Sorry to be gloomy, but...

[bumbot]

When I got to work friday morning, a coworker told me that someone I used to work with at the PetroCan on River Road was dead.

"Body identified as that of missing local woman"Kataryna was from the Ukraine. She was one of my favourite co-workers to be shifted on with, especially for an evening shift. In the evenings things would get really slow,

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[nicodemusreborn]

I'm really sorry to hear this. I had a similar situation a few years ago. I found out that one of my fellow Navy Engineers from Saskatoon had been killed in a car crash on New Year's eve. We had trained together in Esquimalt in '05, and pretty much hung out every day for several months. I even gave him rides into Vancouver for the weekend so he could visit his brother. It was the same weird sadness, without knowing how sad to feel.

I suppose you could go to her funeral and say goodbye that way. I never got that chance, because it was in Saskatchewan, but I think it might have been good to go.

[skonen_blades]

I was married to Czech woman named Hanna for a few years. It didn't work out but I got some insight into that part of the world. Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, all of them. The women are the prettiest in the world and the country is poor. It's a large reason why a lot of porn stars are Eastern European. These women are poker chips to the rest of the world.

Although I'm probably painting horrific images for you which is not my intention. I'm merely saying that when I read of a beautiful, innocent, fun, young woman from Eastern Europe getting killed, it always affects me very deeply as well, having met so many of them and enjoying their company and joi de vivre so much.

My sympathies are with you. It's truly tragic.

Kataryna

[dr_holmes]

Loosing a friend to murder is on a plain of it's own.To me that would feel really odd and a little to close to home. Especially when you have the who, what, and why going through your head . The most excruciating part is trying to get closure.

I do recall her working at the chevron, she was very pleasant and helpful.
Sorry to here that she died in such grim circumstances.