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Police release few details after discovery of body I Intense Jessop case investigation A massive police investigation is continu- ing this week into the murder of Christine Jessop, the young girl who disappeared Oct ober 3 after buying bubble gum at the Vol. 119 No. 8 general store near her family home in Queens- ville, Ontario. The partially-clad body of the hihe year old girl was found on New Year's Eve just 16 km north of Port Perry. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1965 A man searching for his dog discovered the y on top of the snowy ground in a clump of small trees. No obvious "affort was made to conceal the dead young- ster, found within feet of Final report due in March, 1 986 ¥ 36 pages. 'a mobile trailer home Durham Regional Police say is deserted. The actual site is on a farmer's ladeway jutt- ing off the 4th Concess- ion of Brock Township (in the Region of Dur- ham), a mere 50 metres from the intersection of Simcoe Street (Durham Regional Road 2), and 2 km north of the village of Sonya. The investigation which involves officers from 'York and Durham police forces is being healed by Durham Inspector Bob Brown out of the Sunderland detachment office. A computer is being used to analyse data about the case, includ- ing the massive files compiled by York Region Police over: the ° three months since the youngster was reported missing. However, police are Task Force Himotahle . The Task Force look- ing into the weed prob- lem on Lake Scugog likely will not come up with final recommend- ations until the end of March, 1986. . - of reference and time- table were prepared for the Task Force by lan . MacNab, manager of the Kawartha Congerva- tion Authdrity, and he is< suggesting that the final The Task Force- is" report and recommepd: scheduled to hold its second meeting on Jan- uary 30 and a detailed terms of reference and 'timetable will be on the agenda at that meeting. The suggested terms "aon be approved at the end of March, 1986. Commenting on the suggested terms of reference, Mr. MacNab told the Star last week that he fully expects the Young boy safe after icy plunge A nine year old Scugog Island young- ster had a close call last week 'when he went through the ice into the frigid waters of Lake . Scugog. The incident tok water. Mr. Matthews held onto Robbie's ankles as he pulled Chadd to safety after he had been in the water for about four minutes. The-ice 'where Mr. place about 4:00 P. M. on\_ Matthews 'and Robbie January 2 as Chadd Brown was skating on the ice near his parents home at Cedar Shores. '""He went out further than he was allowed, and I was trying to call him back when he went through,' said the boy's mother, Mrs. Delphine Brown, after the incident. oo Fortunately for Chadd, his older brother Robbie, 14 and his uncle Dean Matthews, 23, were ice fishing nearby: and they carefully made their way along the ice to where the youngster was up to his armpits in _incident, were fishing was several inches thick, but the spot where Chadd went through was just an inch in thickness, probably due to a strong current or spring. Although Chadd was none the worse for his experience after he warmed up with a hot ., bath and heating pad, the entire family was badly shaken by the said Mrs. Brown: "It was close. We were lucky they (Robbie and Mr. Matthews) were out on the ice when it happened," she said. Task Force members to make some chariges. at the January.30 meeting, and there is no reason why the members would 'nat wake suggestions for some interim action on ,the weed problem this spring and summer. However, he stressed that the weed problem isa "very complicated' and there are no "overnight or band-aid solutions." Mr. MacNab said he can appreciate that the Task Force will probab- ly get some pressure from local marina 'operators, cottage. associations and boaters who would like § some action this spring and summer. \ There iS no reason wh changes in the timetable and terms of reference can't be made," he said. He described the len- gthy draft document as ion (Started by Task Forde. members when they meet again on January 30. The first meeting in Port Perry was held December 5. The draft terms of reference calls for extensive information gathering on all aspects of Lake Scugog, includ- ing fisheries, recrea- tion, tourism, the extent of the acquatic weed problem, trends in water quality, nutrient sources and prospects for their control. Once all this data has been collected, the Task Force should be able to determine why there is a weed. problem in the lake, which has been especially acute the last two summers. *-taking a nea getting discuss-, F 3 I The Gmetiile calle on the Task Force to come vith both short and long-term solutions. Public forums including meetings and question- naires" will be used to generate ideas for solutions. Mp. MacNab said there is nothing to stop Scugog Township from action summer such as chem- ical spraying or har- vesting, if the local council agrees. (Turn to page 3) this making public few details about the inves- tigation. A post-mortem carried -out last week has not been released as police feel doing so may hamper their investig- ation. Exact cause of the young girl's death has not been revealed. A Durham Region Police spokesman told 3 te, ~ ¥ 2 5 ' A Cute i - x + ' . 3 A ol $ Al . x , ' the Star Monday morn- ing that no new inform- ation about the case would be revealed at _ this time. According to bublish- ed reports, funeral ser- vices for the young girl were held Monday in her: home r Ls eo es Ae town. of: Queensville, which is ao 50 km west of © where the dy discover Meanwhile, residents of the Sunderland, Sonya and Port Perry areas have expressed shock sihce the grisiy New Years Eve -dis- was -covery with people baffled at how sich a tragedy could 'ake place. 7 aX Nd "Durham Regional Police Oe! painstakingly comb the area where the body of nine year old Christine Jessop was discovered New Year's Eve. Her body was found sprawled in the snow by a man strolling along the 4th Concession of Brock Township, 2 km north of Sonya (or 16 km north of Port Perry). See story for details. A RE a i 4 RY INL AR birt) 1} '» ' | f 4, pi aig er { id iE dl iy ) ; fh Tom, The body of Christine Jessop was found Concession of Brock Township. The site is within feet of this deserted trailer and pic- nic table, on a loney laneway just off the 4th within 50 metres of busy Simcoe Street. " "