McClintic fails again

Terri-Lynne McClintic posing gangsta (Facebook)

Convicted child-killer may never learn to keep her hands to herself. The media has recently learned that the woman who admitted to the abduction and murder of 8 year old Tori Stafford has been charged with assaulting a fellow inmate at the Grand Valley Institute for Women.

McClintic's lawyer, Geoff Snow, confirmed the charges stemming from what he called a "scrap" that took place between his client and an inmate named Aimee McIntyre on January 30, 2012. McIntyre is also serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of her former lover after a jury found that she had coerced two men into carrying out a "hit."

Snow refused to elaborate further on the incident or on the relationship between Ms. McIntyre and his client. He did confirm, however, that McClintic is scheduled to appear in court via videoconference on April 26. 

"She's lost her freedoms, but she certainly hasn't lost her rights," Mr. Snow said.

 More Information...

Terri-Lynne McClintic charged with assaulting fellow inmate
The Globe and Mail (April 6, 2012)

Pair plead guilty in Ajax murder
Background information on Aimee McIntyre's case
durhamregion.com (May 4, 2010)

Educating a Runaway Devil

Since J.R.'s latest progress report hit the media, I have been thinking a great deal about her. Judging by Mascara & Murder's usage statistics over the past week, I am not the only one seeking to understand this mysterious creature who has come to be known as "Runaway Devil."

I recently came upon a very thoughtful article that provided me with a few additional angles by which to view this truly fascinating case of a little girl gone (born?) bad:

RANT: The Release of JR (Runaway Devil)

Calluna Vulgaris
January 25, 2011 

[Excerpt] 

I don’t trust JR’s progress at all. Not after reading the facts on what happened, how she initially responded to what she did (and for quite a long time), how the evidence compares to her story about what occurred in the house and leading up to it, what has been admitted by Jeremy Steinke, etc. What I feel I see in reports that have surfaced over the years since she was tucked away into her current safe haven is not progress. I see a learning curve. I see her learning how to act the way these people expect her or want her to act. I can only hope that I am wrong (or maybe right) and that what she has learned isn’t just a mask for something deeper and darker.

I have every hope in the world that J.R. will live up to her end of the bargain, which would be to make it through the rest of her life without bringing any more death. In my opinion, violent female offenders are grossly underestimated by our collective systems.

The case of Karla Homolka is a viable comparison: she went from Canada’s Most Hated Woman to being considered a “supermom” in some circles. She now teaches english overseas, and makes and sells clothing for children — please bear in mind, her crimes were against underage girls… 

Most people think she has fled the country, but she still resides right here in Canada for part of each year.

I argue that female offenders aren’t assigned the same sort of stigma; cold-blooded killer is a moniker society is most comfortable assigning to men. 

Whether or not a woman can possess her own capacity to do “evil” is at the very crux of our social infrastructure. 

Life without adults "tricky" for Runaway Devil

Poor J.R.

Who knew that killing off one's role models would have such a detrimental affect on regular life? If only she could go back in time, and somehow un-murder her Mother, Father, and little brother in order to more easily fit in amongst society.

Life's a bitch when you're a slaughtering psychopath.

August 15, 2012: The story below moved to a new link; updated.

Girl who murdered her Medicine Hat family wins curfew extension

Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald
March 30, 2012

[Snip]

Adjusting to regular life after being in custody since the age of 12 will be challenging, Crown prosecutor Ramona Robins told reporters outside court.

"She doesn't know how to do fundamental things that we all learn from adults in our lives. She's learned them from the people who are paid to be the adult in her life, that's a tricky aspect," said Robins.

The girl's next sentencing review hearing is slated for the fall. She is serving the maximum youth sentence of 10 years. She is in the final stretch of a four-phase program of stabilization, intensive therapy, transition and re-integration.

The girl's accomplice, Jeremy Allan Steinke, is hoping for a new murder trial after filing an appeal of his 2008 guilty verdict that sent him to jail for at least 25 years.

Rafferty Trial Evidence Released

As the trial against accused child killer Michael Rafferty progresses, a virtual mountain of evidence has been released to the media. Perhaps the most damning of all, the smoking gun, if you will, is represented by the evidence submitted by a woman who has already confessed to assisting Rafferty in the abduction, rape, and murder of 8 year old Victoria (Tori) Elizabeth Marie Stafford.

As much as I despise those who raise their hands in violence against anyone, let alone utterly defenseless children, I feel as though I must give some credit to Terri-Lynn McClintic for having the guts to own up to her unforgivable actions.

Confessed, convicted accomplice in the horrendous sex-killings of 3 Ontario teens Karla Homolka (now a wife, mother, teacher, and entrepreneur) could learn a lot from this self-proclaimed 18 year-old junkie.

Rather than attempting to use her own tale of woe as an excuse for the inexcusable, McClintic has admitted, flat-out, that she is wholly and fully responsible for Tori's death. In confessing her own guilt, her aim is not to absolve her ex-lover Rafferty of his own wrongdoings, but rather to accept responsibility for her own.

They planned to kidnap a little girl together. They snatched Tori together. They were together when Tori was enduring the most horrific final hours imaginable. They were together when Tori was killed.

It is the opinion of the author that it hardly seems to matter who actually wielded the weapon at the time when the final blow was struck. I doubt that the grim details mattered much to Tori, either.

Both of those assholes betrayed her.

"I don't know Tori Stafford."

Terri-Lynn McClintic's scripted denials regarding the abduction of Tori Stafford.

She later confessed to a police interrogator.

Terri-Lynne McClintic: Facebook Diagnosis

Originally posted: March 27, 2012

(April 4, 2012) Updated to include more from Facebook

Is Terri-Lynne McClintic clinically insane? Her social network seems to think so...

The following images taken from the convicted child killer's (now defunct) Facebook:

I really, really wish this whole

white kids thinking they are gangsters

thing would go away...

McClintic Covers Up: Scenario 1

Originally Posted: March 15, 2012

(April 3, 2012) Updated to include more pages

Terri-Lynne McClintic jotted the following notes after Tori Stafford was killed:

Author's Note:

Who the Hell adds girly flourishes to child-murder cover-up scenarios?

At last, we have an answer to one of life's great mysteries.