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It was an emotional Sunday service at the First Church of Christ, Scientist as members returned to the church for the first time since learning a beloved member of their congregation was killed in a brazen attack.
Elisabeth Salm, 59, a librarian at the Christian Science Reading Room since May 2011, was found bloodied, beaten unconscious and half-naked inside the office of the drop-in space at 141C Laurier Ave. West around 1 p.m. Thursday.
Her killing remains unsolved. Homicide detectives said Sunday there was no new information in the case as they renewed a public plea for any information into the days and hours leading up to Salm’s killing.
At the Metcalfe Street church, blocks away from the crime scene, members of the congregation openly wept during Sunday’s sermon.
Readings were led by two women elected by the membership who paid tribute to Salm through scripture. They told of visiting “Sister Elisabeth” in hospital Thursday as she clung to life.
“Her breathing increased during this reading. She would have heard this lesson and it resonated with her,” they said of a Biblical passage contained in John 8:12: “I am the light of the world.”
A pedestrian walks past the Christian Science Reading Room at 141c Laurier Ave. West, where Elisabeth Salm, 59, worked as a librarian and was killed after a violent daytime beating and sexual assault Thursday afternoon.
“She knows she was, and is, a child of the light, and not of the darkness at all,” they said.
After the sermon, fellow parishioners, still visibly upset, asked for privacy.
Salm succumbed to her injuries in hospital on Friday. Her death is the city’s 13th homicide of the year.
Hennie Buckshi, the clerk at the First Church of Christ, Scientist on Metcalfe Street, which operates the reading room, told this newspaper that Salm, her longtime friend, was “the sweetest.
“She’s just always so loving, just looking at everyone in a very helpful way. There couldn’t be anybody better than that.
“It’s a real shock.”
Salm is survived by her husband, who has asked for privacy while the family grieves. Salm was not only a librarian and volunteer at the reading room, but was also a devoted member of the church of Christian Science.
“Elisabeth Salm was a loved member of our church,” provincial spokeswoman Wendy Margolese said in a statement. “At a time like this, Christian Scientists want first and foremost to give her family deepest love and support. We’re also grateful for the caring efforts — and simple humanity — of the wider community in response to what has occurred.
“We know that this care and humanity, and not violent acts, reveal the true spirit of a city and a society.”
Salm grew up in Ottawa, attending Merivale High School before she studied geology at Carleton University, graduating in 1982. In recent years, she sang as a soprano in the Ottawa Brahms Choir and updated their website, but filled much of her time in the reading room.
Police believe Salm likely arrived at the reading room sometime before 10 a.m. on Thursday.
She was found by a co-worker around 12:30 p.m. Police would not say whether there are security cameras inside the reading room but did say they were scouring all available surveillance video from cameras in the area.
Police were also trying to determine whether Salm knew her attacker.
Police asked that anyone with information to contact them at 613-236-1222, ext. 5477 or by email at mcm@ottawapolice.ca.
With files from Shaamini Yogaretnam
ahelmer@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/helmera
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Elisabeth Salm, 59, a librarian at the Christian Science Reading Room since May 2011, was found bloodied, beaten unconscious and half-naked inside the office of the drop-in space at 141C Laurier Ave. West around 1 p.m. Thursday.
Her killing remains unsolved. Homicide detectives said Sunday there was no new information in the case as they renewed a public plea for any information into the days and hours leading up to Salm’s killing.
At the Metcalfe Street church, blocks away from the crime scene, members of the congregation openly wept during Sunday’s sermon.
Readings were led by two women elected by the membership who paid tribute to Salm through scripture. They told of visiting “Sister Elisabeth” in hospital Thursday as she clung to life.
“Her breathing increased during this reading. She would have heard this lesson and it resonated with her,” they said of a Biblical passage contained in John 8:12: “I am the light of the world.”
A pedestrian walks past the Christian Science Reading Room at 141c Laurier Ave. West, where Elisabeth Salm, 59, worked as a librarian and was killed after a violent daytime beating and sexual assault Thursday afternoon.
“She knows she was, and is, a child of the light, and not of the darkness at all,” they said.
After the sermon, fellow parishioners, still visibly upset, asked for privacy.
Salm succumbed to her injuries in hospital on Friday. Her death is the city’s 13th homicide of the year.
Hennie Buckshi, the clerk at the First Church of Christ, Scientist on Metcalfe Street, which operates the reading room, told this newspaper that Salm, her longtime friend, was “the sweetest.
“She’s just always so loving, just looking at everyone in a very helpful way. There couldn’t be anybody better than that.
“It’s a real shock.”
Salm is survived by her husband, who has asked for privacy while the family grieves. Salm was not only a librarian and volunteer at the reading room, but was also a devoted member of the church of Christian Science.
“Elisabeth Salm was a loved member of our church,” provincial spokeswoman Wendy Margolese said in a statement. “At a time like this, Christian Scientists want first and foremost to give her family deepest love and support. We’re also grateful for the caring efforts — and simple humanity — of the wider community in response to what has occurred.
“We know that this care and humanity, and not violent acts, reveal the true spirit of a city and a society.”
Salm grew up in Ottawa, attending Merivale High School before she studied geology at Carleton University, graduating in 1982. In recent years, she sang as a soprano in the Ottawa Brahms Choir and updated their website, but filled much of her time in the reading room.
Police believe Salm likely arrived at the reading room sometime before 10 a.m. on Thursday.
She was found by a co-worker around 12:30 p.m. Police would not say whether there are security cameras inside the reading room but did say they were scouring all available surveillance video from cameras in the area.
Police were also trying to determine whether Salm knew her attacker.
Police asked that anyone with information to contact them at 613-236-1222, ext. 5477 or by email at mcm@ottawapolice.ca.
With files from Shaamini Yogaretnam
ahelmer@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/helmera
查看原文...
