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BRAMPTON - The victim of a fatal Brampton shooting has been identified. Vachon Tatchell 21, was shot on Sunday evening. He died in hospital on Tuesday. Kevin Phillips, 22, of Brampton was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated assault. On Wednesday, Peel Police said they plan to upgrade the charges to second-degree murder. (CityNews)
TORONTO - Kyle Laybolt, 21, was charged with first-degree murder after a housemate, 69-year old Hans Meier, was found in their Toronto rooming home with multiple stab wounds to his stomach. The incident happened at about 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 28. Meier was taken to hospital where he died. (CBC) MORE: Charge in stabbing Stabbing
MATTAWA - Police laid charges following an extensive investigation into the death of Robert Minor who was found dead in his Mattawa home on Jan. 11, 2002. A post-mortem revealed he died of a single stab wound to the chest. Police arrested and charged Marieanne Minor, 53. (CTV)
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - Kenneth Edward McDougall, 54, was charged with first-degree murder after his wife collapsed in their home last Wednesday. Justina Shteen Unrau McDougall, 47, died in hospital three days later. (Winnipeg Free Press) MORE: Woman dies
CALGARY - Bradley Rietze, 45, accused of killing his 17-year-old stepdaughter appeared briefly in court via closed-circuit television. Brittney McInnes was found dead Jan. 18 in her Canyon Meadows home. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Stepfather makes first court appearance
MONTREAL - One of the men killed in Sunday’s double homicide himself committed a double murder in 1983. Kirk Murray, 47, was one of two victims in a double homicide carried out in the parking lot of a restaurant in Notre Dame de Grâce. The other man killed on Sunday has been identified as Antonio Onesi, 51. He was not known to police. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Mafia
TORONTO - By the close of the weekend, Toronto homicide cops had interviewed all 38 “suspects” in the beating death of Toronto (Don) Jail inmate Kevon Phillip and no doubt word around the notorious facility is that no one had spilled a syllable. Inside sources indicate that only one inmate refused to co-operate with police. The other 37 spilled. (QMI) MORE: Don Jail victim identified Slain inmate faced deportation
SASKATOON - George Allgood, 45, was formally charged with allegedly killing 40-year-old Susan Reinhardt at a home in the 800-block of 4th Ave North on July 15, 2006. (CBC)
MIDLAND - Stephanie Hoddinott, 20, was shot on Jan. 10 at a house on Irwin St. in Midland. Jacob Ferrier was found minutes after the initial shooting in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head. Ferrier died from the self-inflicted gunshot wound on Jan. 13. (Barrie Examiner) PREVIOUS: Murder-attempted suicide
TORONTO - Around midnight, officers received a call for shots fired at 50 Empringham Drive. When they arrived, they found 19-year-old Vincent “Villain” Wright lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds to the chest. (CityNews) MORE: Man gunned down This murder is too familiar Man murdered Shooting
DARTMOUTH - Emotions were running high at the Dartmouth, N.S., courthouse as Chaze Lamar Thompson, 20, the young man accused of killing cabbie Sergei Kostin last year was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge. (CBC) MORE: Body of cabbie positively identified Body found
BLACK RIVER - Officers on patrol in the community found Cody Starr injured and unresponsive on the side of the road at about 1am on Jan. 1. Cynthia Sinclair, 23, and Gerald Abraham, 29, from Little Black River have been charged with manslaughter. (CBC) MORE: 2 charged
WINNIPEG - He is accused of beating a stranger to death after a chance encounter on the street. Now, an 18-year-old Winnipeg gang associate is charged with nearly killing another man while free on bail for the initial attack. Family members of the slaying victim, Paul Cherewick, were stunned to learn of the connection between both incidents. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Another YCJA success YCJA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Jean Gagne, 42, of Quebec City, was shot and killed in his room at a private gated villa near Sousa, on the north coast just west of Puerto Plata, in the early morning of Dec. 31. Robbery appears to have been the motive. The security guard was arrested. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Guard arrested Canadian murdered
