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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
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Convicted son’s father now on trial for murder
Jesse Blue West accused of killing 14-year-old Chelsey Acorn Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
On the night before Chelsey Acorn was reported missing in June 2005, she left an Abbotsford foster home with plans to meet up with a man named “James.” Her remains were found in a shallow grave by hikers near the Carolin Mines
exit off the Coquihalla Highway outside of Hope on April 8, 2006. Jesse Blue West, 60, and his son Dustin Moir, now 27, were charged with her murder the following year. Both went on trial in November 2009, but West’s proceedings were severed from Moir’s two months later. Moir was
convicted in February 2010 and was sentenced to a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 15 years. A witness testifying Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack during the first day of the first-degree murder trial for West said she met “James,” who indiContinued on A5
WARM ZONE SUPPORT A5 Facility for streetengaged women secure for another year
CANNON DEBATE A4 Plan to create a bylaw regulating birdscare devices draws divided response
DIVERSITY CELEBRATION A7 AbbyFest event showcases multiculturalism in the city
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Abbotsford Fire Chief Don Beer was part of a delegation of local firefighters, police, border guards and emergency responders who took part in the annual 9/11 wreath-laying ceremony at the 9/11 monument in Sumas on Tuesday morning, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the U.S. that killed close to 3,000 people. Local firefighters played a role in having the monument built in memory of victims.
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