|
| ||
Murder HeadlinesPage 3 |
||
|
TORONTO - Police have made two arrests in connection with a drive-by shooting that claimed the life of 34-year-old Bishen Golaub. Police announced that Christopher Sheriffe, 19 and Awet Asfaha, 24, had been arrested and are facing first-degree murder charges. (CTV) MORE: Gang rivalry cited |
BONNVVILLE - Police believe Clayton Tyler Procinksi, the driver of a pickup truck, collided head-on with a car killing 51-year-old Ivan Charles Paul, 35-year-old Frances Gadwa, 15-year-old Alexis Gadwa and 14-year-old Sarah Gadwa. (CTV) MORE: Charges laid in crash that killed family |
|
|
WINNIPEG - An autopsy has confirmed Joshua River, 20, of Bloodvein First Nation died as a result of blunt force trauma. Police have now laid second degree murder charges against Bloodvein resident Charles Orvis, 20. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Man killed |
TORONTO - Police have identified homicide victim number 38. He is 30-year-old Jamie Hull. He is the same person police had recently been seeking in connection with a death threat against a woman and her family. (CTV) MORE: Victim identified Man shot |
|
|
TORONTO - In North American gang culture, a teardrop tattoo on your face often means you've killed a rival gang member. But the jury that acquitted Warren Abbey of the execution-style shooting of a supposed gang rival two years ago never heard about the teardrop he had inked on his face four or five months after the murder. (Toronto Star) MORE: New trial ordered Gang culture hard call for judges Acquitted |
Victim linked to Montreal Mafia MONTREAL - A man who once served jail time in Venezuela with reputed mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto was gunned down in the parking lot of the popular Italian restaurant he partly owned in Ahuntsic. Fredrico Del Peschio, 59, of Laval, died shortly after being rushed to a hospital after he was shot in the parking lot at the back of the La Cantina restaurant on St. Laurent Blvd. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Mob hit? |
|
|
MONTREAL - Frank Antoine Joseph, 18, has been charged with first degree murder. The charge stems from an incident on June 14, when Louino Jeune, 20, was shot in the head as he stood outside a building near the corner of Allée des Pruches and Duquesne St. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Police hunt suspect |
KELOWNA - Cameron Capozzi was charged with second-degree murder Friday in the death of his mother, Josephine (Babs) Capozzi, in Kelowna on Tuesday. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Son charged with 2nd degree Woman identified Mystery surrounds death Police investigating suspicious death |
|
|
EDMONTON - Police charged 33-year-old Michael Jacob Grenke of Kelowna with impaired driving causing death. Police said the front passenger, a 31-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene. (CTV) |
MONCTON - Norman Robert Gratton, 46, and Rebecca Nicholas, 31, were charged with first-degree murder afternoon in the death of Durward Jardine, 76, whose body was discovered at a Moncton motel. MORE: 2 arrested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SASKATOON - Charlotte Dawn Jolly, a 19-year-old single mother, has been identified as the victim. (CBC) MORE: Teen accused 'Do it for the baby' Victim was single mom Police ID victim Victim confronted shooter |
CHATHAM - Wladyslaw Bilski was sentenced to four years in prison for impaired driving causing the deaths of Marion Dawson, Verna Neaves, Bernice Phillips and Jean Ripley. (Sun Media) MORE: 4 years Sentencing for driver |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TORONTO - Since the 1960s, some 300 homicides have gone unsolved in Toronto. In a 4 part series we profile several victims. (Star) |
Site stores the keys to unsolved crimes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLEAR LAKE, MB - RCMP are calling the death of a woman in Clear Lake a homicide. Officers were dispatched to the 'Old Campground' area of Wasagaming on September 17 at 7:30pm. On arrival police discovered the body of 39-year old Sherri Leigh Green in a cabin on the grounds. (CTV) |
PERTH - Michael Whyte was killed when he lost control of his car and was thrown from his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Christopher Harris, 21, is charged with dangerous driving, racing a motor vehicle and failing to stop for police. (CTV) MORE: Street racing charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Victim ID'd through fingerprints MONTREAL - The woman found dead in Laval on Monday morning was identified Wednesday as Sonia Frappier, 30. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Body found Woman's body found |
CALGARY - Norman Eli Larue has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 63-year-old Gordon Seybold. (Sun Media) MORE: Pair charged with murder Mounties arrest 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PETERBOROUGH - Police say the two men, aged 42 and 38 from Leeds, England, were visiting Peterborough on a fishing trip. The 42-year-old man, Stuart Firth, later died of his injuries in a Kingston hospital. Lawrence Carnrite, of no fixed address, is charged with assault with a weapon in relation to the injured victim. (Toronto Star) MORE: Accused says he's 'fall guy' Dad killed in gang attack Man killed on Canadian holiday |
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg gang associate admits he was fuelled by alcohol, drugs and a “jealous rage” when he ran a red light at nearly twice the legal speed limit, killed David Woodhouse, 53, an innocent motorist and then fled the scene. Edward Carriere, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty. In reality, he could serve as little as 18 actual months behind bars. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Driver gets prison time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MONTREAL - A 41-year-old man, once described as an "important witness" in the death of his wife in St. Michel, was arrested Wednesday and charged with her murder. The couple's children, who saw their mother's body in the home, remain in protective custody. (CTV) MORE: Police arrest husband Police investigating homicide Woman killed, 'important witness’ in hospital |
MONTREAL - A man and a woman in their 60's died in the domestic dispute in St-Jean-de-Matha. The woman had returned home with a Surete du Quebec escort in order to collect her belongings. When the officer stepped outside the home, the woman's husband stabbed her to death before turning the weapon on himself. (CTV) MORE: Woman killed while under SQ escort |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WINNIPEG - RCMP have laid charges in a crash that killed a 17-year-old girl in June near Bethany, Manitoba. Christopher Ryan Rollings, 19, is facing numerous charges including impaired driving causing death. The victim, Jodie Lynn Vandenberghe, 17, was killed instantly June 19 when she was ejected from the vehicle after its driver lost control on a gravel road. (CTV) |
