Police notes from 1995 are raising more questions about what a man acquitted of a high-profile B.C. murder knew about a double-homicide in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Shannon Murrin believes he is being framed for the 1993 Lockyer-Worthman murders.
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Shannon Murrin, who told CBC News earlier this week he is being framed for the 1993 murders of Kimberley Lockyer and Dale Worthman, was acquitted in 2000 for the murder of Mindy Tran, an eight-year-old girl in B.C.

Murrin, a Newfoundlander with a lengthy criminal record, was charged with Tran's 1994 murder after he relocated to B.C.

According to RCMP investigators' notes made on the Tran case in 1995, Murrin asked the RCMP to call an investigator back in Newfoundland.

"Murrin wished to talk to him about the murder of male workman and female," the notes say.

The B.C. officer contacted police in St. John's.

"I was advised Murrin is prime suspect in double murder," the notes say.

Murrin had a plan, according to the officer's notes, to provide "information in exchange for transfer and money."

Kimberley Lockyer and Dale Worthman vanished in 1993. Their remains were found in July 2006.
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The notes indicate Murrin "said he shot them or at least [the] way [he was] talking led [them] to believe was shot."

Murrin's name surfaced publicly in the Lockyer-Worthman case on Saturday, when Joseph Oliver was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the case.

Murrin, whose name appears on a list of people with whom Oliver cannot have contact, said in interviews in the two days following Oliver's court appearance that Oliver has told police that Murrin was responsible for the crimes.

Murrin is no longer doing interviews.

However, his partner Kathy MacDonald — a juror in the Tran trial who made headlines of her own by following Murrin back to Newfoundland after his acquittal — is dismissing the notes.

The investigator who wrote the notes was accused of manufacturing a case against Murrin in the Tran case, of hiring thugs to beat Murrin, and of using informants who were not credible.

MacDonald described the notes as "crap."

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary will not discuss how Murrin figures in their investigation, or whether he is a suspect.

The RNC will only say the Lockyer-Worthman investigation remains open, and that Oliver is not the only suspect.

The remains of Lockyer and Worthman were found in July 2006, in a wooded area off a dirt road. Forensic examination showed they had been shot to death.