SKEETCHESTN - Police have identified the body of a man found at Skeetchestn Reserve in Kamloops Wednesday as that of 30-year-old Gary Moses. Moses was discovered around 8:30pm when police responded to a call about an assault. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Death investigated
TORONTO - Sadar Saini, 73, was crossing the intersection of Kipling and Finch Ave W at around 6am Tuesday when a car turning left knocked him to the ground and fled. A TTC driver pulled over and jumped out of his bus to help, but before he could reach the injured man, the victim was run over again as he lay on the ground. Georgina Cappelletti, 62, is facing a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Police attention is now focused on finding the second vehicle, which an autopsy suggests caused the death. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Double hit-and-run Police track down hit-and-run suspect |
WINNIPEG - A jury has found Daniel Johnson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Jaylene Crane. (Mike on crime) MORE: High rapist stabbed woman 51 times Guilty of mutilation murder 'Didn't mean to kill' Murder not manslaughter
AMELIASBURG - Three people are under arrest after a 38-year-old man died of "life-threatening injuries" near Belleville, prompting an ongoing OPP investigation. Trenton, Ont.'s Mark Patterson died shortly afterwards of his injuries. The OPP said it arrested two adult males and a 17-year-old in relation to the death. (CTV)
RICHMOND HILL - The victim’s body was discovered in a residence on Weldrick Road around 9pm after officers received a call for unknown trouble at the address. Efim Klimovich, 52, has been charged with second-degree murder. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Suspect charged
OSHAWA - A court-ordered publication ban on the identities of an Oshawa man and the two-year-old boy he is accused of killing has been lifted. The ban was put into place three days after 2½-year-old Keagan Davis was found dead in his home in Oshawa, Ont. Michael Monckton, 26, was charged with second-degree murder in the little boy's death. (CBC) MORE: Publication ban need to be updated Does tribute to the victim break the law? Man charged Man charged in toddler's death
LADYSMITH - While many in the town may have forgotten and new residents may have never heard of Clarence Henry Kenyon, the RCMP are not giving up on arresting whoever killed the 82-year-old man in his own home Oct. 4, 1990. (Nanaimo Daily News)
REGINA - Police identified the victim of the homicide as Raymond Bernard Gardypie, 26, of Regina. His body was discovered early Sunday morning in a rented home at 1057 Retallack St. (CBC) MORE: 2 to appear in court Homicide Police investigating homicide
LONDON, Ont. - The moment after he pulled the electrical cord tight around his elderly mother's neck, a drug-and-alcohol fuelled Craig Vicary wanted to take it all back. "You are going to regret this," his mother, Helen, 84, said before he strangled her in the basement of their London home. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Widow rarely ventured out
CALGARY - On September 6, police were called to 18 Ave and 4 St SW, after people heard gunshots. Police found Nima (David) Tajali inside a black BMW. He was rushed to hospital but the 33-year-old died. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Gangster shot Gangster killed, brother injured New details in gang shooting Victim BC gangster
GARDNE HILL FIRST NATION - At around 4:45am, the Island Lake RCMP detachment received a call regarding an injured female at a residence. The victim has been identified as Mary Linda Wood, 38, of Wasagamach First Nation. Island Lake RCMP have charged 26-year-old Janet Harper of Garden Hill First Nation with second-degree murder and assault with a weapon. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: 'Superjuice' blamed
KELOWNA - George Nicholas Young was arrested by Kelowna RCMP on Friday, Jan. 8. The RCMP had been looking for Young in connection with the murder of Joel Reimer, which occurred in the early morning on New Year's Day in Kelowna. It appears Reimer died from injuries sustained when he was hit by or run over by a van. (Kelowna Capital News) PREVIOUS: Warrant issued Hit & run treated as homicide Hit & run a homicide Police seek information
OSHAWA - Shawn Pegg's family is no stranger to murder. Shockingly enough, the 30-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend Tammy Lewis, 29, in their Oshawa home in the days after Christmas has a sister who also faced a murder rap. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Homicide Woman was murdered
CALGARY - The body of a woman found dead in a Calgary hotel room New Year's Day has been identified as 33-year-old Renee Wood of Calgary. Wood's body was discovered in a hotel room in the 4600 block of 16th Avenue NW around 12:30pm on Friday, January 1st. (CTV) MORE: Police seek man