TORONTO - At about 10pm Tuesday, 17-year-old Patrick John Smith was hanging out with his girlfriend and another friend in an apartment on George St, when police say his friend's handgun went off, hitting Smith in the torso. Police recovered the unregistered handgun at the scene and charged 18-year-old Quincy Callaghan-Thomas with manslaughter. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: 5 shot, 1 dies Night of gun play |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TORONTO - A former Canada Post supervisor admitted today to the 1992 killing of his girlfriend, two years after the Supreme Court of Canada threw out his conviction in a landmark decision because key evidence was obtained through hypnosis. Stephen Trochym pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Donna Hunter, who was found slashed and stabbed in her High Park apartment. (Toronto Star) MORE: Man admits to 1992 murder After 17 years Canada bans post-hypnotic evidence 2007 SCC 6 |
Gang hitmen get more jail time TORONTO - Three Galloway Boys gunmen got the toughest sentences possible yesterday for attempted murder and for committing crimes as members of a gang. Tyshan Riley and Philip Atkins, both 26, and Jason Wisdom, 23, got life sentences for attempted murder in an ambush at a Malvern intersection that also took the life of Brenton Charlton March 3, 2004. (Sun Media) MORE: Concurrent life sentences Trio jailed Galloway Boys convicted Emotions run high as trio convicted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MONTREAL - A 52-year-old man who was badly beaten while he was collecting beer cans near the Prince of Wales rail bridge more than a week ago has died from his injuries. Kenneth Dabene died after his family decided to take him off life support. (CTV) MORE: Man beaten on pathway dies |
PORT HAWKESBURY - RCMP officers picked up 37-year-old Marcus Wilson, of Quinte West, at a truck stop near Port Hawkesbury, NS. He was wanted for first degree-murder in the death of 36-year-old James Read, also of Quinte West. (Sun Media) MORE: Slaying at CFB Trenton Death near military quarters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck down a 78-year-old war veteran as he walked along the side of the road early Saturday morning. Arthur Horton's body was found on the south shoulder in the 3100-block Sexsmith Road just before 5am Monday. (Vancouver Province) |
SMITH - Four family members were found dead inside a house Sunday. Granddaughter Misty, her mother Jolene, grandfather Ian Paget, and grandmother Joan. It's believed the grandfather committed the murders and then took his own life. (CTV) MORE: Family killed by gunfire Violence 'out of character' Family found dead |
|
|
|
|
|
|
POWELL RIVER - Police had been called to a report of a fight in the 4000-block of River Road on the Sli’ammon First Nation in the early-morning hours. When they arrived they found 20-year-old Emma Megan Wilson suffering from a stab wound. (Vancouver Province) |
WINNIPEG - In a set of truly disturbing allegations, a 17-year-old boy is accused of fatally stabbing his dad, cutting the body into pieces and dumping the remains in wilderness north of Winnipeg. (Sun Media) MORE: Teen accused Teen charged |
|
|
|
|
|
|
HALIFAX - A baby girl suspected of being abused has died in a Halifax hospital. . The parents of the infant, both 23, are in custody while they await a court appearance on counts of aggravated assault. (CBC) |
EDMONTON - A 30-year old Edmonton man has been charged in the fatal collision that claimed the life of his 20-year old passenger. Curtis Chilke has been charged with dangerous driving causing death. (CTV) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TORONTO - Charged are a 16-year-old, who cannot be named, and David Jajua, 18. The body of Nerio Valdez was found Aug. 2 near a hydro field in the Provence Trail and Cabernet Circle area by a group of hikers. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Teen lay dead 2 days Body found Discovery of teen's body |
TORONTO - A birthday bash turned deadly at an upscale home in Scarborough as an 18-year-old man was gunned down in a suspected drive-by shooting. The victim, Tevon Mitchell, also known to his friends as T-Pain, was among the crowd out front. (Sun Media) MORE: Teen shot dead at party Teen shot at house party |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Henry Burgess died after being shot in Sandoval County, north of the New Mexico capital of Albuquerque. During the shootout Sergeant Joe Harris was fatally shot in his lower torso. Police have since confirmed that Burgess was the prime suspect in the murder of Leis Carlsson and Ann Durrant - two campers who were shot to death in their tent in 1972. (CTV) MORE: AMW: Joseph Henry Burgess Fugitive accused of murdering couple Slain burglar tied to Canadian killings |
VICTORIA - Ninety minutes after Philbert Truong was shot to death, 22-year-old Somphanvanh Chanthabouala and his 16-year-old accomplice, Mark Arrieta, were rapping and dancing in adjacent interview rooms at the Victoria police station. (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: Teen avoids prison for now Teenage gunman gets life 'Mastermind' sentenced to life Guilty 2 charged Shooter has Red Scorpion link 1 dead, 2 wounded 1 dead Family waits for answers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
'If my son was guilty, he was crazy' CALGARY - The Hollywood lifestyle corrupted Ryan Jenkins, a former Calgary man accused in the slaying of his ex-wife Jasmine Fiore, his father said. (Calgary Herald) |
Blood spatters found in Fiore's car Jenkins found dead Suicide details |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EDMONTON - A teenage gangster who stabbed his girlfriend to death because he feared he would be killed if he didn’t do it was handed the maximum youth sentence of seven years in a Dawson Creek, BC courtroom Thursday. Neither the killer nor his young victim can be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Last moments revealed in court Guilty plea |
CALGARY - Police issued a warning that Matthew Adrian Boyes, 38, has been released in the Calgary area from jail. Boyes served a 6-year manslaughter sentence for killing Huy Quang Nguyen in 2002. At the time of that killing, Boyes was on parole for another manslaughter where he was sentenced to 8-years behind bars for killing a male prostitute. (Calgary Herald) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
QUESNEL - Police are investigating an apparent targeted murder in Quesnel. One man has been arrested after police were called to a residence at 2am Wednesday. Police found a dead Caucasian male in his 40s. The victim is known to police. (Vancouver Province) |
DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX - A 29-year-old man is dead after he fell seven stories from an apartment balcony on St-Jean Blvd in Dollard des Ormeaux. The man suffered injuries to his upper body that may have been inflicted before he fell. (Montreal Gazette) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WINNIPEG - The body of a missing woman from Hollow Water First Nation has been found. The body of 42 year old Barbara Cawley was discovered in an outdoor area of Hollow Water. (CTV) |
LAVAL - Police were called shortly after 1:15am at Vanier Blvd & Dinel St and found the lifeless body of the victim outside the home - and many witnesses fleeing the scene. (Gazette) PREVIOUS: House party shooting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wondering why he's still alive WINNIPEG - Mike Halabiski has spent many sleepless nights lately wondering why he’s still alive. His common-law wife, Cheryl Robert, was standing directly beside him when she was shot in the head and died. (Mike on Crime) |
