Murder Of Child Leaves Community Traumatized (part 2)

While people elsewhere are worried about the economic recession, parents in Woodstock are most concerned about the safety of their children.  Since the after school abduction and reported murder of 8 year old Tori Stafford there is a deep insecurity among parents.  With...

Murder Of Child Leaves Community Traumatized (pt 1)

A Chaplain recently posed the question, Is Woodstock clinically depressed?  Stephanie Van Troost owner of a Woodstock toy store answers “yes, the whole city is sad!”  She states a noticeable difference in the frame of mind of her customers and that sales...

Tori Stafford memorial to be held in Woodstock June 6

Tori Stafford, the 8-year-old who disappeared on April 8th, will be remembered in a memorial to take place at Calvary Church this saturday June 6 at 1pm. This will give everyone the chance to remember the little...

Terri-Lynne McClintic Charges Upgraded to Murder, Trials Severed

The Ontario justice system is moving swiftly and with a firm hand in the Tori Stafford murder case as Terri Lynne-McClintic and Michael Thomas C. S. Rafferty appeared in court to answer charges of kidnapping and...

Tori's Law: Petition Calls for Changes to OPP Amber Alert System

20,000 people so far have signed an online petition, known as Tori's Law, that calls for changes to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Amber Alert system.  Tori's Law was named after Victoria Stafford, the 8-year old Woodstock Ontario girl who went missing in April of...

Terri-Lynne McClintic Taken to Search Site for Tori Stafford Body

Accused child abductor Terri-Lynne McClinitic was taken to the search site for Tori Stafford's body, a farmer's field about an hour away from Woodstock, Ontario, in the hopes that she would be able to lead them to...

Tori Stafford: Michael Rafferty, Terri-Lynne McClintic Charged

Michael Thomas C.S. Rafferty, 28, and Terri-Lynne McClintic, 18, were arrested May 19, 2009, in the case of missing 8-year old Victoria "Tori" Stafford.   Rafferty and McClintic have been charged with...

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