TORONTO - Kenneth Mark, 29, was killed and his relatives believe the people responsible for his murder had shot him in a separate incident, but were acquitted last month. Mark’s family says he knew the men who were accused of shooting him and testified against them in court. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Man slain for anti-gang activism Surveillance footage released Shooting Police seek 2 suspects Man shot Man shot in Junction
GOD'S LAKE NARROWS - Joey Okemow, 22, was charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and arson disregard for human life. RCMP have not released the name or sex of the victim, but it's believed the person killed was George Okemow, the suspect's older brother. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Man charged Lethal fire Man charged with manslaughter Manslaughter charge
HALIFAX - Timothy John Kelly was found partially dressed and badly wounded outside 7051 Abbott Dr at about 10pm, and later died in hospital. Police are treating the case as a homicide. (CBC) MORE: Martial arts fighter gunned down at home
CALGARY - Christopher James Rae, 26, faces charges of criminal negligence causing death, hit and run, impaired driving causing death (drugs), failure to comply or refusal (drugs) and possession of stolen property. Marlgorzata Pulwicki, 58, died from her injuries while a 14-year-old driver and 45-year-old passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Man charged Hit & run death Mom killed in crash with stolen truck |
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INUVIK - A Northwest Territories coroner confirmed the body of Inuvik resident Angus Ian Kikoak, 45, was discovered by hotel staff at noon on Dec. 18. The territory’s major crimes unit have laid second-degree murder charges against 37-year-old Claude Jerome Harry. (Edmonton Journal) |
OXFORD HOUSE - A 12-year-old boy has been charged in the stabbing death of a 14-year-old girl in Oxford House First Nation. RCMP identified the girl as Marilyn Alicia Agnes Munroe (known as Molly), a Grade 9 student at Oxford House's high school. (QMI) MORE: Boy charged Police investigating Homicide |
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HALIFAX - Police have a young man in custody following the death of a man who was punched at a New Year's Eve party in Halifax. Halifax Regional Police said the 24-year-old turned himself in Sunday evening. Police were looking for the man after Nathaniel Welsh, 23, of Halifax, died in hospital on Saturday. (CBC) MORE: Suspect turns himself in |
100 MILE HOUSE - RCMP said on Friday that a two-year-old missing person case in the BC Interior is now being investigated as a homicide. Derek Kelly, 31, of Langley, was last seen at a New Year's Eve party in the area of Bridge Lake and Highway 24, near 100 Mile House, on Jan.1, 2008. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Missing person now a murder mystery |
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WINNIPEG - A Sagkeeng First Nation man responsible for a highway collision that killed 12-year-old Brent Guimond, will not be going to jail. Guimond was convicted last spring of dangerous driving causing death. (QMI) |
MONTREAL - Marc Massey and his wife, Cecile Leduc, were found on the main floor of the home by their 20-year-old son, after he awoke to the sound of gunshots. (CTV) MORE: Possible murder-suicide Parents dead |
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NANAIMO - George Osmond will spend at least 25 years in prison for the 2004 first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl in Zeballos, a tiny village on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The verdict brought to a close the second trial in the high-profile case involving the murder of Kayla John. (Nanaimo Daily News) MORE: Guilty BC court of appeal, again There's more to advising a client R. v. Osmond 2007 BCCA 470 Murder conviction quashed Dog found battered body 'I freaked out' Arrest made |
STOCKTON - Victoria's David Henry Nicholls, 65, was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 5 near Lodi, Calif., reading a map when a speeding BMW plowed into his car on May 2, 2006, sending it into the path of a semi-truck. He died at the scene. The BMW's driver, Matthew Douglas White, had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit when he was weaving through traffic at upwards of 200 km/hr. (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: 15 years to life for DUI death |