Wedding reception seen as Warriors event |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHETWYND - A 24 year old man has been arrested and is awaiting a court appearance in Dawson Creek, charged with the murder of Annie Davis whose body was found on Jackfish Lake Rd near Chetwynd on May 8th of 2008. (Opinion 250) MORE: Male charged Chetwynd rattled by murder Deceased, victim of murder |
LAVAL - The list of enemies Bachir Ayad could have assembled in his line of work is potentially long. That is the daunting task Laval police investigators face as they attempt to find out who was responsible for what appears to have been a well-planned hit on Ayad in front of his home in Laval's Chomedey district. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Shooting death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GATINEAU - A 26-year-old Ottawa man appeared in Gatineau court on a first-degree murder charge following the death of 19-year-old David Valladares, who was shot and killed outside the Cabaret Le Pink strip club in Aylmer. Mohamed Farouk Ahmed was arrested in a Gatineau residence on Des Grives Boulverad along with Mustafa Ahmed, 21, of Ottawa, and Adil Hassan Omer, 25, of Gatineau.. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: 3 arrested Bloodbath at strip club |
TORONTO - "Nick Brown was peacefully riding a TTC subway train when he was attacked by the accused who was armed with a sharp knife in a random, unprovoked killing," said Mr. Justice Eugene Ewaschuk in sentencing John Paul Vallon, 28, for manslaughter in the April 13, 2007, death of Brown, 21, on a train entering the Victoria Park subway station. (Sun Media) MORE: 10 years for subway killing Family outraged Subway killer gets 10 years Arrest in stabbing Man charged |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WINNIPEG - Albert Goosehead, 12, was beaten to death with a baseball bat. It happened on the Bloodvein First Nation, but the family still does not have many concrete details of exactly what happened to their boy. 18-year-old Tennessee Waylon Weedmark is charged with second-degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Boy beaten to death |
TORONTO - Police have made an arrest in the murder of 22-year-old Toronto resident Zabiullah Mojaddedi. He was murdered in an alleged drive-by shooting on Gilder Dr Aug. 5. Police announced that Tristan Lall, 25, of Toronto, was arrested without incident. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Shooting victim dies Man shot on basketball court |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MONCTON - Court of Queen's Bench Judge George Rideout ordered David Joseph Ouellette to serve a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 years for second-degree murder in the killing of Douglas Edgett, and seven years for manslaughter for killing Cheryl Pyne. (CBC) MORE: No remorse Guilty pleas Guilty pleas in cold cases RCMP lay charges in cold cases |
HALIFAX - A 19-year-old was handed a youth sentence Friday in the stabbing death of a Cole Harbour man nearly two years ago. The Dartmouth teen pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder for killing Matthew James Ayer. The 28-year-old was found lying on the sidewalk on Halifax's Gottingen Street around 3:20am on Oct. 15, 2007. (CBC) PREVIOUS: No link between stabbings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premier defends publication ban TORONTO - Ontario politicians echoed media concerns Monday about a sweeping publication ban in the Tori Stafford case, but Premier Dalton McGuinty said he was confident the facts in the first-degree murder proceedings would eventually come out. Attorney General Chris Bentley declined to comment Monday on the specifics of the publication ban, and said it would be up to the judge to eventually explain his decision. (CP) |
||
|
BARRIE - Over the past two months, the jury sat through horrific evidence of how Katlin Cousineau - a 23-year-old with the maturity of a 13-year-old - was trapped in the basement, naked, while Paul Bradey, 46, burned her entire body with a blow torch November 11, 2005. Bradey then schemed to burn his house down to hide the evidence. (Sun Media) |
Guilty of murder in torture death |
|
|
TORONTO - Arssei Hindessa was found guilty of stabbing Natalie Novak to death on May 15, 2006. (CTV) |
||
|
WINNIPEG - Her friends say they cannot believe that Nicole Redhead would harm her daughter, let alone be implicated in her death. The 27-year-old was charged with second degree murder Thursday in the death of her 20-month-old daughter Jaylene. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Mom charged |
TORONTO - Abdi Warsame, 16, was found beaten to death May 4, 2008 in the stairwell of a Cougar Ct. building where his family lived. Adrian Narayan, 20, of Toronto, is scheduled to appear in court. (Sun Media) MORE: Arrest in beating death Suspect charged Victim was 'severely beaten to death' |
|
|
Man charged with killing child RED DEER - The toddler died after a violent incident on Oct. 12, 2008, at a house in the 4800-block of 46th St in Red Deer. After a lengthy investigation, Evan Gilmer, 30, was re-arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (Edmonton Journal) |
WINNIPEG - Roni Tyson Harper, 24, and Graham Phillip Wood, 19, each pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in connection with the June 2008 attack. Harper, at the time, was leader of a gang called the Garden Hill Crazies (Sun Media) |
|
|
MONTREAL - Brazilian authorities who conducted the initial autopsy of Arturo Gatti overlooked certain injuries, a pathologist hired by the ex-boxing champ's family said after a 2nd forensic examination. (CTV) |
||
|
TORONTO - For weeks, Charlene Chambers was constantly hearing loud voices. Finally, she silenced what she believed was a demon growling at her from inside her 3-year-old daughter. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: 'Very sweet and pleasant kid' Mother charged with murder Toddler's burned body found in home |
EDMONTON - Family members of victim Judy Dickie called the sentence a "joke" and rejected the apology given by killer Joseph Trevor Halcrow, who maintained the deadly Oct. 14, 2004, shooting was an accident. (Sun Media) MORE: Manslaughter sentence She died 'scared and alone' |
|
|
Warlord's son snatched for murder LONDON -. A judge allowed publication for the first time of a deal which saw the Foreign and Home Offices pay the African state, which has no diplomatic ties with London, to seize 29-year-old Mustaf Jama in the desert two years ago, close to his warlord father's headquarters. (Guardian UK) MORE: Robber convicted Gangster jailed for life Sharon Beshenivsky |
ORILLIA, ON. - Charges have been laid against the owners of a Muskoka seniors residence where a fire in January claimed four lives. Two residents, aged 86 and 90, died of smoke inhalation in the blaze at the Muskoka Heights Retirement Residence in Orillia, Ont. Two more people died in March of injuries they suffered in the blaze. (CTV) MORE: Fire brings charges |
|
|
