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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1997
Page
3
Mike Berezowsky reports a top secret dig in progress, highlighting its location and key personnel. The piece notes investigative aims, potential findings, and the involvement of a government agency and local officials. Further details remain undisclosed as officials guard the operation.
Staff Sgt. Lou O'Reilly describes covert search for Tadeus Gawron's remains at 662 Prospect Drive S.W. Police avoided uniforms and marked cars during a May excavation after a five month investigation. Three to six workers dug at a time while current residents' feelings were not disclosed.
Kenneth Gawron filed an affidavit in 1991 to have his father Tadeus Gawron declared dead. Despite notifying Medicine Hat police in 1987 and adding the name to the national database, no trace of him was found and a city officer indicated the system would show him located if entered.
Medicine Hat Police Commission met with no open discussion of the Ted Gawron case. The 1987 missing person report and discovery of bones at his former home remain under active investigation with officials declining to comment.
Question from Thursday's News asks how Li Ka-shing earned his first million. Options include inheritance real estate starting a plastic flower plant or computer software. The piece also notes Hong Kong means fragrant harbor in Cantonese.
In the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in Lethbridge a son Kenneth Gawron seeks a court order declaring his father Tadeus Gawron dead after disappearing in 1980 from Medicine Hat. The affidavit details the family background, missing status since 1980, police file open since 1987, ongoing inquiries, pension issues, and the request for a death declaration.
Neighbors recalled suspicions about Tadeus Gawron missing since 1980 as Sofia sold his belongings. Ted’s remains were later found in the Gawron home yard in River Heights near Medicine Hat Regional Hospital ending 17 years of rumor about the bungalow at 662 Prospect Drive.
Neighbors recall Ted disappeared years ago amid questions about Sofia and her handling of his pension cheques. Some suspect natural causes, others doubt, noting the couple attended church together before the disappearance and that Sofia grew increasingly isolated.
Gawron, a Polish-born Canadian who vanished at 63, was later found buried in a yard at 662 Prospect Drive after a 17 year disappearance. Former CP Rail roadmaster Joe Marik recalls him as a quiet, solid worker with no odd traits. Sofia, now advanced in age, is in hospital. no contact possible with other family members.
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