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SASKATOON (CUP) -—— The
18-year-old man who died in_
a University of Saskatchewan residence last Sept. 28 under- went a bizarre mock funeral before being stuffed into a garbage chute by unknown
persons, a corner’s inquest
has revealed.
A number of students and experts Were called to testify before the inquiry in hopes of reconstructing the, night’s events, which culminated in Shawn. Reineke’s violent death. '
Reineke died after plum- meting 20 metres and, in the words of pathologist Dr. Fergus Murphy, su's'taining “severe skull fractures, frac-
tures in the pelvis, thigh and ~
ankle areas, lacerations on the forehead, abrasions and scratches. ’ ’
Murphy said Reineke went down the chute feet first, while Corporal Arnie Main- land of the Saskatoom police said it is unlikely Reineke climbed into the chute him— self.
Several witnesses testified Reineke was extremely drunk and passed out on the twelfth floor couch.
Two residents, Carey Barrett and Timothy Wall, doused Reineke with wine, shaving cream and mustard, covered him with newspapers and put a pickle on him.
No explanation was given for this strange behavior.
I don’t know what made Carey and I do what we did,” Wall said. “I had no inten- tion of harming him in any way.”
Barrett wrote a mock death tag for Reineke and taped it to his toe. Another unidenti- fied student performed “last rites”, and another took a picture of him. '
Wall and Barrett them carried Reineke to the elevator, hoping security would find him.
One hour later, the two went searching for him. “Like an unseen force we decided to go looking for him,” Wall said.
When Reineke was’ not found on the elevator, the two followed a trail of shaving cream to the ninth floor garbage chute, into which they asSumed Reineke had thrown up.
Barrett said'he thought I
Reineke had fallén down the chute, and they went to the basement to look for him.
Kenneth Mark was the last student to have seen Reineke alive, sometime between 3:00 and 3:30 am. Mark testified that Reineke seemed quite drunk and was covered in Shaving cream. Mark said Reineke was with two other Students, «Kelly Ham and Irvin Reekie.
Ham and Reekie starteda beer fight and set off a fire extinguisher, behavior Reekie admitted was “crude, loud and boisterous. ” I
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mony ’was vague and often contradictory. At one point, the corner asked Ham why he wasbeing so careful with his statements. , - Hes said he did not trust the judicial system. “It’s a big pain,” he said. He later told lawyer Robert McKercher he was being careful because the possibility of attempted murder charges being laid had been mentioned to him.
Monika Faber and Pamela Stimpson testified that Ham and Reekie were in their residence room between 3:30 and 4:00 am.
Stimpson told the inquiry she was well aware that “de- pending on what I said, I could help or hinder them.” Her testimony was inter- rupted when the court warned her that perjury was a criminal offence. The inquest was adjourned for a brief recess while Stimpson re-read her original statements.
At approximately 4:00 am. on Sept. 28, seven stu- dents, Reekie, Barrett and Ham,
among them Wall, ‘
garbage area. -
Donna Puto, another resident, discovered the badly injured Shawn Reineke in the garbage.
“He was kind of moan- ing,” she said. “We tried to keep him still.” Reineke died in hospital anAhour later of massive head and body injuries. -
Police constable ' Brian Trainor, investigating the incident, came upon four people huddled in a residence room and overheard part of their conversation. One woman was sobbing hysteri- cally and said; ‘Kelly didn’t
.know what he was doing
he made a mistake’,” Tainor said. The woman ' Shannon Freeman, a woman Kelly Ham called his girlfriend.
Freeman denied she made this statement, but said she, Ham and Reekie got together the day after the incident, but said she didn’t remember what they had discussed.
The crown prosecutor later gave Freeman an opportunity to add to or correct her story,
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but she declined.
- Besides determining Reineke was assisted into the garbage chute, the coroner’s jury recommended that liquor regulations and the
legal drinking age be en-_
forced at licensed" university functions. As well, it said university
highrises should be equipped with security clocks and a key system be installed to indicate when a security guard has visited a location.
The crown prosecutor will review testimony and decide if further investigation is needed or if charges will be laid. The police will review
vealsghOUlish details or student’s death
went to the ground floor
a transcrip of the inquest before seeking more informa— tion or interviews.
The Saskatoon board of police commissioners has posted a $10,000 reward for additional information that would lead to the appre- hension of the person re— sponsible for Reineke’s death.
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