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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com MORTGAGES 905.827.8009 Purchases Over 40 Renewals Lenders Refinances Credit Lines Rental Vacation Properties Properties G R E AT R AT E S Here comes Santa Claus `Tis the season PAUL FOLEY AMP MORTGAGE AGENT M08005472 1500 Upper Middle Rd. Abbey Plaza at Third Line HO: 600 ­ 5770 Hurontario St. Mississauga, ON L5R 3G5 Licence #10801 Powered by A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 139 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 68 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Woodland rapist case reopened By Bob Mitchell TORONTO STAR Today they are young adults, but back in the early 1990s they were youngsters who had experienced unimaginable horror at the hands of a sadistic serial rapist. For an eight-year-old Kitchener boy, the terror took place in a park on Aug. 21, 1992, when he was raped by a freckledface white man with strawberry blond hair tied in a ponytail. A 10-year-old Brampton boy and a 15-year-old Oakville girl were tied to trees during their assaults in a park in 1994 and 1995, respectively. But the unkempt predator with the baggy eyes -- dubbed the Woodland Rapist because he lured victims into wooded areas -- vanished following his last and most violent attack during which his young female captive endured more than five hours of terror at gunpoint in Oakville's Wildwood Park on Aug. 31, 1995. Now, a small team of investigators headed by former Peel homicide detective Blaise Doherty is taking a fresh look at this troubling case, one of 15 being examined by the force's new cold case sexual assault unit. Doherty said the Woodland Rapist could already be dead. He could be locked up for a crime not requiring DNA to be taken, such as multiple armed bank robberies. He might also have moved out of the country, perhaps even out of North America. "There's also the unlikely chance he just stopped," Doherty said. One thing is certain, Doherty said. He has never been caught for another rape or murder because his DNA does not match any of the thousands of unsolved crime scene genetic markers or known sex offenders in the national databank. Doherty will not PETER LEE / METROLAND MEDIA WEST GROUP HOME COMFORT: Ben Fanelli, of the Kitchener Rangers, who suffered a cracked skull in an Ontario Hockey League game, relaxes at his Oakville home with his mother, Sue, and father, Frank. Home sweet home for injured hockey player By Jeff Hicks METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP Benjamin Francis Fanelli spied an opportunity. Standing on his Oakville driveway Sunday, two weeks into his recovery from a cracked skull suffered in an Ontario Hockey League game in Kitchener, the 16-year-old kid shot his mom Sue a mischievous glance. He was asked whether a future return to hockey and the Kitchener Rangers would get mom's approval. Time for a standard Ben Fanelli wisecrack. It was a wad of wonderfully welcome wit, wrapped in mock snootiness. That's how they know Ben is back in the game of his life. "I think the only way she's going to allow me to play again is with two big pillows strapped to my head," grinned Fanelli, holding his hands up high to simulate a cushy cradle for his noggin. Sue, with the terror of Oct. 30 finally subsiding, jumped in on the joke. "One of those bomb suits," she sug- gested with a smile and a dash of motherly honestly. Two weeks after Fanelli's head slammed into the end boards after taking a brutal check by Mike Liambas of the Erie Otters, the thick fog of fear has lifted. Laughter has overtaken anxiety. Good cheer has trumped sheer terror. The Fanellis chose not to speak about Liambas or his lifetime ban from the OHL for the hit that sent their son into hospital with skull and facial fractures. They cared not to discuss anger or law See Fanelli page 5 See Police page 7 No Pay for 6 months and Huge Rebates PLUS ­ We guarantee your valuable Manufacturer and Government Rebates and take care of the Paperwork for you. For Deadlines and Complete Details call 905-844-2949 Ask about our excellent Financing and Great Terms. SERVING OAKVILLE FOR 26 YEARS! 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 Between Kerr & Dorval VISIT OUR ALL NEW WEBSITE YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! www.lockwoodchrysler.com