understand the issues addressing their particular circumstances.
But even where there is no abuse, unresolveable relationship problems happen. Not all problems get
to be labelled abuse even if they are. If Kelly Johnson hadn't killed herself after killing Dave Lucio,
no doubt she would have ended up serving time for murder. But it still would not have meant that
Dave Lucio had been a victim of domestic violence, except in the narrowest sense of the term,
apparently used in Police Department stats, according to Barbara Kay (London, Jan 28, 2010).
Although the definition of domestic violence used by the London Police Dept indicates that a single
act of violence by one spouse towards the other constitutes domestic violence, as well as multiple
incidents, I wouldn't agree. One incident might be an indication that an abusive relationship has
begun, or it might simply be one isolated incident.
There was no indication that the relationship between Dave Lucio and Kelly Johnson had been
abusive. The 12-page report (Report, 2008) put out by the London Police Department does not
suggest that the relationship between Dave Lucio and Kelly Johnson was characterized by domestic
violence. That the two were both members of the London Police Department obviously has made a
difference to the way their relationship and deaths were perceived. But any omissions or errors in
judgment made by Police Chief Faulkner, or favouritism in treatment of his officers, cannot change
that aspect of the relationship between the two involved in the murder-suicide, that it did not involve
systematic abuse. One spouse committing adultery, making unreasonable demands regarding sex,
work, community activity and friendships, spending, and /or committing repeated physical acts of
abuse, are the kinds of behaviour that make a relationship abusive, not the extreme act of homicide
only.
In one of the first newspaper articles, it was stated that there was no history of abuse between the
Mordues (Murder investigation, Aug 11, 2005). Later, however, it was implied that Erland Mordue
was abusive, at least on one occasion, the week before he killed his wife Lois, phoning her several
times, according to Lois’s new boyfriend, Zeke Postma, so that he offered to drive her to the Police
Station to get a restraining order (Tears flow, April 05, 2007). A separate article mentions what is
possibly related to that same incident, one of information-gathering’ the only one on record (Mordue
wrote, March 28, 2007). The suggestion is that Erland Mordue was an abusive, controlling husband,
creating a threatening, unhappy environment for his wife who was powerless to change her
circumstances and leave. Luckily, Lois was not affected greatly by his treatment of her and quickly
began a fulfilling life, with a job she enjoyed, a new home purchased for her by her son, and a new
boyfriend, resulting in a questionable assessment that she had ever been a victim of abuse during her
relationship with Erland Mordue. Abuse generally has an affect on the one being abused. But Lois
appears to have been a well-adjusted person (Mordue’s zest for life, Aug 12, 2005). Normally, if a
person is lacking family or community support, the potential for abuse is greater.
The world is filled with abuse and violence. Abuse affects a person's psyche, but how can we tell if
it's due to the pitfalls of everyday life, of doing a difficult job, unthoughtful colleagues or an uncaring
community, or illness, isolation, unfulfilled dreams, or fear of the future?
There was some resistance from women’s advocates and local citizens to Erland Mordue being
allowed out on bail, due to his propensity towards cold-bloodedly planning murder, apparently
(Mordue granted bail, Feb 13, 2006; Justice System, Feb 28, 2006; Erland Mordue, Sept 19, 2006).
But if it is being argued that Erland was guilty of domestic homicide, of murdering someone he was
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in an intimate relationship with, then that would reduce the likelihood of him committing further acts
of violence while out on bail. Women’s activists seem to want men who kill women they are in
relationships with to be treated the same as any other murderer (Debunking stereotypes, Mar 13,
2006), though I argued against that line of reasoning (Murder cases, Mar 22, 06). However, it does
appear, from the murder-suicide case in London, that treating cases individually instead of
generalizing towards them, regarding granting bail, for instance, might be a more compassionate
approach. Had Kelly Johnson lived, I wonder if she would have been treated the same as Erland
Mordue was. As it is, Kelly Johnson is being pictured as a troubled woman, rather than as a coldhearted killer.