CALGARY - Christopher Thomas Guthrie pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the one-punch death of Donald Gregg Foran, after the two got into an argument when the deceased refused his request for 50 cents. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Punched man dies Assault victim dies |
BELLEVILLE - Police are treating the case of a 61-year-old local man found dead in the Moira River as a homicide. Robert Vaillancourt was recovered from the water behind 350 Front St. after emergency crews were called at about 11am. (CTV) MORE: Death ruled a homicide |
|
|
CALGARY - 29-year-old Chang Yong Yun is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 33-year-old James Dale Larter. (CTV) MORE: 2nd degree charge Police arrest suspect Man found stabbed dies |
MONTREAL - Vivian-Marie Carcasse was arrested trying to leave the hospital after bringing the victim to the emergency room in his arms. The woman was declared dead shortly after. (Montreal Gazette) |
|
|
TORONTO - Annushath Indrakanthan, 19, was swarmed on July 20 outside a strip mall on Bonis Avenue. Charged with first-degree murder are: Vikas Dahiya, 21, and Antriksh Singh, 19. (CTV) MORE: 2 men charged Another Tamil man beaten and killed Swarming |
TORONTO - Kristian Thanapalan never stood a chance. The 22-year-old was swarmed by as many as 25 men and beaten to death with baseball and cricket bats. (Toronto Star) MORE: Beating death Swarmed, beaten to death Park brawl |
|
|
MISSISSAUGA - Jurors acquitted Jason Hay, 21, of first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2007 shooting death of David Latchana, 23. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Victim gave evidence in gang trial Arrests in shooting death Murder warrant issued |
REGINA - A man, 22, is to appear in a Regina court charged in connection with the death of an 18-month-old boy. Police arrested Jason Brian Emil Will and charged him with aggravated assault. (CBC) MORE: Boy's death suspicious |
|
|
ST ROCH L'ACHIGAN - A man is facing charges after a car chase in May left one teenager dead and another injured near near St. Roch L'Achigan. Marc-Andre Chicoine Blain, 16, died in hospital after the car he and a 15-year-old friend had stolen lost control, flipped several times and hit a tree. He was the passenger. (CTV) |
VANCOUVER - Paul Wettlaufer appeared in Surrey court to ask a judge to end the 10-year-driving ban imposed when he was sentenced six years ago - but the judge says he needs more time to make a final decision. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Killer bids to regain license Hit-and-Run driver wants his license back What is Carley's law? |
|
|
WINNIPEG - Michelle Camire, 27, was found guilty of manslaughter earlier this year following a jury trial. Queen’s Bench Justice Deborah McCawley said Camire was an otherwise good mother who “momentarily lost it” and committed a horrible act she will regret the rest of her life. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Guilty of manslaughter Baby death hangs jury Mistrial 'My baby, I've killed him' |
SWAN RIVER - Melissa Audy, 25, pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessities of life and was sentenced to one year in jail as part of a plea bargain between Crown and defence lawyers. The facts of Venecia Audy’s tragic August 2006 death in the village of Bowsman have become public for the first time. (Mike on Crime) COMMENT: Child must come first, not unfit parents |
|
|
BURLINGTON - A 17-year-old is in custody after trying to flee on a skateboard from the scene of an early-morning birthday party brawl that left a 16-year-old boy dead and two others wounded. (Sun Media) MORE: Teen charged Teen charged in party slaying Stabbings |
NEGUAC, NB - France Allain was driving a speedboat in Neguac Bay with two other people on board when a Sea-Doo being ridden by a man collided with the boat, RCMP said. Allain was killed when the small craft rode up on the boat and struck her. (CBC) |
|
|
Abbotsford highest homicide rate The murder rate across Canada rose in 2008 with Abbotsford-Mission having the highest per capita homicide rate in the country. (CanWest) |
Police-reported crime statistics 2008 |
|
|
KINGSTON - Mohammad Shafia, 56, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 39, and their eldest son, Hamed Shafia, 18, all face first-degree murder charges in the deaths, which came to light last month after a Nissan Sentra was discovered in the canal near the Kingston Mills Locks. (Montreal Gazette) |
Crown begins to reveal evidence Family problems evident before killings Daughter’s lifestyle angered parents Were deaths a matter of 'honour'? |
|
|
HAMILTON - Robert Harpwood begins serving a five-year prison term for driving drunk and killing two of his closest friends. Michael Smith, 22, who was seated in the rear of the GMC Jimmy, was killed instantly in the April 20, 2006 crash. Stephanie Opalchuk died in hospital five months later. (Hamilton Spectator) |
5 years for drunk driving death Drunk driver's house arrest falls short: MADD Drunken car thief gets 6 years |
|
|
WINNIPEG - The young woman with a million-dollar smile was found face down in a ditch July 2, days after being reported missing, yet again, by family. Cherisse Houle, 17, also had haunted, sorrowful eyes that spoke volumes of her life as a teen exploited on the streets. (Free Press) |
||
|
VERNON - RCMP were called to the Holiday Park property in the 2700-block of Lakeshore Rd after reports of shots being fired from a trailer near the back of the park. The ERT team entered the home and discovered the bodies of the couple who lived at the home: Peter Zieman, 71, and his wife, Bernice, 68. Police have learned through their investigation that the man was suffering from a terminal illness. (Vernon Morning Star) |
CALGARY - 44-year-old Luc Beaudry was stabbed at a residence located in the 7200-block of 20A St SE just before 8am Friday. 37-year-old Darcy Hunt has been charged with one count of second degree murder. 27-year-old Brian Blais has been charged with one count of assault, one count of assault with a weapon, and one count of assault causing bodily harm. (CTV) |
|
|
MONTREAL - A 21-year-old Sept-Îles man was charged with second-degree murder Monday in connection with the death of Eric Tremblay, who was found in Viger Park. Julien Labrie appeared briefly in Quebec Court. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Charges expected |
ROSETOWN, SK - Delbert Stephenson, 64, was found dead in a ditch behind a Rosetown motel early Tuesday. On Wednesday, Greg Ross Edward Jones, 23, turned himself in to RCMP. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) PREVIOUS: 'Very kind man' Death a homicide |
|
|
ST. JOHN'S - Warren White, 36, pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the death of Amanda Power, 29, whose torso was discovered in a suitcase near their Warbury Street home. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Man dismembered girlfriend Jarring photographs Chilling evidence |
MAGRATH - Lyle Scott Madge, 29, died shortly after being stabbed outside a house in front of witnesses Saturday at 2am. Addison Wakefield has been charged with second-degree murder. Kristian Ramberg is charged with assault with a weapon. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Murder in Magrath |
|
|