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COURTENAY - Allan Charles Whitequill, 54, was found dead in his trailer at Maple Pool Campsite around 11pm Sunday. RCMP officers took a 40-year-old woman, believed to be Whitequill’s girlfriend, Laura Pierre, into custody and said they are recommending murder charges. While living in Regina in 1997, Whitequill was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Emma Littletent, who was found strangled in her Regina home. (Times Colonist) |
WINDSOR - Police revealed that Mohamed Mohamed Yusuf, killed Sept. 27 in a shootout involving a group of his friends and out of town gang members, was not the intended target. Yusuf, 23, was shot in the back after the squabble escalated into gunfire on Pelissier Street. (Windsor Star) MORE: Shooting suspects Police believe gang hiding murder suspect Victim wasn't intended target Victim doted on mom Victim ID'd |
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MONTREAL - In August 2007 Didier Buzizi got into an argument with 29-year-old Maxime Rushemaza over a bottle of liquor. Buzizi was found guilty of pulling out a knife and killing Rushemaza. (CTV) MORE: Rapper found guilty Murder marked by 'stupidity' |
NANAIMO - Darcy William Kozak, a 37-year-old Campbell River man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2007 killing of a homeless Nanaimo man. Kenneth Robinson disappeared in May 2007 and his body was found in August 2007. (Nanaimo Daily News) |
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MISSISSAUGA - An ongoing dispute led to a shoving match that culminated in a hit-and-run outside a Mississauga condo, leaving Ronald "Pin Head" Persaud dead and an acquaintance charged with manslaughter. Police arrested 25-year-old Mohammad Al-Kassem. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Manslaughter charges Murder probe |
MALTON - A second man has been arrested following a murder in Malton. Richard “Richie” Egan Stewart, 38, was killed on December 20. Carol Martin, 55, of no fixed addressed, was charged with second degree murder. Oliver Willis Sr., 64, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Arrest made Homicide |
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OTTAWA - A second woman has died from injuries suffered in an Alta Vista fire that police say was the result of arson. Ali Issaky, 23, was questioned on Christmas Eve and later charged with second-degree murder and arson with disregard for human life. Margaret Ikkers, 57, has been identified as the 1st victim. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: 2nd victim dies Taekwondo champ charged Fatal fire suspicious |
ESTON - Patricia Lockwood died after being shot inside her home in Eston. Later that evening, police executed a search warrant on another Eston house where they found the body of Shaun Rodgers in the basement. Rodgers is suspected of shooting Lockwood. RCMP described Rodgers as Lockwood's former common-law partner. (Regina Leader-Post) MORE: Murder-suicide in small town SK |
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SUTTON, QC - Benjamin Moynan, 28 was stabbed to death by Dustin Fuller, 21, the brother of a girl he was seeing. (Cyberpresse) |
INUVIK - RCMP were called after the body of man was found in an Inuvik hotel. About 24 hours later, police arrested Claude Jerome Harry, 37. (CBC) MORE: Arrest made |
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LAC LA BICHE - Two boys, both 14, are charged with second-degree murder in the death of Hector Cardinal, 36, of Lac La Biche. An autopsy revealed that Cardinal died as a result of blunt force trauma after an attack in an alley. (CBC) MORE: 2nd youth arrested 2nd teen charged Beating death 1 dead, 1 in coma |
TORONTO - Police say 23-year-old Binh Nguyen walked into the 53 Division police station around 6:20pm and told officers he had killed his girlfriend at a home downtown. When police went to investigate, they discovered a dead 19-year-old woman. (Toronto Star) MORE: Jealousy led to killing Man surrenders |
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THOMPSON - A 13-year-old male from Thompson has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man over the summer, said RCMP. Police say Bernard Hart, 37, was reported missing on June 6. His remains were found in a wooded area on the east side of Thompson on July 8. (CTV) MORE: 13 year-old charged |
NANAIMO - Malakai James Coyle faces charges of possession of stolen property and failure to remain at the scene of an accident. RCMP identified the woman victim as Laurel Lea Dart, 40, of Nanaimo. The woman, who was wearing a seatbelt, was dead when police arrived and a driver was not in the car, which police say was stolen. (Nanaimo Daily News) |
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MONTREAL - 22-year-old Patrick Tshitenge-Masuku was captured at 2:30am in a Montreal North nightclub. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Police seek suspect Stabbing Stabbing victim dies |
