Pôlce- seeý More than 500 mourners attended the funeral of Kathleen Wels, 16, of 5 Hillcourt Drive, Friday. Kathleen, a Grade il honors student at Anderson Collegiate, was brutally murdered between 7r00pm.. and 9 p.m. July 2, on a private road near Garden Street between Rossland and Taunton Road. The funeral service was held at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, of-which Kathleen was a member. A guard of honor was provided by members of the St. John Ambulance Corps, of which her father Carl and older brother Ron are members. Rev. Father Matthew Meaghan compared Kathleen to "a beautiful rainbow" against a dark sky. He also prayed for God to help the person who murdered her. "Please forgive those for they know not what they are doing," he said. POLICE SEEK HELP Durham Regional Police bave nine men working full-time on the Kathleen Wells murder case, under the direction of Sergeant of Detectives Doug Aird. The police are following a number of leads, but as yet have not been able to make an arrest. They are asking the public to come forth with any information or help they might be able to offer. - All calls will be handled with discretion and confidentially, said Inspector David Fleming. Calls are being received from both within the district and outside the Whitby district, and every clue is being followed up, he said, Anyone who has any information, which might aid police is asked to call Dtectivë Sergeant Aird at 579-1520. WENT JOGGING The fateful evening for Kathleen and her family began at 7 p.m. July 2, when she left her home on Hillcourt Drive, a side street running east of Highway 12 between Taunton and Rossland Roads, to go jogging. She had been jogging in the same general area, a wooded track east of Hillcourt Drive, for several weeks, in preparation for a week she was to spend at a basketball camp, in Peterborough. Police said the area where Garden Street becomes a trail through fields and bush is used by four-wheel vehicle drivers and motorcyclists and is also known as a lover's lane and hang-out for drinkers and drug users. A.n informal'mini' United Nations gatbering was held in Whitby Sunday with Whitby's John Pisani, who is also the Consul of Malta, playing host to a private afternoon pool party. From left to right is; George Ashe M.P.P. (doing the cookinî); g Kathleen had been using this trail several evenings a week for her jogging because itwas flit and quiët and away from the traffic of Highway. 12. On a number of occasions, her mother had jogged with her. DID NOT RETURN Kathleen had always returned home before dark, and when, she did not return on the night of July 2, her family thought she had stopped at the home of her boyfriend. When he called and said she was not there, the search began. Her father, Carl, an employee of the Firestone Tire plant in Whitby, borrowed a flashlight and with his sons, Ron, 18 and Derrick, 14, set off along the mile-long trail his daughter had used for jogging. 1He had called police at il p.m. to report her missing, and at 11:10 p.m. he found her body a quarter of a mile from the family's home between a corn field and the dirt road, extension of Garden Street, a few hundred yards from the Whitby police station. Mr. Wels found his daughter with her bead badly beaten. He picked her up and she was dead. "That picture is etched in my mind; it will never go away," he said. "Everytime I try to close my eyes, I see her. She wasn't a pretty sight." Following the discovery of Kathleen's body, Durham Regional Police cordoned off the area and began an extensive search for clues, with the assistance of an OPP tracking dog and a helicopter which took aerial photographs of the site. An autopsy was performed in Toronto which revealed that Kathleen had been beaten to death,-and was.not sexually assaulted or raped. STRUGGLE SUSPECTED Police believe she put up quite a fight for her life and there was a struggle before she was murdered. They believe the killer will have cuts and scratches on his face, and scrapings taken froin under the dead girl's fingernails have been analysed at the Ontario Forensic Science Centre in Toronto. Police also analysed a split cedar fence rail found at the scene of the killing which is believed to be the murder weapon. Police also issued an alert for a reddish orange pickup truck which was seen near the scene of the crime, driving up Garden Street about 6:30 p.m. July 2. The truck was seen leaving the area about 9 p.m. The truck was found within two days and the driver cleared Max Charles, Consul General of Haiti; Scott Fennell M.P.; Mrs. Rita de Arismendi, Consul General of Venezuela; John and Walter Borosa, Chief of Protocol for Ontario. Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess er of any involvement with the*'murder, -police said. As yet, no further information has been discovered that, might lead police to Kathleen's killer, although several othee! items from the murder scene were sent tourime laboratories in Toronto. Police are checking hospitals and doctor's offices for anyone who might have undergone treatment for cuts and scrapes as a result of the struggle Kathleen had with her killer. COMMUNITY STUNNED The murder of Kathleen Wels, a pretty, athletic teenage who was well-liked by everyone who knew her, has left the community stunned. "The whole neighborhood is stunned," said Ray McLaugh- lin, who lives across the street from the Wels family. Cont'd on P. 2 Corridor residents will appeal OMB decision Although the. Whitby Council does not intend to appeal the Ontario Munici- pal Board's decision ruling in favor of the, Manning Mews senior citizens housing project, the residents of the surroundirig area. will apneal. At the recent meeting of the Town Council the Ontario Municinal Board report on the decision regarding Man- ning Mews, was received. Councillor Gerry Emm pointed out that the Manning Mews proposal was appro-. ved by the Ontario Municipal Board. He said that "the OMB has gone against the Official Plan." Mayor Jim Gartshore, reading from the Ontario Municipal Board report said that Mr. Smith, vice-chair- man of the Ontario Munici- pal Board Hearing that was held recently "found no par- ticular evidence" to suoort the objections to a proposed Senior Citizens complex. The proposed project would be erected on a nortion of the Westminister United Church property of Manning Road. The vice-chairman said that the project "is well within the area" of the Offi- cial Plan. He "did not agree with the submissions" pre- sented at the hearing. Councillor Barry Evans said, if Council appeals the OMB decisions, it (Council) should have. a sound plan- ning approach. The appeal should be based on a plan- ning background and unless it is apnealed on real plan- ning principles" the whole thing could be a lost effort. Councillor Bob Attersley pointed out that the Inter Faith people's project was challenged at the . Council level but they went ahead and appeailed Council's deci- sion at the OMB level. "According to legal advice we should not appeal the OMB decision as we haven't a leg to stand on. The people in the ar'ea can approach the Cabinet and object if they wish to. But 1, for one, am not in favor of it." he said. Côuncil members asked Planning Director Robert Short what affect the propo- sed Senior Citizens apart- men.e op1exwould have on the ârea'inregards tozoning. and the Official Plan. HJe pointed out that the zoning for the Manning Road-Hazelwood Drive area is low density residential; that is it is zoned for single family dwellings. "Although the proposed project would, be in a resi- dential zone it is to be used for residential purposes, therefore it would be compa- tible in a residential zone. Institutional can be in a residential zone," as well as in other types of zoning. The Council passed the resolution that the Council will not appeal the decision Cont'd on 1P. 2 Man is burned i explosion A Whitby man was treated for first and second degree burns at the Dr. J.O: Ruddy Hospital following an explo- sion at his home Sunday morning. The Whitby Fire Depart- ment reported that Martin Clift, of 925 Burns Street West, Unit 30 was cleaning some clothing in the laundry room with flamable liquids and vapors built up in the room. It is believed that the vapors were ignited by a hot water heater, and a small explosion resulted, at 10:17 a.m., a fire department, spokesman said. Mr. Clift received first degree burns t6 his face, chest and arms, and second degree burns. to his hands, the fire department repor- ted. Total damage to the dwel- ling, i theKeyEast town- houses, was estimated at $1,500.