BRAMPTON - Police initially arrested two suspects, a 16- and a 17-year-old the next day, and another 17-year-old turned himself in to authorities on Sunday. But there was one underage suspect still outstanding and cops wound up arresting the boy, also 17, late Wednesday. All four suspects are facing second-degree murder charges. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: 2 arrested Boy shot Suspected drug deal 15-year-old dead Last moments |
TORONTO - Two men are dead after they were stabbed in a waterfront parking lot following an early morning boat party. The fights - two related incidents - broke out shortly before 2:30am in a parking lot at Polson Pier among several people who had been on the boat. A 27-year-old man died within hours. The second man, identified by friends as 24-year-old Andy Charles, succumbed to his injuries. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Polson Pier stabbing |
|
|
WINNIPEG - The homicide investigation from a call that came in about a stabbing on at Aikins Street and Alfred Avenue has turned into a list of offences that would indicated a rampage though the streets of Winnipeg. Arrested are: Randall Preston Bourassa, 21, James Michael McMahon, 21, Matthew Larocque, 18, and 17 year old male youth, all are from Winnipeg. (CTV) MORE: 4 charged in killing |
ST. JOHN’S - Ray Newman, the estranged husband of a woman found slain in her St. John's apartment more than two years ago, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in her death. Newman, 31, has been charged in the January 2007 death of Chrissy Predham-Newman. (CBC) MORE: Charges laid in 2007 killing Don't make assumptions Slain woman planned to divorce husband |
|
|
LONDON, Ont. - Lambton OPP said Lawrence Roderick Bush, 48, the suspect in the bizarre crash that killed Roland Bruno, 47, of Sarnia, remains in custody and that charges have been upgraded. (Sun Media) |
CALGARY - Aaron Stevens was wanted for the first degree murder of 29-year old Daniel Levesque. Levesque was brutally killed in his home on Braniff Rd. SW on June 29, 2008. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Victim identified |
|
|
HAMILTON - An initial investigation showed that a black SUV that was driving west on York Blvd had struck and killed 81-year-old Tong Vi Duong of Hamilton. Allan Maki, 40, of Stoney Creek, faces three counts of criminal negligence causing death and three counts of dangerous driving causing death. (Toronto Star) MORE: Victims were newlyweds |
MISSISSAUGA - At 1:39am, police responded to a shots-fired report at a home on Monica Dr. They found 22-year-old Brampton resident Nicarno Anthony Wright. Neil Adrian Davis, 26, made a court appearance to face a charge of first-degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Victim identified Man slain at house party Police investigating house party homicide |
|
|
3 arrested in death down under MELBOURNE - Victoria police say Cain Anthony Aguiar, 25, was drinking alone at the Blarney Stone Hotel on Anderson Street in Yarraville on July 9 when he allegedly got in a fight with a group of men as he left the hotel shortly before midnight. (Vancouver Province) MORE: 3 in court over fatal bashing |
TROUT LAKE - A 15-year-old male youth has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 21-year-old male from the Peerless Lake Settlement near Red Earth Creek. An autopsy concluded that the death of Dylan Fleury Netowastenum to be a homicide. (CTV) MORE: Death a homicide Death investigated |
|
|
TORONTO - Mexican nationals Juan Antonio Reyes, 23, and Ana Laura Rodrigues, 19, were arrested on Nov. 28 by Mexican authorities. The two now face extradition to Canada. Police in Toronto had issued arrest warrants for the pair in July after Consuelo Valencia-Russo, 44, was found in the trunk of her Toyota Corolla in the visitor parking lot of the building she had lived in for 10 years. (CanWest) |
|
|
|
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - Two men who were arrested and questioned in connection with the disappearance of 24-year-old Amber-Lynn McFarland have been released without being charged. Mounties arrested McFarland's ex-boyfriend, 39-year-old Kelly Garrioch, and his friend 40-year-old Graham Saxon. (Free Press) |
||
|
BRAMPTON - On June 6, Peel police responded to a report of shots fired at 8678 Chinguacousy Rd. There's they found Terrence Elliott Hughes, 40, and Garth Nicholas Palmer, 29. Police arrested Mustafa Omar, 22, at his home in Toronto and charged him with second-degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Police make arrest Hughes & Palmer homicides 2 killed named Mystery surrounds shooting Victims identified 2 dead in shooting |
NORTH HERO, Vt. - A Vermont judge has sentenced a 51-year-old Montreal woman to 15 years in prison for drowning her 8-year-old son three years ago. Louise Desnoyers pleaded no contest earlier this year in the death of Nicholas Desnoyers-Langlois. She told authorities she held her son under water so he wouldn't have to suffer through her impending break-up with his father. (AP) MORE: Mom sentenced Mother charged Vermont State Police |
|
|
TORONTO - A Toronto judge has decided that the teenage girl convicted in the murder of 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel must take responsibility for the crime as an adult. Melissa Todorovic, 17, was sentenced as an adult for first-degree murder. (CTV) |
'I wish I could change everything' Psychiatric tests ordered for M.T |
|
|
KITCHENER - The night Paula Lee tried to end the lives of her two children, the normally devoted mother was "very ill,'' a judge said yesterday in finding her not criminally responsible for her acts. The judge called Lee's actions the night of July 18, 2007 "tragic.'' (Record) MORE: Stress made Paula Lee snap |
SARNIA - Thomas Moffit has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of his girlfriend, Shelley Mathieu-Read, whose body has never been found. A Superior Court jury deliberated for only one hour yesterday before handing down its decision. (Sun Media) MORE: Moffit guilty |
|
|
HAMPTON, NB - A teenager convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Frank Tonge, 78, an elderly man she claimed sexually abused her has been sentenced to four years in a youth detention centre. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Psych assessment Girl charged |
TORONTO - Jacqueline Levesque was sentenced to 16 years minus the three already served in the death of Jermaine Watson. She pleaded not guilty to the initial murder charge. (CityNews) MORE: Guilty plea Man charged in shooting |
|
|
TORONTO - Toronto police believe there must have been some kind of "hugely insignificant" event that led to the murders of two midtown men Oliver Martin and Dylan Ellis nearly one year ago. (CTV) |
Victims' last minutes captured in photo |
|
|
MONTREAL - Lisette Mailhot and her husband, Bob, were found dead in their home by police who went to the house after a call from worried neighbours. The police found Lisette, 60, in the basement and Bob, 68, in the garage with a gunshot wound to his forehead. (Montreal Gazette) |
WINDSOR - A 57-year-old man was charged with the second-degree murder of his wife after the couple’s children returned home from school to find their mother slain. Melkioro Gahungu was arrested by police at 5465 Reginald St where the family lived. Dead is Maria Nzokilandevi, 53. (Windsor Star) |