BRANDON - Police have made an arrest in the violent stabbing death of David Bronson Azure. (CTV) MORE: 3rd man charged Arrest made |
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OTTAWA - Police detectives suspect that Donna Jones was subjected to torture and scalded with boiling water before she died. Police have charged Mark Peter Hutt in connection with the death of his wife. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Police lay charges Arrest in 'suspicious death' Husband 'cried for about 4 days' |
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with murder after police discovered his mother's lifeless body inside her west-end apartment building. There are reports Antonia Catherine Zammit, 62, had been stabbed to death. John Boukhalfa, 26, faces a second-degree murder charge. (CTV) MORE: Son accused Man charged |
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WINNIPEG - Curtis Beardy, 22, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Bobby Rae, 30, died from a single stab wound to the heart on Dec. 20, 2007. (Sun Media) |
ST STEPHEN - William David White, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Mary Claire Scott, 59. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Death a homicide |
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NANAIMO - 43-year-old Richard Niederhumer was sent to jail for two years less a day for a killing on Dec. 6, 2008. Provincial court judge Tony Dohm heard that Niederhumer fatally kicked and punched Geoffrey Charles Cross, 45, after Cross arrived at a Riley Road home with a friend to collect a $100 drug debt. (Nanaimo Daily News) |
REGINA - A 16-year-old Regina boy is facing two charges related to Saturday morning's homicide. Police arrested the boy 45 minutes after getting a call to an assault in progress at 1:01am Saturday on the 2200-block of MacKay St. Officers found a badly injured 21-year-old man at the scene. He was taken to hospital and later died. (Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: Death linked |
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TORONTO - For nearly two decades, 45-year-old Laura Rios ran Rios Envios. The gunman waited outside the Colombia native's 2130 Weston Rd apartment until about 8:45pm on Monday when the shots were fired as Rios tended to her daughter sitting in the backseat of her truck. (Sun Media) MORE: Condo killer 'lay in wait' Gunman 'lay in wait' Mom a 'sweet lady' Woman murdered |
'My god, we were terrified of him' REGINA - Elaine Dimen’s frustration reached the breaking point. Like trying to convince someone the sky was blue when they insisted otherwise, nothing she or her husband Bill could say to Trevor would make any difference. Their son had made up his mind about something - a litany of complaints about various people - and debate was pointless. (Regina Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: Six years for killing father |
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WINDSOR - The trial heard that a senior member of the local Crown attorney’s office had offered an immunity deal without notifying the police officers investigating the arson or the assistant Crown attorney prosecuting the case. Chris Wilder, 33, testified he and another man set the fire at 790 Bruce Ave, a blaze for which Franklyn Wallace is charged. Elizabeth Conn, 64, died from injuries she suffered in the fire. (Windsor Star) |
QUEBEC CITY - A 19-year-old man is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges Monday in Quebec City following the fatal stabbing Sunday afternoon of a 17-year-old male in the provincial capital after they got into a fight on a bus. When the bus reached its terminus on Michelet St. at the corner of Tassé Ave, the men left the bus and the argument became physical. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Stabbing Stabbing death |
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SHAMATTAWA - Police are treating a burnt-out home on a remote aboriginal community in northern Manitoba where an 11-year-old boy likely perished as a homicide scene after a local teenager was arrested in connection with the fire. Police still haven't confirmed if the remains found at the home are the missing boy, Edward Redhead. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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KITCHENER - Trevor LaPierre, an Ontario man convicted in the slashing murder of Hunter Brown, a 74-year-old man who was delivering Christmas cards, won't be eligible for parole for 17 years. (CanWest) |
