Autopsies confirm Regiers died from gunshot wounds
July 27, 2007
Story by Casey Lessard
Forensic pathologists have confirmed that Bill and Helene Regier died of gunshot wounds inflicted between the night of Sunday, July 22 and the time the police received a phone call at 1:20 p.m. the next day (Monday).
Ontario Provincial Police continue to follow leads into the murders on Bronson Line north of Mount Carmel. If you have information relevant to the case, especially the whereabouts of suspect Jesse Norman Imeson or the Regiers’ grey 2006 GMC Sierra pickup with Ontario licence JK8 334, you are asked to call a dedicated tips hotline:
1-877-584-8477
Police create dedicated tip line to find Imeson, now top story on America’s Most Wanted site
July 26, 2007
Story by Casey Lessard
Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor police have set up a toll-free tips line dedicated only to finding information about the whereabouts of Jesse Norman Imeson, wanted in connection with the murders of Carlos Rivera in Windsor on or about July 18, and Bill and Helene Regier on or about July 23.
If you have any information about Jesse Imeson that would be of interest to police, call:
1-877-584-8477
America’s Most Wanted listed Imeson as their most wanted suspect on their website as of July 26.
Imeson tattoo closeup photos
July 26, 2007
A Grand Bend Strip reader has asked for a closeup version of the photos of Jesse Imeson’s tattoos. The photos have been blown up from the original files previously on this website.
Message from the Regier family
July 25, 2007
The following is a transcription of the message given to the media by Father Ray Lawhead of Mount Carmel parish on behalf of the Regier family, grieving the loss of Bill and Helene Regier:
It is with profound shock and sadness that we come before you to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude for your support and prayers.
Bill & Helene were known as pillars of the community for their strong faith and family values. Bill was an active member of the Knights of Columbus and a huge advocate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church restoration project. Helene has served with the Catholic Women’s League for more than 50 years and was a past London Diocesan president. Married for nearly 52 years, they raised six children and were deeply committed to their 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
No words can truly convey the loss our family is living through at this time.
Please pray with us for the protection of our community and the safety of the police force.
Imeson America’s Most Wanted; Taurus found near Zurich
July 25, 2007
Story by Casey Lessard
Jesse Norman Imeson is now considered America’s Most Wanted after the website http://www.amw.com added the man suspected in the murders of Carlos Rivera and Bill and Helene Regier Wednesday.
Meanwhile, police have found one of the two vehicles they were seeking in relation to this case. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the OPP plane found the green Ford Taurus stolen earlier in the week from a nearby home in dense bush near Rodgerville Road, south of Zurich. The road is a single lane dirt road lined with corn fields and bush areas. No one was found in or around the vehicle. Huron OPP, Western Region Emergency Response Tean, and K-9 units spent the evening conducting a ground search to find more clues.
It’s not clear whether the Taurus was connected to the Regier murders, before or after they happened, but the car is being held for forensic examination.
Police are still looking for the Regiers’ grey 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck, with Ontario licence JK8 334.
If you see this vehicle, do not attempt to stop it, but call police immediately.
Remembering Bill and Helene Regier
July 25, 2007
Story by Casey Lessard
The funeral for Bill and Helene Regier will be held Monday, July 30, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic church in Mount Carmel. The couple will be laid to rest one week after their bodies were found at their nearby farmhouse. Police still do not know the whereabouts of Jesse Norman Imeson, believed to be responsible in their deaths.
A non-denominational community prayer service will be held Wednesday, July 25 at 8 p.m. at the church and is open to the public. The Regier family will not attend this service.
Hoffman Funeral Home is handling the funeral arrangements. A family visitation will be held Saturday with a public visitation Sunday.
Facebook group member posts conversation with Lindsey Glavin
July 25, 2007
By Casey Lessard
Centralia area resident Lindsey Glavin is lucky to be alive after spending some time with Jesse Norman Imeson, accused in the murders of Mount Carmel residents Bill and Helene Regier and Windsor resident Carlos Rivera. After discovering Imeson was a wanted man, Glavin and Imeson parted ways. (Update: OPP tell Canadian Press they have no one under police protection, including Lindsey Glavin, despite reports from other media.)
Police say no one should approach Imeson as he is armed and extremely dangerous.