|
|
WINNIPEG - The body of Lillian Ann Green, 45, was found Tuesday evening inside a suite at the Madison apartment building on Evanson Street. Winnipegger Athan Kaz Courchaine, 30, has been charged with second-degree murder. (CBC) MORE: Death a homicide Woman found dead |
MISSISSAUGA - Mustaeen Siddiqi was asked to repair something in his tenants' basement apartment. While being a good landlord, the 45-year-old man was stabbed. Salik Bin Sajid, 23, is charged with first-degree murder. (Sun Media) MORE: Victim 'did absolutely nothing wrong' Man arrested Man charged |
|
|
CALGARY - The 10-woman, two-man jury deliberated for more than eight hours Tuesday before finding Randy Osei-Agyemang not guilty of first-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser included offence in the death of Clifton (Cliff) Anderson, 17. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Jealousy-fueled stabbing Death started as evening of fun |
Death results in murder charges PLAISANCE - The Sûreté du Québec charged a youth and an 18-year-old man with first-degree murder after the death of an elderly man in Plaisance. Police said that the victim was Jacques Jong, 88, but did not say how he died. Jean-Philippe Simard Desjardins, 18, was arraigned in a Gatineau. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: Teens appear in court |
|
|
BRAMPTON - A jury found Omari White and Jamal Johnson guilty of first-degree murder in the Sept. 28, 2007 stabbing death of Akila Badhanage, 16. They also found Eric Robinson guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the swarming on a pathway. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Charges in stabbing Charges laid Police make arrests 'Outstanding' son |
WINNIPEG - A St Theresa Point First Nation teen who took part in a fatal mob attack on a rival gang member - beating the victim with a nail-studded board - has been sentenced to time served and 18 months probation. Scott Mason, 22, was mercilessly beaten by a dozen or more attackers in June 2007. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: First Nation community faces gang violence 'Cowardly' attack |
|
|
WINNIPEG - Virginia Hernando claims she had no choice but to kill her husband. The 61-year-old Winnipeg woman began her manslaughter trial by pleading not guilty on the basis of self-defence. Her 62-year-old husband, Alejandro, died of a single stab wound to his heart following a September 2006 dispute inside the couple’s Fort Rouge home. (Mike on Crime) MORE: Abuse led to stabbing Manslaughter case called self-defence |
EDMONTON - Dental records match those of Alysa Zatelny, 19, a Grande Prairie woman last seen by a friend on June 11. The medical examiner is still working to figure out how Zatelny died. Christopher Francis Podruzny, 21, and a 14-year-old girl who cannot be identified have been charged with causing an indignity to a human body. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Family not informed Charges laid Woman reported missing |
|
|
CALGARY - The judge in the Summer Hope case has agreed to consider an application from the defence lawyer. The lawyer for Jonathon Hope took the unusual step, last week, of submitting an application to find the father not criminally responsible. Jonathon Hope and Lisa Guerin were convicted of failing to provide the necessities of life to their 16-month-old daughter who died after drinking Hope's methadone. (CTV) |
|
|
|
OTTAWA - Mahmoud Kayem, 24, was charged last June in connection with the August 2006 killing of 22-year-old Mohamed Zalal, whose body was found in a farmer’s field near Vars. Zalal, a known member of the Ledbury Banff Crips street gang, had been shot in the head. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: 2 charged in gang killing |
WINNIPEG - Wayne Roger Michelle, 28, was walking down Manitoba Avenue with another man last Saturday night, when they were both gunned-down in the middle of the street. Police charged 20-year-old Jonathon Catcheway with second degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Busy summer expected Wave of gang violence Growing gang problem |
|
|
MONTREAL - Frank Antoine Joseph, 18, is a suspect in the death of Louino Jeune, 20, who was shot Sunday night while he and several young people where hanging out near a social housing unit on Allée des Pruches. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: 2 dead in separate incidents 2 men shot Homicide |
LONDON, Ont. - Jennifer Sinn, 32, was initially arrested and then released after being charged with concealing the body of a child and offering an indignity to a dead human body. (CBC) MORE: 3 dead babies 'near, to full term' Accused likely mom Remains found Police discover remains Decomposing bodies found |
|
|
ST. THOMAS - Michael Smith, 37, was sentenced following a five-week trial in which the Crown contended he had been stalking his ex and in which he admitted having sex with his wife's body. Eugena Smith, 33, was found strangled to death in the bedroom of her 9 Balaclava St. home on June 7, 2007. (Sun Media) MORE: Guilty of murder |
BAMFIELD - Randy Zohner, a 45-year-old head chef known for his affectionate disposition, died after a fight with a Lower Mainland fisherman on June 19, said RCMP. Zohner, whose nickname was Big Love, worked in the kitchen of the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. (CanWest) MORE: Victim identified Partygoer dies at B&B |
|
|
REGINA - It’s been more than 2 1/2 years since Douglas David Anderson was fatally shot in front of his family and they are still struggling to deal with his violent death. Jarvis Cote was the last to be sentenced in relation to the Nov. 18, 2006, homicide. (Regina Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: 6 charged with murder |
MONCTON - Court of Queen's Bench Justice George Rideout said he had no choice but to find Alexander Beers, 20, not guilty after the Crown was unable to introduce any evidence or call any witnesses. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Challenge over breath sample Man charged with impaired driving Girl dead after car accident |
|
|
TORONTO - A convicted killer was charged with murder after a man's body was found in a parking lot on the north side of Barrymore Furniture Galleries. Edward Scheniman, 41, has been charged with first-degree murder. Scheniman pleaded guilty to the August, 1990 slashing death of 27-year-old Stanley Simon George. He was sentenced to 14 years in jail. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Body found |
MISSISSAUGA - On June 2 police found Andres David Buritica-Marin, 25, suffering from a gunshot wound. Police announced a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for 32-year-old Toronto resident Kevin Johnson. Four other arrests have been made in connection with this case. (CTV)MORE: Man sought Couple charged Rapper charged in murder 3 arrested Killed in drug deal |
|
|
TORONTO - Investigators have a 23-year-old man in custody in connection with the death of a 73-year-old man. The victim was found in his apartment at 85 Emmett Ave. He had been stabbed multiple times. The suspect allegedly made his confession to a priest, who convinced the man to contact police. David Fitzpatrick, 23, of no fixed address, has been charged with Second Degree Murder. (CityNews) |