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ST JOHN'S - The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has released a facial reconstruction of a man they believe was murdered and decapitated in the late 1990s, and are offering up to $50,000 for help cracking the case. (CTV) MORE: Mineral's road homicide |
CALGARY - Police have not laid any charges against the man, whom they wanted to question in connection with the killing of Harinder Singh, 60, inside his family's Castleridge home. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Son in custody Man dies |
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WINNIPEG - A street gang associate who allegedly opened fire at a Winnipeg house party early Saturday - killing two teens and seriously injuring a third - was under several court orders at the time and just recently got out of jail. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Arrests made Victim a 'good guy' Teens charged |
KINGSTON - Joseph Clifford Edward Langford, 66, of Winnipeg was arrested in the fatal stabbing of 64-year-old Marshall Augustus Matier, also known as Teddy. Matier's body was found in downtown Kingston around 5:30pm on July 22, 1970. (CBC) MORE: Break in cold case |
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VANCOUVER - Police announced that Theodore Lester Wells, 30, has been charged with arson and two counts of manslaughter. The news comes one week after police charged Russell Wayne Mathers, 50, with arson and with two counts of manslaughter. James Alexander Contos, 47, and Nicholas Leonard Cortner, 50, died in the early morning blaze in the 5800-block St George Street. (Vancouver Province) |
TORONTO - The man killed outside a North York bar earlier this week was arrested in Project Kartoon, a sweep that targeted the Trethewey Gangsta Killers in 2003. Tafari Spear, 30, was found dead of gunshot wounds while a second man, 28, who police allege is tied to the Mount Olive Crew, was seriously wounded. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Victim identified Shootings Man killed |
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MIRAMICHI - The RCMP have charged Curtis Bonnell with first-degree murder in the death of Hilary Bonnell, the 16-year-old girl who went missing in September from the Esgenoopetitj First Nation in New Brunswick. Curtis Bonnell, 29, is the victim's cousin. (CBC) MORE: Cousin charged Small town murder Dental records confirm ID Body found |
PORT HAWKESBURY - A blanket of snow from a nor'easter storm and a flood of out-of-town officers from an RCMP quick response unit are being jointly credited for quelling angry passions in a Nova Scotia town shattered by a bitter family feud in the wake of a controversial slaying. (National Post) PREVIOUS: Acquittal Acquittal rocks community 20-year-old charged |
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TORONTO - Detectives say Kirk Matthews, 24, was targeted and likely the victim of a drug deal gone bad. Officers were called to a townhouse at 27 San Pietroway Way, around 3:30am Sunday where they discovered the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to hospital where he later died. (CityNews) MORE: Man shot outside mom's home Shooting |
TORONTO - A former leader of the Versace Crew will be heading back to Toronto as soon as possible to face an attempted murder charge in the mistaken-identity shooting of an innocent man. Ontario's highest court quashed the acquittal of Nicky Ebanks, 29, and ordered a retrial on attempt murder and conspiracy charges for the attempted hit on Kevin Walters. (Sun Media) |
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RED EARTH CREEK - Red Earth Creek RCMP said Romeo Alook was arguing with his 24-year-old cousin, Jonathan Alook, when the younger man allegedly pulled out a knife. RCMP were called to the scene around 1am Thursday, but Romeo Alook was already dead when they arrived. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Man charged |
TORONTO - Police have identified a teen who died in a violent shooting which left three others wounded in the area of Jane Street and Highway 401. Nineteen-year-old Aeon Grant was taken to hospital with injuries stemming from a gunshot wound. He died as a result of the injuries. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Shooting in high-rise 1 dead, 3 in hospital 4 shot |
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GRANDE PRAIRIE - A 25-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged with second-degree murder following the death of a two-year-old girl. Herbie Giroux, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Man charged in toddler's death |
