Posted on 07/28/2017 12:06:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
On the surface, the video looked like a confession that would steer police away from their suspect, Alexa Emerson. But something did not seem quite right
When the videos arrived in Saskatoon newsrooms in April, it was another strange twist in one of the most bizarre criminal cases to hit the city in recent memory.
A fresh-faced young woman in an orange shirt began the video by exclaiming, “Today was a crazy day!” She recounted helping another woman “who really doesn’t like Alexa” put together packages containing cookies, tissue paper and a white powder.
“People will think the white powder is anthrax,” she said she was told by the other woman. She described arranging delivery of the packages before ending with a soap-opera-like account of unfaithful lovers.
The video was sent days after Saskatoon police had issued a Canada-wide warrant for Alexa Emerson, wanted in connection with a rash of incidents in which packages containing white powder had been sent to local businesses, a cancer centre and a school.
On the surface, the video looked like a confession that would steer police away from Emerson as they investigated the white-powder deliveries, which in all cases turned out to be hoaxes. The powder was baking soda or talcum.
But something did not seem quite right about the video. The supposed culprit was oddly cheery, and she sounded more like a stage actor reading from a script than someone realistically describing their day.
Emerson turned herself in to police the day after the video was sent and is now facing 83 charges related to seven bomb scares and 10 suspicious package incidents in and around Saskatoon.
In June, Saskatoon Crime Stoppers launched a campaign to find the woman on the video and get to the bottom of what it called “a truly strange
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She’s bigger than I thought she’d be.
Ed
There’s no place like Saskatchewan!.....................
She’s not guilty, and if she needs a place to stay, ....
She has those crazy eyes.
Now she’s open to a new relationship. She would like a caring, loving boyfriend who is open to a strong, stable, and long-term relationship leading to marriage and children. She hopes that the right man will be able to get past some indiscretions in her past, and that he will not mind some years of “long distance” relationship while she serves her time.
That is really funny. Literal lol!
You wise guy....
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