Former Dryden Police Officer Comments On Death Of B.C. Teen

A former Dryden Police officer is reflecting back on a disturbing memory following the death of a 17-year-old woman in Surrey, B.C.
43-year-old Raymond Lee Caissie is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Serena Vermeersch.
Shayne MacKinnon says Caissie is the same individual arrested in Dryden back in 1989.
MacKinnon says Caissie left a Greyhound bus in Dryden and followed a young lady to her apartment and attacked her with a knife.
He fled the scene and he was tracked for several blocks.
Caissie was finally arrested when he was found under a parked car on Phillip Street.
He was charged with kidnapping, break and enter, forcible confinement and assault with a weapon.
He was sentenced to 2-years in custody and 3-years probation.
MacKinnon says Caissie was always a dangerous person as he tried to cut an officer with a weapon during a prisoner escort from Kenora to Dryden.
After he was released he attacked a woman in Abbotsford, B.C., kidnapped her and sexually assaulted her.
Caissie went back to prison and was sentenced to 22-years.
MacKinnon says Caissie is a dangerous individual and he knew he would commit more crimes.
He says it’s sad that the legal system failed to protect Serena Vermeersch and other victims.