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CANADA • Amber KIRWAN, 19 ~ New Glasgow NS

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Post by karma Thu May 17, 2012 1:19 pm

RCMP charge Falconer in death of Amber Kirwan
May 17, 2012

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A tribute to Amber Kirwan was set up Thursday morning not far from where she was last seen at a New Glasgow pool hall. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff)

UPDATED Thursday 9:16 a.m.

Police have charged Alexander Falconer, a convicted killer, with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Amber Kirwan seven months ago.

The announcement was made this morning by police officials in New Glasgow during a news conference. That conference still continues.

"Amber's murder was a shocking and senseless tragedy that impacted our entire community," New Glasgow Police Chief Delaney Chisholm said in a news release.

"The outpouring of support from citizens of New Glasgow and surrounding areas has been overwhelming."

Falconer was arrested Wednesday at Dorchester Institution in New Brunswick.

He is expected to appear in Pictou provincial court later this morning.

An adult female was also arrested but has since been released. Police would not release any other details about the investigation.

Kirwan, 19, was last seen in October leaving Dooley's pool hall at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 10

On Nov. 5, her remains were found in a wooded area, about a half-hour's drive from the pool hall.

Early on in the investigation, police focused their attention on Falconer, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1998 killing of a Pictou County cab driver.

Falconer was out of prison on full parole at the time of Kirwan’s disappearance.

On Nov. 9, he was picked up by New Glasgow police and was found carrying a switchblade and bullets. They also found three joints.

In January, he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of marijuana and returned to prison to continue serving a life sentence.

When Falconer was picked up in November, police were busy conducting an extensive search of a mobile home and property on Hardwood Hill Road in Heathbell in connection with the murder of Kirwan. The trailer had been rented by Falconer’s step-sister.

Early Wednesday evening, Taylor Hayman learned that two arrests had been made in the murder of her friend.

“She’s still gone,” said the 19-year-old. “Nothing can take the pain away.”

Hayman was supposed to go out with Kirwan, also 19, to Dooly’s pool hall the night the New Glasgow teen went missing, but she was prevented by work commitments.

Hayman joined what would become a huge community effort to find Kirwan immediately after her disappearance during the early morning hours of Oct. 10.

Wednesday night, Hayman, along with all of New Glasgow, was waiting for word on who was arrested.

All police would say is that they have arrested two adults in the murder of Kirwan, whose body was found in November on a wooded property about a half-hour drive from where she was last seen.

“We are not releasing the age, the sex, or the location of where the arrests happened at this time,” RCMP Sgt. Brigdit Leger said Wednesday.

Within days of Kirwan’s disappearance, a massive community campaign was launched to find the teenager who had hoped to go to nursing school. She was working part time at Proudfoot’s Home Hardware while attending community college.

More than 70,000 posters bearing her smile were plastered over northern Nova Scotia and dispatched around North America.

The day she went missing, Kirwan left the pool hall at about 1:30 a.m. Her boyfriend, Mason Campbell, who she’d been living with in Pictou Landing, said that she never showed up to meet him at Big Al’s Convenience Store, less than a five-minute walk from the pool hall, as they’d arranged.

Video of her walking away from Dooly’s was made public as police sought clues to her whereabouts.

Police also impounded two vehicles as part of the investigation.

Before Kirwan’s body was found, her parents, Marjorie and Donald, made a public appeal for her safe return.

On Wednesday, Marjorie Kirwan told CTV that the arrests were welcome news.

“This has been a long time coming,” she said.

Hayman was also waiting and watching.

“All we can do now is wait and hope for justice,” she said. “But it will probably take time.”

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/96984-rcmp-charge-falconer-in-death-of-amber-kirwan?utm_source=website&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=most_read
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Post by karma Tue May 29, 2012 4:17 am

Man charged with killing Kirwan back in court
May 28, 2012

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Christopher Falconer is led into the Pictou Justice Centre on May 17 where he was charged with the first degree murder of Amber Kirwan.