NEW HAZELTON - A male youth has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 21-month-old child. RCMP and EHS attended a residence on June 3 for an unresponsive male child. Jor-el Macnamara was immediately transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Teenage male arrested Child's death a homicide Toddler's death declared a homicide |
|
|
EDMONTON - A 14-year-old accused of helping the teen charged with killing Barry Boenke and Sue Trudel stared blankly through a closed-circuit TV screen while his lawyer entered not-guilty pleas inside a packed courtroom. The boy's 14-year-old friend showed no emotion as two first-degree murder charges against him were read aloud. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Crown seeks adult sentences 'They look like little kids' Strathcona County double homicide |
DANVILLE, KY - A Canadian doctor living in the US has been charged with killing his Nova Scotia wife during a bizarre incident on a Kentucky lake, where he allegedly tossed the woman overboard and then ran her down - in full view of several witnesses - with a propeller-driven pontoon boat. Dr. Steven Hall, 46, was arrested after the death of Isabel Hall, 49, on Herrington Lake southwest of the city of Lexington. (CanWest) MORE: Doctor pleads not guilty |
|
|
EDMONTON - Seventeen years after he was charged with killing an Edmonton man, Michael Joseph Gaston Desmarais finally had his day in court, pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Desmarais was charged in 1993 by the RCMP for murdering Gordon Mills the year before. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Man sentenced 16-year-old murder case resumes |
OTTAWA - Hasibullah Sadiqi has been found guilty on two counts of first degree murder. Sadiqi was on trial facing allegations he shot his sister, Khatera, and her fiancé, Feroz Mangal, in a planned and deliberate fashion as part of an "honour killing" rooted in the couple's engagement. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: Guilty of 'honour killings' 'I just lost total control' 'Act of purifying through blood' |
|
|
TORONTO - The parents of two young sisters who were killed when their car was crushed by a gravel truck in Brampton 21 months ago are even more heartbroken after seeing the company responsible for their loss fined a mere $11,000. . (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Guilty plea in sisters' deaths Killer rig's safety ripped Charges pending in fatal crash |
GRANBY - Alain Bernard, 45, a father of four, was shot in the back of his head while doing his crossword puzzle and watching television in his Granby home on Aug. 31, 1987. Tristan-Anthony Bernard, 41, was arrested along with his cousin, Patrice Bernard, 41, and his friend Alain Béliveau, 44, by the SQ's unsolved crimes division. (Montreal Gazette) |
|
|
BARRIE - Michelle Simon, 45, was taken to RVH but died from her injuries. According to police, Daniel Simon, her estranged husband was arrested at the scene. The couple had been separated for eight years. (Barrie Advance) |
WINNIPEG - Police arrested Joseph Burnell Head, 20, in relation to the shooting death of Shawn Beauchamp on January 11, 2009. (Winnipeg Free Press) MORE: Arrest made Victim was trying to quit gang |
|
|
WINNIPEG - Phillip Rykyta died because Kelly Ann Bouchie was having a bad day. A 62-year-old former jockey fallen on hard times, Rykyta was beaten to death with a brick on June 10, 2006 following an ill-fated encounter with Bouchie in a lane behind the Northern Hotel. Bouchie, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. (Sun Media) MORE: 'I was just taking my anger out on him' |
TORONTO - A Toronto man who was doused with gasoline and set on fire during an argument, suffering severe burns to more than half of his body, has died in hospital. The 43-year-old victim, whom neighbours knew as Robert, was in the backyard of his two-storey townhouse unit on Jasper Ave when he was attacked. Police arrested a 32-year-old man at the scene and charged him with attempted murder. (Toronto Star) MORE: Charges pending |
|
|
BRAMPTON - An 18-year-old Mississauga man has been sentenced to one year probation for the May 2007 manslaughter of 15-year-old Manny Castillo. (Sun Media) MORE: Dad blames hockey coaching Manslaughter verdict Guilty in rugby death |
Similar neighbourhoods have different homicide rates TORONTO - When Sara Thompson began plotting where people were being killed in Toronto, she expected to find her markers clustered in certain neighbourhoods. (National Post) |
|
|
OSHAWA - Police arrived at a home on Celina St to find the body of 61-year-old Audrey Napper. She had reportedly died several days before. Linda Lafleur, a 53-year-old female acquaintance was arrested at the scene. (Toronto Star) MORE: Victim afraid of her roommate Police identify victim Murder victim identified |
LA LOCHE, SK - Mitchell Don Lemaigre. a 20-year-old man from the Clearwater River Dene Nation appeared in provincial court charged with manslaughter in connection with a stabbing death on the reserve. The victim, 30-year-old Palmer Nicky Piche, was found dead outside a home on the First Nation. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) |
|
|
CALGARY - Tips from Calgarians and people in Ontario led to the arrest in Scarborough of Lorenzo Nembhard, wanted for the May 18 fatal stabbing of Alston George Smith, 38, at a party in the Penbrooke Meadows Community Hall where the victim was working as a DJ. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Wanted Police hunting for suspect Police identify suspect |
HALIFAX - Cory Wright, 25, was sentenced for killing Damon Crooks on Nov. 4, 2006. Wright pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March after the Crown and the defence reached a deal. He was about to stand trial on a charge of second-degree murder. (CBC) MORE: Eligible for parole in 5 years Wright pleads guilty 3 charged in sailor’s death |
|
|
LA RONGE - Blake David Norman, 19, is charged with three counts of manslaughter as well as one count of arson with disregard for human life. On May 26, Justin Paul Charles and Marsha McKenzie as well as their four-month-old son Jeremy Charles, died as a result of a fire in their apartment building. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) PREVIOUS: Suspicious fire claims 3rd victim Fatal fire |
CALGARY - Emergency crews called to a stabbing in the 1200-block of Macleod Tr found a man with major injuries near the front entrance of the brick building. Douglas Joseph Young, 39, of Calgary, died later in hospital. Police have charged Henry Vincent Bosklopper, 46, also of Calgary, with second-degree murder. (CBC) MORE: Police charge man Murder charge Bloody attack |
|
|
FORT MACLEOD - A Fort Macleod teenager is being charged with murdering his mother, allegedly using an axe in a gruesome attack. Second-degree murder charges are pending against the 17-year-old son, who is in police custody. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Axe used to kill mom Son suspected of murdering mom |
OTTAWA - Dominic Rock Doyon, 32, was killed in his own home, inside Unit 512 of the public-housing highrise at 380 Murray St. When police arrived they arrested Toby Little Otter Land, 24, and Carl Robert Joseph St-Cyr, 31 - both found in the apartment, its walls spattered with blood. (Ottawa Citizen) |