WINNIPEG - Officers were called to the 800 block of Main St and found the male victim who appeared to have been stabbed in the upper body. Officers have identified the victim as Jessie Jules Pierre McKenzie, 17. (CTV) MORE: Domestic dispute witness stabbed Teen stabbed at bush shelter |
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PICCADILLY - RCMP were called to the scene in Piccadilly at 3:30am on Sunday by someone who heard shots fired. Inside, police found two men who had been shot - Claude Wiseman 47, and Leroy Benoit, 36, both from the Piccadilly area. Based on the information available from the autopsies, investigators have concluded that Wiseman shot Benoit with a rifle, killing him instantly, before turning the gun on himself. (CTV) PREVIOUS: 2 dead 2 dead in shootings Alcohol a factor |
EDMONTON - Tadeusz (Ted) Jandura was found mentally unfit to stand trial at 3 separate hearings and was determined unlikely to ever be fit to stand trial, confirmed a spokesman with the prosecutor's office in Honolulu. On Feb. 25, 2007, police arrived at a 13th floor time-share unit at the Ilikai Hotel in Waikiki and found Ingeborg Jandura dead in the suite. An autopsy indicated the 82-year-old, Jandura's wife of 58 years, had been stabbed more than 100 times. (Sun Media) MORE: Unfit for trial Son urged mother to leave |
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TORONTO - An $85 fine and an admission of guilt seems like a small price to pay for killing someone. But after a year of fighting for answers in the crash that claimed the life of Pietro "Pete" Rocca, his family is just happy to know someone has finally accepted some blame for the 47-year-old Orangeville man's death. (Sun Media) |
MONTREAL - A man who was convicted by a jury Sunday of second-degree murder might be provided immunity against further prosecution if he reveals where he put the victim's body. Marchath Marseille, 20, shot David Mutunzi, 17, in Montreal North in 2007, but Mutunzi's body was never found. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Judge makes an offer Guilty verdict |
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EDMONTON - A former city bylaw officer who fatally struck a 77-year-old man riding his bicycle in a crosswalk was fined $2,000 yesterday and banned from driving for three months. Francis Grosvenor, 33, was convicted of making an unsafe left turn under the Traffic Safety Act. Sandor Baracskay died in hospital as a result of his injuries. (Sun Media) MORE: Fine for unsafe turn |
REGINA - Two 17-year-old boys have been charged in connection with the death of another teen, after a burning body was found in a Regina back alley. The grisly discovery was made before 7am in the alley on the 1100 block between Retallack St and Robinson St. The victim, who hasn't been identified, was a 16-year-old boy, Regina police said. (CBC) MORE: Teenagers charged |
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NIAGARA FALLS - Amy Bell, 82, and James Don Mitchinson, 88, were found badly beaten in Bell's Pine Grove Ave. home. Paul Mellor, a 38-year-old acquaintance of the victims, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. (CTV) |
WINNIPEG - A night out to attend a house party in Transcona turned fatal for a 19-year old Winnipeg man. Friends have identified the victim as Nolan Norman. A group of teens then allegedly began beating him with sticks. (CTV) MORE: Memorial for stabbing victim Stabbing |
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CALGARY - On Saturday morning police were called to a home in the 6200-block of 31 Ave NW. When emergency crews arrived they found a 46-year-old man in life threatening condition after being stabbed. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. On Tuesday, the 46-year-old died from his injuries in hospital. (CTV) MORE: 'Helpful' neighbour dies |
WINNIPEG - The words of a dead man helped convict Gordon Okemow of a brutal killing and grisly coverup, a court heard. Okemow confessed to shooting Nelson House resident Peter Moore two times in the head after learning a suicide note identified him as the killer. Okemow, 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. (Sun Media) |
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BRAMPTON - Peel Police have made another arrest in connection with what they call a botched home invasion that led to the murder of a Brampton homeowner. Daniel Colacito, 36, Isaac Kwakye, 18 Shevon Bailey, 21, and a 15-year-old boy, are charged both with first degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: 3 arrested Charges Arrest made Teen charged Drug heist |
REGINA - With the guilty plea, the youth admits his role in the shooting that killed 24-year-old Michael Itittakoose and 51-year-old Marvin Arnault, and left three others fighting for their lives with multiple gunshot wounds. The shooter, Daniel Richard Wolfe, was convicted last month of two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. (Regina Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: 5 guilty verdicts |