A facebook member (who has asked that the post be removed - we have removed her name as a result) posted this conversation (posted here verbatim) on a Facebook group devoted to tracking Imeson. (A warning about some language contained in this post):
Facebook member:
hey just thought i would let you know that there is some douchebag out there (ur ex) saying that you were helping out this jesse imeson guy, hiding him from the cops and sleeping with him.. he is pretty pathetic but i just thought id let u know what he is saying
Lindsey Glavin
1:42pm July 24th
lol thanks babe…. yeah hes a fucking douchebag alrite and pathetic! u hit it dead on. but thank you sooo much for letting me know, and trust me i have a few choice words for him
Facebook member:
1:43pm July 24th
figured he was just a bitter ex!! did you actually give him (Imeson) a ride though thatd bee scarey as shit now!!
Lindsey Glavin
1:46pm July 24th
umm..i gave him a ride not knowing he was wanted for murder, so please dont blame me … if knew i definitely wouldnt even be associating with him. just like what u would do. my decisions that i made are just like what you would have made. so just think what would i do? and thats probably what i did
Facebook member:
1:48pm July 24th
oh no no i am not blaming you nobody around these parts even knew who he was until like 3 days ago.. but just scarey as heck you were that close to him and good thing hee did nothing to harm you
Lindsey Glavin
1:48pm July 24th
o if you only knew the half of it sweetheart. but yeah i should be scaried shitless but to tell ya the truth. im not
Facebook member:
1:50pm July 24th
personally i dont think/ hope he is anywhere near these parts anymore.. and its not like he can find you that easily unless you told him where you lived
Lindsey Glavin
1:52pm July 24th
lol hun, he stay with me at my house for 2 nites and three days… but didnt tell me he was wanted until the third day which is when i got rid of him. i cant really go into detail for safety reasons. but yeah. if you only knew sweetheart if you only knew. but yeah hes trying to get up north thats all i can tell u
Facebook member:
1:54pm July 24th
o0o0o i didnt know he actually stayed with you.. freaky as hell.. well hope you stay safe now after the fact, why didnt you call the cops??
Lindsey Glavin
1:55pm July 24th
lol wouldnt say that. but yeah its pretty bad i know. but im far enough away that really no one knows where i am so thats good 
Thanks again for saving my butt! Ur a dawl and dont let ne one tell ya different xoxo!
Facebook member:
1:56pm July 24th
good stay hidden then for a bit… no prob just i hate when people are stupid about shit like this that is so serious when just readin his comment you can tell he is just a bitter ex!
Police answer media questions at news conference Tuesday
July 25, 2007
Selected quotes from Tuesday’s news conference detailing known facts about the hunt for murder suspect Jesse Norman Imeson.
Reported by Casey Lessard
Windsor Detective Staff Sargeant William Donnelly:
The search was called off 1 a.m. Sunday morning after the search had commenced Saturday afternoon. The decision to end that search was a joint decision made by both myself and the incident command of the OPP having satisfied ourselves that the area had been thoroughly searched, that area being the containment area that was designated as part of the original search. That designated area was based on credible information we had at the time and the only information we had at the time. That area was approximately four square miles. I am personally satisfied that the area was thoroughly searched and that Mr. Imeson was not in the containment area at the conclusion of that ground and air and canine search. For those reasons, the search was ended – it was not called off – it was not ended because there was nothing else we could do in that area, and we turned our attention to other information.
The search was continuing and has continued since that containment search was ended. The only thing that ended that day was the intensive ground search involving the ERT teams of the OPP, the use of the infra-red helicopter and the use of the canines because it was pointless to start randomly deploying canine units in areas that we had no credible information that he was sighted. The search continued by patrol officers in the area and it has never ended from the time we issued the zone alert from the Windsor police service.
What’s happening right now?
OPP Detective Inspector Dave Cardwell:
What we have deployed in the air is an OPP aircraft, an OPP helicopter, we have crews on the ground doing specific searches I have asked them to do. We have a number of officers investigating tips and leads as they come in. Ontario’s a big place. We obviously would like this person in custody or for him to turn himself into police. It’s one large area and to simply say it’s that easy to find someone is not so.
I don’t think I can say he’s not in this area. I don’t think we can truly say where he is. That is very problematic in trying to track him down and hence our request to perhaps utilize extra eyes in the community to look for the vehicle we are after.
At this time it’s a possibility the bodies could have been there approximately 20 hours in advance.
He’s unpredictable in my view.
I can’t say if he’s still in this area. I can’t say he’s not.
Murder suspect looks like any 22-year old
July 24, 2007
Personal photos of murder suspect Jesse Norman Imeson now circulating on Facebook:
If you see Imeson, do not approach and call police immediately. He is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
Photo of murder victims Bill and Helene Regier
July 24, 2007
A photo of the victims of this week’s double homicide. Bill and Helene Regier lived on Bronson Line and were very active in the Mount Carmel Catholic church community.
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