|
|
HAMILTON - The shots were fired within seconds of each other. It's unclear who fired them or why Ingrid Hutt, 61, and Helmut Roessler, 79, went to a remote field on the outskirts of Ancaster, accessible only by a narrow dirt road. (Hamilton Spectator) MORE: Bodies found |
TORONTO - Paramedics were called to a hydro field near Scarlett Rd. and Dundas St just after 5pm Monday, and when they arrived they found the body of Adrian Johnston, 14. He'd been shot three times. (CityNews) MORE: A good kid, a sad fate Another gun death |
|
|
MONTREAL - Mohamed Lamine Keita has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his 11-month-old son. (CTV) MORE: Father charged |
TORONTO - Police say Ayoob Adam, 16, was stabbed to death following a confrontation at a Dixon and Kipling high rise. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Man shot Fatal shooting |
|
|
KAMLOOPS - The father of a missing Kamloops man has confirmed his son's body was found alongside the body of Kenneth Yaretz on a rural property near Kamloops last week. Now Robert Marks hopes Kamloops RCMP will find whoever is responsible for the death of Damien Marks, 31, and bring them to justice. (Kamloops Daily News) MORE: Family leery of associates Yaretz identified Police search turns up 2 bodies Police looking at Knouff Lake area |
SUDBURY - Greater Sudbury Police have confirmed that human remains found June 2 in bush area near Minnow Lake were those of Whitney Van Der Wouden, 15, of Sudbury. Two males accused in Whitney's disappearance, Kristopher Lavallee and a young person are being held in custody awaiting court proceedings. (Sudbury Star) PREVIOUS: Suspects arrested in Quebec Human remains found |
|
|
WINNIPEG - Officers found the body of 53-year-old Robert James Genereaux in a suite at the Winnipeg Hotel. Investigators have arrested 30-year-old Edward John Muckle and charged him with manslaughter. (CTV) MORE: Killed in 'fit of rage' |
WINNIPEG - Roberto Nieto 32, was set for his new murder trial this spring but cut a deal with the Crown to plead guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter. Jankow Milas, 45, died in June 2004 after a violent struggle inside his Chalmers Avenue home.. (Mike on Crime) |
|
|
FORT QU’APPELLE - RCMP are not releasing much information in relation to a man found dead in a home on the Standing Buffalo First Nation, but they report it is a case of homicide. Police issued a terse release that said they were continuing to investigate the death of Calvin Laswisse, 57. (CBC) MORE: RCMP investigating homicide Daughter speaks about homicide Standing Buffalo homicide |
TORONTO - A man who killed his girlfriend while her 10-year-old son tried to save her smiled at her brother in court after being sentenced to life in prison. A jury acquitted Vaughn Maxwell Wilson, 22, in February of first-degree murder but found him guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder in Dale Mapstone's stabbing. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Teen recounts mom's stabbing Mother killed |
|
|
PRINCE GEORGE - Police believe 13-year-old Adam Williams died near Prince George, BC, in January 2000, but it wasn't until October 2004 that a family member reported the boy's death to RCMP in Oliver, BC. (CTV) MORE: Police seek public's assistance Child's murder comes to light |
MISSISSAUGA - Horace Everton Weekes, 59, will be formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Helen Slichta, 71, who died from blunt-force trauma following an attack in her daughter's condominium townhouse. (Toronto Star) MORE: Man charged, then sedated Victim identified Arrest made |
|
|
TORONTO - Jarvis St. Remy was targeted when he was gunned down while waiting at a west-end bus stop. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: 2 sought Teen killed waiting for a bus Victim gunned down Teenager shot dead |
SASKATOON - Michael Custer, 26, died during an altercation outside a home in the northern village. A 17-year-old male from Pelican Narrows has been arrested and charged with second degree murder. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) |
|
|
TORONTO - Police believe it was a targeted hit aimed at a 29-year-old waiting at a bus stop. Omar Waite died in hospital from his wounds. Waite is believed to have been a member of the Gators. (CityNews) MORE: Shooting now murder Another night of gunfire Man shot in the head |
OTTAWA - Claude Dorion, 44, died in hospital after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle two blocks from his home. After a short hunt for the vehicle involved in the crash, 56-year-old Gordon Davis, of Ottawa, turned himself in to police. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Hit-and-run driver turns himself in Left for dead in hit-and-run |
|
|
TORONTO - Police responded to a gunshot call at 6:22pm last Tuesday. They found Danny Lewis, 19, mortally wounded in a laneway off Rogers and Keele. He had been shot in the back and buttocks. (CTV) MORE: 2nd suspect arrested Homicide: Danny Lewis Mother tried to turn murdered son around Toronto teen shot |
OTTAWA - Daniel Guindon, 40, who admitted to being high on crack cocaine at the time of James Kennedy’s death, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, but after Justice Richard Lajoie’s ruling, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of assault causing bodily harm. Kennedy, 38, was found dead April 4, 2008. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: No proof beating lead to death |
|
|
MONTREAL - Francis Proulx has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Nancy Michaud, a political aide to Quebec's natural resources minister. (CBC) |
||
|
Six cleared OTTAWA - Six men were acquitted of first-degree murder in the killing of Charbel Chaar at the Midway Family Fun Park more than 5 1/2 years ago. (Sun Media) MORE: Jury acquits The Midway trial |
DARTMOUTH - Halifax Regional Police said Lloyd Alexander Wilmot, 59, was arrested at a rooming house on Portland St after an officer discovered the body of Gordon Alexander Murray, 33. (CBC) |
|
|
EDMONTON - Court of Queen's Bench Justice Joanne Veit sentenced Katrina Effert to at least 10 years in prison for the second-degree murder of her newborn son. "I sentence you to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 10 years," stated Veit. (CTV) |
||
|
CARLETON PLACE - Autopsies are expected today on a woman and her 11-month-old daughter. Police also discovered the body of a 28-year-old man in Montreal. They say he apparently committed suicide in a downtown hotel. Police said foul play was suspected in the deaths of Kerry Freda Walters, 25, and her baby, Starla, who were found dead in Carleton Place. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Police probe deaths Mom, baby found dead Family dead |
'Everything I said at the preliminary hearing was lying' TORONTO - Justice Michael Dambrot gave Marlon Wilson a second chance, but the 29-year-old Scarborough native was having no part of it, saying he would be branded a snitch and wanted to come out of the federal penitentiary alive after serving out his sentence on a weapons charge. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Wrong car Hatred began with death threat 'Ride Squad' targeted wrong men Murder trial underway |
|