The references listed below, which are those I have mentioned in this article, are included in the
longer Bibliography list, which will be available on my website but not on my blog. For readers
interested in this subject of domestic violence, Statistics Canada provides online a document on
Violence Against Women (see Measuring violence, 2006), which provides valuable information that
goes beyond the purely physical aspects of domestic violence, and that may also be of interest to men
who are victims. The Comments sections of some newspaper articles can provide insight from
everyday readers in the community and not just journalists. Local news articles about the Mordue
case may be available through the archives of the newspaper if no working link is available. Links to
letters I wrote to the Sentinel Review - Compassion (2007), Murder cases (2006) and Domestic
violence (2005) - are also included here. Academic Jessica Eckstein has done some relevant work in
the area of abuse and intimate relationships, a link provided below to one on men who experience
violence from women (Masculinity of Men, 2010). Lastly, by chance, an article just out now
announces a program intended to help women become aware of abuse in their relationship,
apparently, though it does make one wonder about the controlling effect it will have, not just on how
women will start to think of themselves, routinely, but the effect on men in their lives
(Groundbreaking, June 2010).
List of References
Compassion and Humanity (Response to 'Guilty', S-R, Apr 13, 2007, and 'Society . . . humanity', S-R,
Apr 18, 2007)
Letter to the Editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
By Sue McPherson
submitted April 20, 2007
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2007AprCompassionandHumanity.doc
Debunking stereotypes
By Susan Houston
The Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Mar 13, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083927 Link unavailable
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2010_Mar_DebunkingStereotypes.doc
Domestic Violence: the Mordues (Response to 'In Honour of Lois', S-R, Dec 28, 2005)
Letter to the Editor
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Woodstock Sentinel Review
By Sue McPherson
submitted Dec 28, 2005
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2005DecDomesticViolenceMordue.doc
Erland Mordue back in jail
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Sept 19, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2085150 Link not available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Sept_ErlandMordueBackJail.doc
Family Violence in Canada: a Statistical Profile
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
2000
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/85-224-x2000000-eng.pdf
‘Groundbreaking’ project helps abused women
By Kate Dubinski
The London Free Press
June 8, 2010
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/06/08/14314781.html
In honour of Lois
By Jon Willing
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
December 28, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083435 Link not working
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Dec_InHonourofLois.doc
Justice system in need of change
Author unnamed
Letter to the editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Feb 28, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083832 Link not available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Feb_JusticeSystemNeedChange.doc
Lucio vigil meant to draw awareness to domestic violence
By Geoff Turner
The London Free Press
June 7, 2010
http://www.lfpress.com:80/news/london/2010/06/05/14280126.html
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2010_June_LucioVigilMeantToDrawAwarenessDV.doc
London, Ontario Police statistics on domestic violence show classic signs of abuse
By Barbara Kay
National Post, Full Comment
January 28, 2010
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/28/barbara-kay-london-ontario-police-statisticson-domestic-violence-show-classic-signs-of-abuse.aspx Link no longer working
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http://oped.ca/National-Post/barbara-kay-london-ontario-police-statistics-on-domestic-violence-show-classic-signs-ofabuse/
Masculinity of Men Communicating Abuse Victimization
By Jessica Eckstein
Western Connecticut State University
2010
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/Eckstein_MasculinityOfMenCommunicatingAbuseVictimization_5-5-2010.pdf
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/MaleVictimizationEck.pdf
Measuring violence against women
Stastical Trends 2006
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-570-x/85-570-x2006001-eng.pdf
Mordue granted bail
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Feb 13, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083731 Link no longer works
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Feb_Mordue_Granted_Bail.doc
Mordue’s zest for life never surprised family
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Aug 12, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2082573 Link no longer available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Aug_MorduesZestForLife.doc
Mordue 'wrote it all down in letters'
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
March 28, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086560 Link no longer works
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Mar_MordueWroteItAllDown.doc
Moving forward
