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4 men, 1 woman charged in Ontario mass murder
Last Updated Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:24:19 EDT
CBC News
In what police are referring to as an "internal cleansing" of a biker gang, five people have been charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of eight men in southwestern Ontario.
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Police block off an area under investigation near Shedden, Ont. on Saturday. (Steve Martin/Canadian Press)
The victims, whose bodies were found in a farmer's field near Shedden, and one of the suspects are all linked to the Bandidos biker gang, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Monday.
Police said the men had all been shot.
"The victims of this crime have been positively identified and are associated (with), or belong to, the Bandidos motorcycle gang," Det. Supt. Ross Bingley told a news conference in London.
"This is an isolated incident with ties to the Bandidos."
Among the four men and one woman who are charged is Wayne Kellestine, whose house was only a few kilometres from where the bodies were found in four abandoned vehicles Saturday morning.
The field is in Shedden, about 30 kilometres southwest of London and 200 kilometres west of Toronto.
Police raided Kellestine's house on Sunday.
The six people found dead whom police believe to have been full members of the gang are:
George Jesso, 52, of Etobicoke.
George Kriarakis, 28, of Toronto.
Luis Manny Raposo, 41, of Toronto.
Francesco Salerajno, 43, of Toronto.
John Muscedere, 48, of Chatham, Ont.
Paul Sinopoli, 30, of Sutton, Ont.
The two other victims are Jamie Flanz, 37, of Keswick, Ont., whom police said was a "prospect member" of the Bandidos, and Michael Trotta, 31, of Mississauga, Ont., described as an "associate member."