27 comments: Susan Jones said... *shudder* 12:44 PM Anonymous said... I gotten to knon Derik Lord for the past 2 years and I would have to agree with his family. I think Derik was framed and Muir admitted guilt to get out. Ralph Hueneman's first wife died at the age of 36, and yet the police didn't investigate him? Now he's in some other country...to me that should be investigated. 12:49 AM Anonymous said... For the comment of Derk being framed. Learn how to spell you low life. 11:32 PM Anonymous said... I had forgotten how much I missed your writing when I lived in Victoria, 8 years ago. This is a good synopsis. Can it be that some people are just stupid? Encluding Lords parents. If you read the girlfriends statements the night of the Twawassen ferry pick-up, Lord snaps his knife to her throat and gives a little smile.... 7:36 AM Anonymous said... I don't care how much that person above knows Derik Lord. I knew Darren, and I have no doubt about his guilt based on my personal interactions with him in the weeks preceding and following the murder. The testimony and evidence supports the conviction of David and Derik beyond reasonable doubt. Ralph is a nice guy, and I knew him as the father of a friend for many years. I feel extremely bad for him. His first wife died under odd circumstances when he was hundreds of miles away, and police found no foul play. To imply that he was complicit in his wife and mother-in-law's murders - deaths he had no reason for or anything to gain from - is disgusting and offensive. "Some other country", incidentally, is the US, where (last I heard) he was a professor in California. 1:53 AM Anonymous said... OMG well written and uncanny enough said..keep up the good work! 6:59 PM Anonymous said... I grew up with Darren Huenemann and when we heard about who died we had no doubt it was him he was a weird kid 1:46 AM Anonymous said... I saw him that night crossing the border into twassen with his friends duffle bag and he was with his other friend. they both walked right past me and looked hella nervous.so they are infact guilty and should have got the death penalty. Brother Microdot. 12:38 AM David Lord said... I am Derik Lord's father. The justice system is based on the premise everyone must tell the truth. If you tell the truth and are innocent then you will spend many more years in prison when convicted. There are hundreds of wrongfully convictions in Canada every year. If you are caught in the legal system you had better get the best lawyer money can buy or you could end up being wrongfully convicted as well. Jody Paterson says she has got to know Derik. That is not true. 9:35 PM David Lord said... Brother Microdot's comments are vey interesting. If you saw Derik and David Muir "I saw him that night crossing the border into twassen with his friends duffle bag and he was with his other friend. they both walked right past me and looked hella nervous." What time of night? The Leatherbarrow home was some distance from the border and they were walking? This is an example of the nut cases that can testify against you in court. All for two seconds of public notoriety. Wrongful convictions are an epidemic in Canada because of nuts like Brother Microdot. 10:41 AM Jasminda said... I am Derik Lord's fiancee, I've known him since we were both 12 years old - i noticed the comment about the death penalty - funny thing is, if the death penalty was legal in Canada at the time of Derik's conviction, he would never have gone to jail. All of the evidence provided in court was based on the testimony of one person - A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL who had been dumped by Mr. Huenemann prior to his arrest, and this particular girl was not very popular at our school. So she went from being a "nothing" to being a "star" witness on the front page of every newspaper in the country. (She was also related to the arresting officers, who repeatedly interrogated her for hours and days on end until she told them what they wanted to hear. Same with David Muir.) She was given very lucrative perks before and during the trial. There was absolutely no physical evidence or eyewitnesses that can place any of the boys on that side of the water that night (they lived on vancover island at the time, dont forget) I am sorry esteemed article writer, but you really need to see the court transcripts. The media convicted all 3 boys before they went to trial, the only boy out of the 3 to have consistent family support is also the only one maintaining his innocence. The other 2 are doing what they are told, David Muir's initial "confession" was not written by or signed by him. I have been in a relationship with Derik for 9 years. He has never held a knife to anyone's throat, much less that of a female. And he has not "refused" the programs offered by CSC - they have refused to take him. They call it "screening out". Because he is NOT an illiterate, violent drug addict with abusive parents (Mr. and Mrs. Lord were amazing parents, all growing up I was a little jealous of their close family unit), CSC tells him he cannot take the programs required of him because he already possesses all the skills the programs teach. He had to get the federal government in Ottawa to FORCE Corrections Service Canada to put him in the required programs whether they liked it or not. Derik Lord and his family have been instrumental in uncovering a lot of human rights violations in CSC. They have assisted countless other families subjected to inhumane treatment and power-mongering. They have educated themselves and others on legal procedures and how the "little guy" with no money can still represent and stand up for themselves. 