#Cumberland

[thunderstruck9]

Christopher Wood (British, 1901-1930), Cumberland Landscape, 1928. Oil on board, 51 x 60.5 cm. Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge

[unteriors]

1st Avenue, Cumberland, Wisconsin.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

In order to live in dorms at uni and get mental health treatment I needed to give my teacher (who was also my counselor) Chorizo, but I only had Cumberland sausage slices.

My justification? “They both start with the letter c.”

[pwnicholson]

Nashville, Riverfront Park

[20th-century-railroading]

Cumberland & Pennsylvania motor car, engine number 101, engine type Brill Motor car 101. Photographed: Cumberland, Md., August 7, 1936.

[conradscrime]

The Murder of Leah Salina Sousa

July 02, 2024

Leah Salina Sousa was born on June 7, 1977 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

On September 1, 1990, Labour Day weekend, 13 year old Leah was sleeping on the couch in her cottage on Beachview Avenue in Cumberland Beach. Leah's mother, Lora, was sleeping in her bedroom, and her 9 month old brother, Michael, was sleeping in his crib.

At some point after midnight, an intruder broke the glass on the back door of the home. Lora was then beaten to unconsciousness. Leah's brother, was left unharmed in his crib.

Leah was sexually assaulted and taken into the backyard where she was violently murdered. The weapon used to murder Leah is believed to be a metallic object, potentially a pipe or tire iron.

It is considered by police as one of the most brutal murders in Ontario history.

Police believe it is likely that Leah's mother Lora actually saw her daughter's killer, but had been beaten so badly that she has lost a lot of her memory of the night.

Lora has been trying for years to recover her memory in order to help catch her daughter's killer. Lora has done hypnosis, been injected with "truth serum," and even visited a lab run by Michael Persinger, an expert on the human brain.

Lora completed a process using magnetic fields that specifically target the right hemisphere of the brain, to try to encourage residual neurons. This was unsuccessful.

The crime scene was extremely bloody, but investigators were unable to recover DNA from the killer. The weapon or bloody clothing worn by the killer has never been found. Police found a shoe print from a Nike leather court or tennis shoe, either a size 9 or 10.

It is believed that Leah was targeted due to the fact her mother was a single mother with an infant and 13 year old daughter. Police believe the killer was familiar with Cumberland Beach, either living there or being there frequently.

It is also believed that the killer knew the family was alone, and that someone around the community that still lives there has information.

There are regular meetings to discuss this case. There is a $50,000 reward for any information in the murder of Leah Sousa.

Please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) if you have any information. 

Investigators have also set up a special tip hotline: (705) 329-7558.

Any information could help or lead to the solving of Leah's murder. It will be 34 years since someone got away with the murder of a little girl.

[kemetic-dreams]

Damn I just left Charleston, South Carolina

[aryburn-trains]

Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 No. 734 eases out of the Cumberland, Md., train station on its run to Frostburg with the Polar Express in tow. December 7, 2012

[oceancentury]

Summer in Cumberland - James Durden, 1925. British, Oil on canvas, 101.5 × 101.5 cm.

[unteriors]

Grand Avenue, Cumberland, Rhode Island.

[landschaftsmalerei]

Ruinen von Kirkoswald Castle, Cumberland, 1854 von William James Blacklock (1854, Öl auf Leinwand)

[ballparksaroundtheworld]

Truist Park, Cumberland, Georgia, USA

[pwnicholson]

Nashville, Riverfront Park

[vox-anglosphere]

Sunset over England's Lake District from the comfort of British Rail

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