Murder suspect praised corporal's work in man's slaying on Trenton base
Published On Mon Feb 15 2010
David Bruser Staff Reporter
Two months before Russell Williams is alleged to have begun terrorizing Hastings County with a string of home invasions and murders, the former commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton was photographed honouring a military policeman for helping to solve a murder on the base.
A Quinte West man, Marcus Wilson, 37, is charged with that murder.
It is not known if authorities investigating Williams will re-visit the case.
A source provided the Star with a photo of Williams presenting a commendation to a M. Cpl. Thickson for "outstanding professionalism" at the murder scene on July 26, 2009, in ensuring the security of the area and the emergency workers who were attempting to revive the victim while the suspect was at large.
James Read, 36, died at Trenton Memorial Hospital on the same day he was found stabbed at a home on the base.
Three days later, Wilson was arrested.
OPP Sgt. Kristine Rae said she has not heard that the Read case is being re-visited by authorities after revelations about Williams' alleged crime spree emerged last week. "I can't say at this point," Rae said.
About seven weeks after the murder on the base, police investigated two home invasions in Tweed where women were tied to a chair and photographed. The suspect entered the houses while the residents slept.
On Nov. 25, Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, a flight attendant with CFB Trenton's 437 transport squadron, was found slain in her Brighton home. Her boyfriend discovered her body.
Another victim, Jessica Lloyd, 27, was reported missing Jan. 28 after failing to show up for her job in Napanee.
After Williams was arrested and charged, police found Lloyd's body in Tweed.
Hundreds of people from the Belleville area crowded into the John R. Bush Funeral Home on Saturday to mourn Lloyd, described as a woman with a "profound zest and love of life."
With files from The Canadian Press
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