When their friends did not want to go to a bar, the pair decided to pick up a prostitute. The first woman they approached refused to go with two men.
A while later George, a single mother of two who worked occasionally as a prostitute, got into the car with Kummerfield. Unknown to George, Ternowetsky was hiding in the trunk.
They demanded oral sex and then Kummerfield dragged George out of the car and began hitting her.
The case gained national attention after the judge reminded jurors George ‘indeed was a prostitute’.
Kummerfield told the parole panel Friday that George was the first woman he had ever hit.
Ternowetsky beat George as well.
As they drove away, Kummerfield said he saw George walking along the side of the road.
Her body was found April 18, 1995, at the side of a gravel road near the Regina airport.
The following day they heard on the radio that a body had been found.
‘I really didn’t want to believe that that could have been us at all,’ Kummerfield said.
‘I didn’t think what we did that night would have ended somebody’s life.’
George, 28, was beaten so badly her family could not open her casket at the funeral.
The two men were originally charged with first-degree murder but were found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
During their trial, Justice Ted Malone of Court of Queen’s Bench, reminded jurors to remember George was a prostitute when they considered whether she consented to sex.
Her consent could have been key to the verdict because if jurors had decided she did not consent, they would have had to find Ternowetsky and Kummerfield guilty of first-degree murder.
Lawrence Joseph, vice-chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, called the verdict a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’. Walnet online article
KUNOWSKI, ANDRZEJ: Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
May 22nd 1997, Hammersmith, London: Andrzej Kumowski, an illegal immigrant from Poland … ‘A cold-blooded criminal. He had no respect for human life.’ Britain’s Most Evil Killers: Andrzej Kunowski, rozzer, Sky Crime 2020
He was a prolific paedophile and sexual predator who attacked vulnerable victims for almost three decades. And would go on to take the life of a 12-year-old girl. ibid.
An extremely dangerous serial rapist who was a law unto himself. ibid.
KURD, ARUM et al: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV -
A shop explodes. Five people die but the owner survives. Leicester on the night of February 25th 2019: fifty-foot flames engulf a convenience store. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e6: Arum Kurd, Discovery 2020
‘Three men that must have a huge disregard for human life … They decided they were going to get rid of Victoria [girlfriend].’ ibid.
Soon the extent of the fabrication would become clear … [The three men] had taken out insurance … [Hawker] Hassan bought the petrol that caused the blast. ibid.
KYNE, DIANNE murder: Dateline: True Lies TV -
A wife and mom dead in her bedroom. A frantic call to 911. A moment later, another. Two separate calls, two separate stories about the same haunting crime. But only one caller was telling the truth: Father vs Son … Kevin Kyne and his stepfather Bill each accusing the other of murder. Dateline: True Lies s1e1, Sky Crime 2020
Bill’s first wife Crystal died in the middle of the night: there were no witnesses, but investigators believed she tripped, hit her head and ended up drowning in the pool. Police ruled it an accident, and Bill collected on an insurance policy … He was also the beneficiary on policies for Dianne totalling $750,000. ibid.
Diane’s body temperature may have suggested a different timeline. ibid.
KYTE, ALUN: Forensics: Catching the Killer TV -
‘The bodies were slumped so close together. I didn’t feel it was a coincidence.’ Forensics: Catching the Killer s3e9: Catching the Midlands Ripper, Sky Crime 2024
In December 1993 a woman exercising her horses on a quiet road near the village of Swinford in rural Leicestershire made a terrible discovery: the body of a missing woman named Samo Paull. ibid.
Samo had drifted into prostitution to provide for her young child. ibid.
One of the biggest manhunts in the history of the Leicestershire police. ibid.
‘DNA gave a match’ ... That name was Alun Kyte. ibid.