Another Canadian Is Killed In Mexico After Apparent Hit & Run

Another apparent hit-and-run in Mexico has cost a Canadian vacationer his life and left another family shattered and searching for answers.

 

The Foreign Affairs Department confirmed that 67-year-old Glifford Glasier passed away after being hit by a vehicle while visiting the city of Guadalajara.

 

The incident took place on Wednesday and Glasier’s 54-year-old wife, Janette Lerch, was also gravely injured.

 

She suffered two broken legs, a broken back and serious head injuries and remains in hospital.

 

“You always have that knot in your stomach when something like this happens,” said Lerch’s father, Charlie Astles.

 

“We just have to accept what happened and hope for the best.”

 

The couple, from Chatham Ont., were snowbirds who were renting a home in the area when tragedy struck.

 

On Friday night, the slain man’s brother, Larry Glasier, spoke out.

 

“I’m thinking right now for my brother,” he said.   “I can’t do anything for him, he’s in the Lord’s hands.  He’s in no more pain, but his wife, I hope people pray for her.”

 

Foreign Affairs Department spokesman Alain Cacchione confirmed Canadian consular officials were informed of the incident by their Mexican counterparts and that local authorities are investigating the mishap.

 

It’s the third time in less than a year a Canadian has gone to Mexico and not returned.

 

Last February, Domenic and Nancy Ianiero of Woodbridge travelled to a luxury resort near Cancun for their daughter’s wedding. They were discovered with their throats cut in their room, and amid accusations the locals deliberately botched the investigation, the case remains unsolved.

 

Earlier this month, another resident from the same city met an untimely end in Acapulco. His friend claims 19-year-old Adam De Prisco was beaten to death by a jealous man who resented him dancing with his girlfriend.

 

But autopsy results from both countries suggest he was hit by a car.

 

The family plans to continue their probe for the truth, just one day after he was laid to rest, while Larry Glasier hopes for better from Ottawa.

 

“I just hope our government gets on the bandwagon on this stuff because there’s got to be more recognition for Canadians down there.”

 

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