• Police find second hand on beach. A gruesome discovery on an Scottish east coast beach reminds me of the need for a universal DNA database.

• Who killed tenant organiser Bruce Bailey in June 1989? This gruesome discovery on a Scottich beach also reminds me of the discovery of the reverse body parts where the head and hands are missing to prevent identification. It is a murder that I believe resulted from a mob hit based upon mistaken identity.

1. Police find second hand on beach. On the east coast of Scotland two children found the gruesome remains on a beach of an apparent gangland slaying: the head of a woman in a plastic bag. The question that comes to my mind involves a universal DNA database to be able to identify such remains so that the police can begin immediate inquiries into all associated with the life of this dead person. Without such a universal database for identification purposes, learning the identity of this woman could be time consuming or even futile. Such an apparent murder needs as much information as fast as is possible to protect the public and track those who would apparently murder and dispose of a body like this.

BBC News Wednesday, 2 April 2008 11:32 UK

Police find second hand on beach

 

Further forensic examinations will be carried out at the beach

A second hand has been discovered by officers searching a beach where a woman's head was found in a bag.

Two young sisters found the head while playing on Arbroath beach in Angus on Tuesday morning.

The discovery sparked a police search which led to the discovery of the first hand about 50 yards away.

Tayside Police revealed on Wednesday that a second hand had been found on the Seagate beachfront. A search of the area is due to resume after high tide.

. . .

However, Det Ch Insp McMillan said it could be several days before they had the test results which could shed further light on the inquiry.

The woman does not match the records of any local missing person and Tayside Police are liaising with every other UK force to try to identify her.

Police find second hand on beach

2. Who killed tenant organiser Bruce Bailey in June 1989?. I believe Bruce Bailey was killed by mistake in a murder intended for me. All of the pieces fit together. The great tragedy of this murder of an innocent bystander who happened to look like me and lived a short distance away was due, I believe, to the failures of those in responsible positions of government in the years leading up to this murder.

They failed to do their jobs properly thus allowing a reputed Mafioso landlord to flourish by dominating and controlling the community just as has been happening in North Kensington for the past decade. He sought to kill anyone who addressed his crimes that put the public at risk from safety and health hazards. He tried to reach out and kill me but failed. In the end he killed an innocent person but was still pursuing me as I saw later.

 

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Subject: "Police find second hand on beach" There needs to be a DNA database to be able to identify everyone which can serve to help protect the public by quick and certain identification..
Date: Wednesday 02 April 2008 16:25
From: Gary D Chance
To: news24@bbc.co.uk

The horror of children finding a head in a plastic bag is unimaginable. This will stay with them all their lives.

It appears very much as if the parts that were found, head and two hands, might very well have been removed to stop identification.

While these might be more useful for identification, this really continues the argument for a national DNA database for everyone to be used only for identification purposes. It is important to identify the person involved so that any crime and criminals can be ascertained and sought as quickly as possible.

Once upon a time in June 1989 the remains of Bruce Bailey were found in the Bronx on Garrison Avenue. He was cut up in two large plastic bags with his head and hands missing. According to the newspaper, his wife was able to identify the remains by means of a mole or similar mark on his leg.

This is a case where DNA would have served a useful purpose. It was difficult to identify the remaining parts of his body with the head and hands removed to say nothing about how horrible it must have been for his wife.

I remember this quite well because Bruce Bailey was killed by mistake. I believe that I was supposed to be the victim of this gangland style slaying. He lived just down the street from where I did and looked just like me. Several people said so. I also spotted the guy stalking me later whom I believed was responsible for his death.

He was well known for working with impoverished tenants in New York City and was often seen in the Landlord and Tenant Court in Manhattan where I was also involved in proceedings against a reputed Mafia landlord.

One day as I approached the Clerk of the Court's desk, the woman said she thought I was Bruce Bailey. His leaflets for the Columbia Tenant's Union were placed around the public area of the Clerk's office.

At the time he disappeared and was later found murdered, a woman with whom I worked said that when she saw his picture on TV, she thought it was me at first.

He was so well known and respected for his decades of tenant work in Manhattan that a special service was held at the Cathedral of St John the Divine the Anglican/Episcopal cathedral near Columbia University at 112th Street and Amesterdam Avenue. His Columbia Tenants Union was not associated with Columbia University in any way. He was known at the Cathedral because his two children attended school there. His memorial service was well attended and featured some very well known people.

Just as an indication of how important he was considered, there was a special service for Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, held at the Cathedral of St John the Divine following his untimely and tragic death as well.

The shock of these kinds of brutal murders where body parts turn up as occurred in this instance brings to light once again the need for identification based upon a universal DNA database. It would help to deter crime if those who carry out these gangland appearing murders understood that nothing they can do will disguise the identity of the person they murder.

It is extremely important for the police to identify a body and then launch a complete investigation as quickly as possible. Without a universal DNA database this process can take a long time. Where would one begin to search for dental records or what if there is no match for fingerprints?

There is a further aspect to the tragic death of Bruce Bailey who left a wife and two children which involves the failure of those in government to properly do their job when it comes to housing and landlord/tenant problems. Had that been done in my situation when I addressed problems for several years in a building where I lived on the upper eastside of Manhattan during the 1980s, Bruce Bailey would be alive today.

He was killed by the failure of those in positions of responsibility in government at its various City and State departments as well as the courts and elected officials. Had the problems I addressed been handled properly, the sequence of events which took place that led those who tried to kill me to instead murder Bruce Bailey by mistake would never have occurred.

Which leads me to the issue of my addressing serious problems so that the safety and health of the public are protected and preserved which I have been doing in North Kensington for over a decade. The steps taken against me to limit and eliminate my activity and my life by those connected with tenant management and various parts of the government including elected officials are once again a reflection of the same failures which have clearly led to the murder of innocent people in my past experience.

There needs to be a way to address such failures when they occur in order to get a job done properly so that the criminals do not dominate and control an environment as has been occurring in North Kensington for the past decade which has resulted in putting other people's lives at risk. It's quite easy to do a proper job. It takes an extreme effort and significant resources to fake it.

Perhaps a universal DNA database for identification purposes will help eliminate body parts turning up in various locations especially where children might find them.