The man accused of kidnapping and murdering 19-year-old Amber Kirwan will be heading back to court July 27 to look at setting a date for a preliminary hearing.

Christopher Falconer appeared in court in Pictou on Monday afternoon with much less fanfare as he had only a couple of weeks earlier when he was brought in to be arraigned on charges of kidnapping and murder. There were no crowds gathered inside or outside of the justice complex and few members of the media.

Inside the courtroom, defence lawyer Mike Taylor of Halifax indicated that he was expecting at least 10 boxes of documents from the Crown to review.

Falconer was to be returned to Dorchester Penitentiary with the possibility of being move to the maximum-security prison in Renous, N.B.

Kirwan was reported missing on Oct. 9. She had been out the night before with friends at Dooly’s in New Glasgow and was supposed to meet her boyfriend Mason Campbell at a nearby convenience store. Following an intense investigation and search that involved multiple agencies and members of the public, police discovered Kirwan’s remains on Nov. 5 in a wooded lot in Heathbell.

Earlier this month, police announced Faulkner was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge that allegedly took place between Oct. 9 and Nov. 5 and a kidnapping charge that allegedly occurred on Oct. 9 at or near New Glasgow.

http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/240790/man-charged-with-killing-amber-kirwan-returns-to-court/

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Post by mom_in_il Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:26 pm

Falconer’s murder trial maybe year away

February 11, 2013 - 8:07pm
By AARON BESWICK Truro Bureau

PICTOU — Christopher Alexander Falconer may not stand trial in the death of Amber Kirwan until next winter.

“That’s our best guess,” said Patrick Young, co-Crown counsel, outside Pictou Supreme Court on Monday.

Young spoke during a break in the first day of witness testimony in a preliminary inquiry for Falconer, 30, on charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder.

Fifteen days have been scheduled for the preliminary inquiry, the contents of which have been protected by a publication ban.

Dressed in orange prison garb, Falconer smiled as he entered the packed courtroom. He sat calmly and quietly, staring directly at the three witnesses who testified Monday.

Family and friends of Kirwan sat silently through the testimony.

Kirwan, 19, disappeared after leaving Dooly’s pool hall in New Glasgow during the early morning hours of Oct. 9, 2011. Her body was discovered in a wooded area off Heathbell Road in Pictou County on Nov. 6, 2011.

Falconer, who used to live on Heathbell Road, was picked up not long after on a parole violation. He was on parole after serving 13 years of a life sentence for killing a Pictou County cab driver at 15 years of age for a few dollars and half a pack of cigarettes.

He was charged last May in connection with Kirwan’s death.

Defence counsel Mike Taylor agreed Monday to a committal to trial, meaning he will not challenge the prosecution’s justification in seeking the criminal trial. The move should speed up the preliminary inquiry a bit, said Young.

Taylor said outside the courtroom that he did not waive the preliminary inquiry because it would allow him to gauge the Crown’s case against Falconer.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/681816-falconer-s-murder-trial-maybe-year-away
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Post by ladibug Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:39 am


Kirwan murder trial to begin in January
March 21, 2013 - 10:30am

PICTOU — Christopher Alexander Falconer’s first-degree murder trial in the death of Pictou County teen Amber Kirwan will begin Jan. 6.

Prosecutor Bill Gorman and defence attorney Mike Taylor requested a month for the trial during an appearance Thursday at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Pictou.

“There’s a large number of witnesses and time-consuming evidence,” said Taylor outside the courtroom.

Taylor said his client, who was not present Thursday, will plead not guilty.

Kirwan, 19, disappeared after leaving Dooly’s pool hall in New Glasgow during the early morning hours of Oct. 9, 2011. Her body was discovered in a wooded area off Heathbell Road in Pictou County on Nov. 6, 2011.

Falconer, who used to live on Heathbell Road, was picked up not long after on a parole violation. He was on parole after serving 13 years of a life sentence for killing a Pictou County cab driver at 15 years of age.

Falconer was charged last May in connection with Kirwan’s death. He is being held in Dorchester Penitentiary.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1080361-kirwan-murder-trial-to-begin-in-january
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