16 years of incarceration and Derik has never done ANY drugs, he does not have any tattoos, nor does he have a single incident report of violence or lawbreaking in those 16 years. I have personally witnessed guards deliberately try to provoke him in an attempt to elicit a violent/emotional response. He has never given them the sastifaction. He follows the rules, stays out of trouble, stays away from troublesome people, and has been know to defuse many situations involving multiple parties (an entire living range once) with proper conflict resolution techniques (taught in the programs no less) that always end peacefully, he pioneered the peer counseling program at the medium security facility he was housed at, and was even able to make it a self sustaining program before he transferred to a minimum. 4:32 PM Jasminda said... I stopped counting how many former addicts he has helped save. I stopped counting how many defenseless people he has stood up for. He changes the lives of the people around him daily just by living by example. He's taught his housemates (and myself, I might add) not only proper conflict resolution, but he's also taught them how to cook and how be a proper roommate (skills all these men need and rarely have when released). Anyone who meets him and gets to spend any time with him realizes very quickly that there is something seriously wrong with his situation. Even other inmates, lifelong criminals and the like, all agree that he "does not belong in prison". He has only a small group of friends, and does not involve himself in any kind of "business". He is a quiet person, almost noble in his actions and demeanor. And he does not ever tell falsehoods. What that means is that the truth hurts, and all of you who think those 3 kids were guilty, I have to say that you were duped by the media. Again. 4:33 PM Jasminda said... For more information, you can visit www.canadianinjustice.com or Mrs. Lord's blog www.canadianinjustice.blogspot.com 4:55 PM Anonymous said... i was in prison with all 3,at different stages,the last was william head in victoria with Dave Muir,i got to know Dave quite well and have no doubt these boys were as guilty as i was for my crime.give it up Dave Lord,lifes to short,let him confess and come home,be the proper parent and let him try at a normal life ,or as normal as it could be.he needs your support to come home. 8:34 PM Anonymous said... I live in tsawassen and me and my friends went to that house today. Everything is overgrown around it and is hard to see. All the windows are smashed and teens smoke weed in it. It's pretty creepy. 6:44 PM Stephen said... I think you may have your statements or facts backwards Jasminda. First of all Derik has been in prison your whole relationship. Second how is he using the tools taught in the programs he is not allowed in ( And he has not "refused" the programs offered by CSC - they have refused to take him. They call it "screening out".) ( with proper conflict resolution techniques (taught in the programs no less) also obvoisly he has not held a knife to a females throat during your relationship as HE HAS BEEN IN JAIL!!!!!!! I sense a lot of emotion in your comment and it almost seems as you are the one who was unpopular in school not Darrens ex. I would like to know the series of events that lead to your engaugement with a convicted murderer. From your comments about family I assume your not close with yours? I grew up with Davids sister and knew the family. He would not admit and accept the punishment for something he did not do, Especially murder. leave your feelings at home and look at everything from a logical view. 6:02 PM Anonymous said... Amazing comment from anonymous who said "I gotten to know Derik Lord for the past 2 (two) years. Firstly, it takes sometimes a life time to know one's self. It may take alot longer to know what people are made of through good times and hard times. I'm stilling learning new things about my wife and we've been married almost 10 years. So, if you truly believe you can know someone over 24 months through intermittent 30 minute visits in that span of time then i have to conclude you are totally whacked out of your mind. Maybe you need to stop wasting your life inside prisons and go out and see the world and who knows, if you travel far enough you might get to know yourself. Until then, I don't think you even know what you are talking about. 