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 19, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086746 Link not available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007Apr19_MovingForward.doc
Murder cases must be handled differently (Response to Debunking Stereotypes, Mar 13, 2006)
Letter to the Editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
March 22, 2006
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2006MarMurderCasesResponsetoDebunkingStereotypes.doc
Murder investigation continues
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Aug 11, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2082563 Link no longer available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Aug_MurderInvestigationContinues.doc
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Myths of domestic violence
By Barbara Kay
National Post, Full Comment
June 2, 2010
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/02/myths-of-domestic-violence/#more-2377
Report to the deaths of David Lucio and Kelly Johnson
By Antoon Leenaars, Peter Collins, and Deborah Sinclair
for London Police Dept
May 28, 2008
http://www.police.london.ca/Newsroom/PDFs/luciojohnsonreport.pdf
Tears flow at Mordue trial
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 05, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/News/298996.html broken link
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086649 link unavailable
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_TearsFlow.doc
Vigils marks Lucio death
By Geoff Turner
The London Free Press
June 6, 2010
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2010JuneVigilsMarksLucioDeath.doc
Bibliography for June, 2010 essay Domestic Violence Narratives
According to Statistics Canada's annual Homicide Survey, police reported data from 2007
In 'Reducing and Preventing Intimate Partner Homicides in Canada'
By Public Health Agency of Canada
May 2010
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/EB/eb-May-2010-eng.php#estimates
Compassion and Humanity (Response to 'Guilty', S-R, Apr 13, 2007, and 'Society . . . humanity', S-R,
Apr 18, 2007)
Letter to the Editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
By Sue McPherson
submitted April 20, 2007
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2007AprCompassionandHumanity.doc
Crown wraps up case against Mordue
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 11, 2007
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http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086675
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/News/299688.html broken link
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_CrownWrapsCaseMordue.doc
Debunking stereotypes
By Susan Houston
The Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Mar 13, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083927
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2010_Mar_DebunkingStereotypes.doc
Domestic abuse law blasted
By Susan Pigg
Toronto Star
Aug 28 2009
http://www.thestar.com/article/687729
Domestic Violence: the Mordues (Response to 'In Honour of Lois', S-R, Dec 28, 2005)
Letter to the Editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
By Sue McPherson
submitted Dec 28, 2005
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2005DecDomesticViolenceMordue.doc
Eleven-page report outlines Kelly Johnson's fragile mental state and issues nine recommendations
By Betty McLarty
Altlondon
May 28 2008
http://www.altlondon.org/article.php?story=20080528150459558
Erland Mordue back in jail
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Sept 19, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2085150
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Sept_ErlandMordueBackJail.doc
Former husband finds support
By Kelly Pedro and Randy Richmond, Sun Media
London Free Press
June 9, 2007
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2007/06/09/4246708-sun.html doesn’t work
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.kooks/browse_thread/thread/55472d953dae7ef6
Family Violence in Canada: a Statistical Profile
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
2000
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/85-224-x2000000-eng.pdf
Graphic photos shown to jurors
Woodstock Sentinel Review
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Apr 3,2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086612
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_GraphicPhotosShownJurors.doc
‘Groundbreaking’ project helps abused women
By Kate Dubinski
The London Free Press
June 8, 2010
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/06/08/14314781.html
Guilty
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Friday April 13, 2007
http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=306&x=story&xid=300186
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_Guilty.doc
‘I’m so sorry for what I am doing’
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
March 30, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086581
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Mar_ImSoSorryForWhatImDoing.doc
In honour of Lois
By Jon Willing
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
December 28, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083435
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Dec_InHonourofLois.doc
Jurors to decide fate of Mordue
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Apr 12 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086684
