Woman found dead in Caledon worked as an escort: Report

A woman found dead in Caledon worked as an escort, the Toronto Star reports.

Kera Freeland, also known as Kera Gray, was originally from Alberta. The 20-year-old woman had been living in Toronto for the past few months and was reported missing on January 15.

Her body was found on Heart Lake Road on March 17.

Freeland worked for Cachet Ladies, the agency confirmed on Tuesday. 

“First and foremost, Cachet Ladies would like to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Kera Freeland for their loss,” Cachet Ladies wrote in a statement to CityNews.ca.

The friend also said Freeland was pregnant.

The OPP are investigating.


Statement from Cachet Ladies

First and foremost, Cachet Ladies would like to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Kera Freeland for their loss. In the very brief length of time Cachet had with her, everyone agreed that she was a sweet, intelligent girl with a bright future before her and she will be missed by anyone who met her.

It is unfortunate that the press has chosen to partially speculate their coverage of this situation, casting a wide net of suggestion and inference over what is already both a tragic story, and for the moment, a complete mystery.

Cachet had the decency and sensitivity to remove her photos from their site immediately, upon hearing of her disappearance.

The Star reports that: “A friend says that Kera Freeland arrived in Toronto from Vancouver last December to work at Cachet Ladies, an escort agency with branches in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Whistler.”

In fact, Kera Freeland, (aka Kera Gray & Meghan Parks) came to Cachet Ladies on Dec 4th 2010, after appointments with several other escort agencies in the GTA. She decided to work with Cachet Ladies for she had intentions to go to college and study Social Work dealing with Foster Kids.

Cachet Ladies promotes continuing education & has been successful in encouraging the ladies who work with Cachet to move forward with their lives and make the transition in whatever career they choose to pursue.

Kera worked with Cachet Ladies between Dec 6th – Dec 20th 2010. She informed Cachet that she would be travelling back to BC to undergo cancer treatment, but asked the agency to keep her photos up on the website, since she planned to return in Feb 2011 and didn’t want potential clients to think she was gone or inaccessible. (It is Cachet Ladies policy to always respect the wishes of their escorts when it comes to their profile; If an escort asks for her profile to come down it’s usually done within 30 minutes.)

In Mid Jan 2011 Cachet received a phone call from Kera’s friend Jaymi  asking of her whereabouts. Due to the sensitive nature of Kera’s cancer treatment. Cachet did not divulge any personal information about Kera. Jaymi indicated that she would be contacting the police, which Cachet encouraged and supported fully. (Discretion is a paramount policy strictly enforced at Cachet Ladies)

The police contacted Cachet later that day asking of Kera’s whereabouts. The agency cooperated fully with police, clearly stating the dates she worked with Cachet, submitting full documentation supporting their statements (ie. signed contract with copy of photo ID, etc) and the last date she worked at the agency before her disappearance. At that time, the administration removed Kera’s photos from the website.

The Toronto Star contacted Jaymi, however did not contact Cachet to delve any deeper. The Star reporter, who would have found the agency most cooperative, decided instead to focus on the fact that Kera had once worked with Cachet.

Although it is alleged in the Star that Kera had been in contact with her friend via text message in early January 2011, she had not, in fact had any communication with the agency after December 20th.

He also suggested that Kera’s only goal was to relocate to Toronto in order to work with an escort agency is not entirely accurate. Kera relocated to Toronto early Dec. 2010 in order to enroll herself in school for Sept 2011 semester and focus on a career in Social Work. Cachet Ladies was a means for her to enhance her financial state and assist her in paying her rent and future school expenses.

The statement taken from Kera’s friend Jaymi “I thought she was alive for a while because they (Cachet) kept saying, ‘Yeah, yeah she’s on, she’ll be there in half an hour”, is absolutely false. This may be the impression she got because there was a girl with a similar name working that evening. Our receptionist quickly realized the mistake and corrected it. It’s not Jaymi’s fault that things were misconstrued, briefly, however it goes against Cachet Ladies policies to do what is known in the industry as a “bait and switch.”

Jaymi allegedly goes on saying, “they would just send a different girl”. Cachet does not use these kind of tactics, potentially placing a lady in an awkward situation with clients. The agency never takes advantage of a client’s trust by sending a different woman other than the one the client requests. In the case of Kera it wouldn’t be possible to send anyone else, for Kera chose to promote herself on the website by showing her face.

For the short time Kera worked with the agency she made friends with several girls and she was always up beat and positive. She was a wonderful, well-mannered young lady with a definite goal and a promising future. The ladies who worked with her, as well as the entire Cachet administration are saddened and distraught by her death. Cachet has and will continue to be available to assist police anyway they can regarding this matter.

Kera should be remembered as the sweet, spirited, friendly young lady who had aspirations to help foster kids and not a girl who moved to Toronto in order to work as an escort.

For that matter, it should be noted that Cachet is a legitimate business whose involvement with their employees is kept professional and does not extend into their personal lives.

Kera aspired to better her life by registering in a local college in the hopes of becoming a Social Worker thereby assisting the lives of individuals in need. What we should all remember is a sweet intelligent girl who, during her brief association with Cachet, has left all who knew her saddened and affected by this loss of a young woman.

-Gregory W Leslie
Legal Counsel to Cachet Ladies

 

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