7:53 PM Anonymous said... I'm a relative of Derik Lord, and as a child he was always strange. My family had been following the trial before they were raised to adult court, and they day we heard their names none of us were surprised. To this day I have no doubt that Derik committed this crime. What is the most tragic of all of this is what it has done to his family, his sisters. His parents have wasted their lives trying to prove something that can never be proven, since it is not the truth. I agree with the comment that David needs to allow Derik to confess so they can all get on with their lives. And Jasminda you should do the same. Maybe if Derik had admitted his guilt early on he could have got the help he needed, but I fear now it's too late. 6:43 AM John said... Derik Lord's refusal to accept his responsibility in these crimes and his lack of compassion in watching what his parents (especially his father) have done to reduce their lives to slightly above insignificant, tell me all I need to know about this criminal. His ability to sucker another gullable female into falling in love with a convict make me sick as well. There is a place for scum bags like this. I only hope he can put his parents out of their misery by letting them live their lives by knowing he accepted responsibility for his terrible choice in selecting friends while he was a teenager. 4:20 PM Anonymous said... I have met David Lord through work, he is not only delusioal he is also a back stabbing coward only intersted in his own personel gain. I have no doubt his son murdered these 2 innocent women. 2:57 PM Anonymous said... I think Daddy Lord has his head so far up his ass he can't feel his dim wit brain anymore. Come on sir. get over it. Your son is a murderer, a cold blooded useless piece of dumb trash. Once you except that, and you and your wife cut the low-life out of your lives, maybe then you can enjoy the rest of yours.The evidence is overwhelming. He's your own little Charles Manson. Must make you proud!Your wife should have done jail time for purgery. What a LIAR she is eh.Are you both on crack? 3:34 PM Anonymous said... While in high school, 1989-90, I worked at Kmart in Victoria, BC. and so too did Derik Lord, I guess it was right after the robbery/murders had taken place and he was a free man until proven guilty. Everyone knew the 'situation', I never had a problem with him, actually goofed around quite a bit, had a crush on the same co-worker (not too bright of me). Overall an average teenage guy, that coming from another average teenage guy, the one thing that did stick out was that some guy a bit older then us at work chewed us both out for messing around, Derik picked up some sort of mini hanger for girls clothes and whipped it at this guy, it left a mark on his chest and if it had been directed at his eye he would of lost it. Bit of a bad temper, but who hasn't thrown something at a person in anger? Must suck living your life in prison, what a waste. 10:08 PM Anonymous said... Jasminda dating a murderer in prison,That says lots about your mental health,A father and mother that stand up for their murdering son somethings not right there,I see that these men have quite the tempers from other comments,Also convienent to say they were framed when there was a fortune sitting around for them if they murdered these women.Its funny how delusional people in this world are,So pathetic and uneduacted that they stand up for scumbags who should be killed instead of having tax money wasted on keeping them in prison, When you won t admit to your crime,Than obviously yo uhave no remorse and dont care and people that kill in that way and for those reasons DO NOT REHABILITATE somethings loose upstairs,I believe that if a person has greed and want for money of that caliber,They are likely to do it to someone else for the next thing they want,Parole should never be an option for any of those men!!!!! 12:25 PM Anonymous said... Old thread ..but damn Jody you summed it up. The Lord's have been wronged by prison authorities because they have an indifference to authority. Suck it up, smile, get out, and enjoy the real world. You will NEVER get a penny based on the confessions. It's time to lie to them...or the NPB...somehow i think the NPB is easier than your parents that have lost everything including their relationship over this ordeal. 3:48 PM Anonymous said... LOL I love the person who commented two before this one who states that people are uneducated and inmates should be killed instead of being kept in the prison system. Dear, you can't even SPELL educated!! You are the one who is delusional if you think that all people that are convicted and sentenced to prison are guilty, there are innocent people in prison. I am not saying that Derik is or isn't, but you need to get your head out of your ass. 7:23 PM brother noomspa said... it was around 4 pm just after dusk that i saw him 3:21 AM Anonymous said... this is long ago, but I seem to recall martial arts weapons being found in one of the trio's lockers at Mt. Doug when we were there. Any other Mt. Doug people recall this? Of course, what does that prove? Nothing! Darren always seemed just repellent - much like a younger Stephen Harper. That same aura of false goodness. Someone I trust knew Lord and said he was a pretty decent guy. Again, what does any of that prove? nothing. 5:40 PM