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_JurorsToDecideFateMordue.doc
Justice system in need of change
Author unnamed
Letter to the editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Feb 28, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083832
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Feb_JusticeSystemNeedChange.doc
Little emotion showed upon learning of estranged wife’s death
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 02, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086599
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Apr_LittleEmotionShowed.doc
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London, Ontario Police statistics on domestic violence show classic signs of abuse
By Barbara Kay
National Post, Full Comment
January 28, 2010
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/28/barbara-kay-london-ontario-police-statisticson-domestic-violence-show-classic-signs-of-abuse.aspx
http://oped.ca/National-Post/barbara-kay-london-ontario-police-statistics-on-domestic-violence-show-classic-signs-ofabuse/
London Police Service Annual Report 2007
http://www.police.london.ca/About_Us/PDFs/2007_Citizens_Annual_Report.pdf
Lucio funeral "a celebration of David's life," says family friend
By Ross McDermott
LondonTopic.ca
June 12, 2007
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qm2wbqdzx4J:www.londontopic.ca/article.php%3Fartid%3D3512+dave+lucio&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_June_LucioFuneralACelebration.doc
Lucio vigil meant to draw awareness to domestic violence
By Geoff Turner
The London Free Press
June 7, 2010
http://www.lfpress.com:80/news/london/2010/06/05/14280126.html
Masculinity of Men Communicating Abuse Victimization
By Jessica Eckstein
Western Connecticut State University
2010
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/Eckstein_MasculinityOfMenCommunicatingAbuseVictimization_5-5-2010.pdf
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/MaleVictimizationEck.pdf
Measuring violence against women
Stastical Trends 2006
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-570-x/85-570-x2006001-eng.pdf
Mordue charges upgraded to first-degree
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Nov 16, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083174
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Nov_MordueChargesUpgradedToFirst.doc
Mordue granted bail
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Feb 13, 2006
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2083731 Link no longer works
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2006_Feb_Mordue_Granted_Bail.doc
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Mordue’s zest for life never surprised family
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Aug 12, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2082573 Link no longer available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Aug_MorduesZestForLife.doc
Mordue 'wrote it all down in letters'
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
March 28, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086560 Link no longer works
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007_Mar_MordueWroteItAllDown.doc
Moving forward
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 19, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086746 Link not available
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2007Apr19_MovingForward.doc
Murder cases must be handled differently (Response to Debunking Stereotypes, Mar 13, 2006)
Letter to the Editor
Woodstock Sentinel Review
March 22, 2006
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/LetterstoEditors/2006MarMurderCasesResponsetoDebunkingStereotypes.doc
Murder investigation continues
The Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Aug 11, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2082563
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Aug_MurderInvestigationContinues.doc
Murder rocks city
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Aug 10, 2005
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2082553
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2005_Aug_MurderRocksCity.doc
Myths of domestic violence
By Barbara Kay
National Post, Full Comment
June 2, 2010
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/02/myths-of-domestic-violence/#more-2377
News conference after cop-on-cop murder-suicide, London, Ontario
YouTube video
June 16, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw--QlYbipY&feature=related
Politics unlikely fit for Faulkner
By Herman Goodden, Special to QMI Agency
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London Free Press
February 5, 2010
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/columnists/herman_goodden/2010/02/05/12762196.html
Report . . . on the deaths of David Lucio and Kelly Johnson
By Antoon Leenaars, Peter Collins, and Deborah Sinclair
for London Police Dept
May 28, 2008
http://www.police.london.ca/Newsroom/PDFs/luciojohnsonreport.pdf
Tears flow at Mordue trial
By Carla Garrett
Woodstock Sentinel Review
April 05, 2007
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2086649
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Two perish downtown in murder-suicide
By SUN MEDIA
London Free Press
June 7, 2007
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Vigil marks Lucio death
By Geoff Turner
The London Free Press
June 6, 2010
http://samcpherson.homestead.com/files/Miscellaneous/2010JuneVigilsMarksLucioDeath.doc
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