Dwayne Melonie and Toronto

: Dwayne, 12, her crackerjack of a son intent on pop music stardom; and Melonie, 13, her quiet daughter dreaming to be a nurse — had landed in Toronto, the Promised Land, according to Toronto Star. Almost 25 years later, aspiration has turned to ashes — literally. Two of Opal Austin children had escaped the dirt floor, one-room hovel that had housed them since birth in a Kingston ghetto. All that remains of Opal dreams for Dwayne and Melonie are two urns filled with their ashes. More than one of us saw the signs and didn’t report it. This is the story of how Toronto teenagers were tortured, abused, and died right under our noses in a Parkdale apartment — in abject anonymity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.