Starting with the Basics
Moranda Frenette
This lead is very effective because the young girl draws the attention of readers, this is because she is at the age of still being a minor as well as someones daughter or student. Fordy has stated "Any loss of life is a tragedy, but Serena had just turned 17 and had her whole life ahead of her."
The most important information of the story was included first, the information included was what had happened, which was her death, which was also a random act of cruelty and murder, as well as her age and the area it had happened in.
Although, the article did not contain a good ending, this is because it simply stated the action the silver truck took after the murder, rather than what the police are going to do about it, or it could have included family responses to keep the reader interested and sympathetic towards the situation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/serena-vermeersch-17-killed-in-apparent-random-attack-1.2770650
In Red River, Winnepeg on August 9th, 15 year old Tina Fontaine was found missing. Following more than a week after that, her body was discovered close to the Alexander docks. The police have come to the conclusion that her death was a homicide.
Although Tina Fontaine had ran away before it is obvious that the death was not caused by her own mistakes, she was a young, small female that had been taken advantage of and murdered. This lead is very effective because it draws the attention of readers concerned about the well being of young women in their area, as well as all over the world. “She’s a child. This is a child that has been murdered … Society should be horrified,” he said. “That’s why we’re asking for people to come forward. And that's why we're asking for people to help us and to come forward with anything they know about this child.” Sargent O'Donovan had stated.
In this article, the most important information such as who, what and where was included first. Who being 15 year old Tina Fontaine, what being that she was taken advantage of and murdered and lastly where being in Red River, Winnipeg. Throughout the article, more details were included and it had a strong ending asking for the help of other people with any information that could be linked to the investigation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-15-found-in-bag-in-red-river-1.2739141
In Ontario there have been 60 people arrested along with almost 250 charges concerning children sexual exploitation over the internet. Alongside this, there were 99 search warrants spread across the Ontario police. The charges involved in this crime are "child luring and making, possessing and distributing child pornography." These charges have been pressed against people from their teenage years up until their senior years.
This lead is very effective to it's reader because it acts like a wake up call as to what can happen over the internet and to civilians children. "They go to the places on the internet where children are present," he said. "They go online, and they are very good at what they do in seeking out children that they want to prey upon." Frank Goldschmidt, OPP's provincial strategy coordinator said.
In this article, the most important information concerning what had happened, being the child exploitation was brought up, along with where it takes place, which is spread across Ontario.
Following the strong informative beginning, the ending also takes a grand turn in which the information that the victims had actually used other people for camera-holding, which makes the case more difficult and gives the reader a sense of shock as to how many people may actually be involved.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-child-sexual-exploitation-probe-leads-to-60-arrests-1.2777423
