CAS Foster Home Employed Pedophile

April 8, 2004 permalink

A foster home operated by Peel Children's Aid employed Douglas Donald Moore, 36 years old, as a baby-sitter. Police believe he committed 11 sexual offenses against three children, two of them euphemistically called mentally challenged. The Peel Children's Aid Society told the Toronto Star that two of the children involved were living in their foster homes when the incidents occurred. According to the Star, the father of one of the alleged victims said his son described being taken by his foster mother to Moore's Orangeville cottage, where he was sexually assaulted.

These facts came to light after the March 19 discovery of the body of Rene Charlebois, 15, at the Mono dump site on third line north of Mono Centre Road. Police believe Mr Moore murdered Rene, as well as two other missing young people, Giuseppe (Joseph) Manchisi, 20, of Milton and his friend Robert Grewal, 22, of Mississauga. Rene was last seen alive December 12, and the two other young men were last seen November 12, 2003.

Police recount a history of offenses by Mr Moore. In 1986 he was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in Brampton and placed on two years' probation. In August, 1998, he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy in British Columbia and was sentenced to four years in prison a year later. Police, and reporters, say Moore sold cocaine, and Charlebois got cocaine from him for resale.

Police traced Moore to the Royal Motel on Plains Road in Burlington by cellphone intercepts and arrested him there March 15 after breaking down the door to his room. They entered his room this way because he was considered a suicide risk. After arrest he was charged with committing 11 sexual offenses at a Mississauga residence. He was found dead in his cell at Maplehurst Detention Centre in Milton at 3:30 am April 2, 2004. There has been no comment on why a suspect considered suicidal was left to kill himself. Before his death, Moore was expected to be charged with other sex offences. Police declined to say what the connection is between the deaths of Rene Charlebois and the other two victims, declined to name another person connected with the deaths, declined to reveal the circumstances surrounding the death of Rene Charlebois, and declined to say how Mr Moore became a suspect.

This story is extracted entirely from press reports in other media, but with the spin favorable to Children's Aid removed. What follows is a press release by the Peel Police.

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PEEL REGIONAL POLICE

Attention News Editors:
Peel Regional Police - Body of missing boy found

BRAMPTON, ON, March 31 /CNW/ - An investigation by the Peel Regional Police in conjunction with the Ontario Provincial Police has led to the discovery of the body of 15-year-old Rene CHARLEBOIS, who went missing from the area of his Mississauga home on December 12, 2003.

The body of Rene CHARLEBOIS was discovered on March 19th in a public landfill for the Town of Mono, which is located on 3rd Line east of Highway 10. In addition to the recovery of Rene CHARLEBOIS' remains, clothing was located on the 3rd line enroute to the dump which may have belonged to the deceased. The cause of death is as a result of foul play. A homicide investigation has commenced.

Rene CHARLEBOIS was last seen around 3:30 p.m. leaving Meadowvale Secondary School, at the end of the school day. When he did not return home, and was not heard from by 9:00 p.m. police were contacted. Since this time, two news releases were issued and media coverage was provided.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone who knew Rene CHARLEBOIS or who has any information with respect to his whereabouts or activities prior to his disappearance is urged to contact the Peel Regional Police Homicide Bureau at 905-453-3311 ext. 3220, or Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS/8477.

A photograph of Rene CHARLEBOIS can be seen by clicking on http://files.newswire.ca/53/CHARLEBOIS.jpg.

For further information: Contact: Cst. Wendy Sims, Media Relations, (905) 453-2121 ext. 4027;

Addendum: The Globe and Mail, reports on April 10, 2004:

The alleged sex assaults that finally led to Mr Moore being detained all occurred at a bungalow in rural Caledon where a couple in their 50s had a number of Children's Aid Society youngsters in their care. Over a period of several years, while helping out as a babysitter and handyman, Mr Moore is believed to have attacked three, possibly four of the boys living there, including two described as mentally challenged.