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Woman dies after ventilator fails

No legal remedy for death

Merle Goertz, friend of murder victim Teri-Lyn Williams, visits the scence where Williams’ body was found June 9 at 104 Avenue and 137 Street.

by Kevin Diakiw SHE DIED because a caregiver at

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Teri-Lyn remembered Friends of Surrey murder victim share memories of a ‘charming’ girl by Dan Ferguson THE MAN in the white van pulled up while Merle Goertz was repairing

the small memorial near the place where police found Teri-Lyn Williams. Someone had removed Teri-Lyn’s photo from the small cross Goertz made and taken some of the potted daffodils he left on on the north side of 104A Avenue off Whalley Boulevard. The van driver said he was the passer-by who called police about someone lying in the bushes early in the morning of June 9. “Was there blood?� Goertz asked, hesitantly. “I couldn’t see any,� the man in the van said. “But I didn’t go in [for a close look]. She was lying on her back. It looked like she was sleeping.� Goertz thanked him and explained that he used to know Teri-Lyn. It had been 12 years since he’d seen or heard from her.

He was shocked by her haggard appearance in a police-issued photo released shortly after her murder. “That’s not how I remember her,� Goertz said. “She was the most beautiful, sweet, charming girl.� They met more than 20 years ago in Edmonton. She was 19, working as an exotic dancer at a club where Goertz was friends with two other dancers. He was outside having a cigarette when she walked by, smiled a brilliant smile and said “hi.� They were friends for about a year-and-a-half before the relationship became romantic. She told him about being a street prostitute and drug abuser before he met her. See POLICE / Page 5

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CareLife Fleetwood neglected to plug in her respirator. And because of a law imported from Britain more than 150 years ago, her family has no legal remedy. Abbottsford’s Judith JarabekGray, 61, was admitted to Surrey’s CareLife on Jan. 5 of this year, when her Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) required her to be placed on a ventilator. Two weeks later, a nurse accidentally left Jarabek-Gray’s ventilator on a battery pack rather than plugging it into a wall, where it would have had continuous power. Instead, the six-hour battery ran out and JabarakGray died. On May 4, Fraser Health Authority’s Program Director for Residential and Assisted Living Marg Fraser wrote to the family apologizing for the error. Judith “While the care Jarabek-Gray staff inserted the correct number of cords into the wall outlet, in fact, the cord that ensured continuous power was not plugged in,� Fraser wrote in the letter. “We are currently developing mandatory education sessions for all staff led by the BioMedical Team.� Daughter Melissa Jarabek was stunned to learn that CareLife can’t be held accountable civilly for caus-

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