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EDMONTON - Bentley-area resident Philip Moore, 55, was shot in the abdomen while hunting with three other men in a section of heavily treed land just northwest of the community. Herbert Stanley Meister, 57, has been charged with criminal negligence with a firearm causing death. (Edmonton Journal) |
CARROT RIVER - Royce Virgil Bear, 28, from Shoal Lake First Nations has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man from the reserve. Police said they were called in connection with the death of a 24-year-old man on the reserve. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Reserve homicide RCMP investigating homicide |
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Charge reduced to manslaughter MEADOW LAKE - Ronald Glen Herma from La Loche, SK, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the beating death of Blair Lemaigre has been sentenced to a 3-year, 9-month prison sentence. Herman beat up Lemaigre, 19, in a La Loche parking lot on May 20, 2007. (CBC) PREVIOUS: 3 men charged in death |
CALGARY - James Bing Jun Louie, was charged with two counts of second degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the events that unfolded in a Panorama Hills home Friday night. (Sun Media) MORE: 911 call fell on deaf ears Father charged in slayings Charge upgraded 2 children dead |
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TORONTO - Alex Rodney Rundle, 28, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police issued a city-wide alert for officers to be on the lookout for three male suspects – all black, one armed with a shotgun, another with a handgun and a third with a bulletproof vest. (Toronto Star) MORE: Home invasion victim identified Search for suspects Man dies in home invasion Home invasion shooting |
TORONTO - It's not clear whether drug kingpin Shane Kelter was in Toronto for business or pleasure. What homicide detectives know for sure is that a hit man was waiting for him outside an upscale condo building at 1001 Bay St. The planning involved points to a more sophisticated hit, rather than a run-of-the-mill street gang shooting. (Toronto Star) MORE: Targeted hit Victim identified 1 dead in shooting Gangster gunned down |
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ROSEAU RIVER - Officers arrested and charged Anastasia Alexander, 19, and Rennie Scott, 20, of Roseau River First Nation, in connection with the death of Sheldon George Atkinson, 36, who died from blunt force trauma. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Reserve homicide |
LONDON, ON - Jason Dahr stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as the jury foreperson pronounced him guilty of murdering his father. Wayne Dahr, 54, was found stabbed to death in his daughter's Gammage Street apartment in April 2008. (Sun Media) |
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MONTREAL - Mitchell Pare and Kirk Campeau pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the 2008 death of 18-year-old Jordan Enlow-Apponi. (CTV) MORE: Pair guilty of manslaughter |
HORNBY ISLAND - A forensic autopsy was completed on the body of 25-year-old Tempest Grace Gale, and foul play is suspected, officials said. (CTV) MORE: Musician death homicide Sudden death Death on Hornby Island |
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MONTREAL - Brian Kachur had a pleasant family dinner at his mother's house in Verdun on Nov. 14 and then headed out to do something he loved. "I am going out bombing," the aspiring graffiti artist told his family after they had eaten his uncle's seafood pizza. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Body found Body found is a homicide |
WINNIPEG - Jurors found William Henderson guilty of first-degree murder for an execution-style slaying in a sleepy suburban neighbourhood. Henderson had pleaded not guilty to the slaying of Frehley McKay in August 2002. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Shoving match led to killing |
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TORONTO - Police say they are closing in on an arrest in the shooting death of 18-year-old Robert Flagiello Late Friday, officers raided an apartment building on Vaughan Rd near Oakwood Avenue in the city's west end, not far from where Flageiello was killed. The raid was linked to the killing, say police. During the raid, officers and forensic experts seized computers and other pieces of evidence. (CTV) MORE: Victim was in 'wrong place at the wrong time' Unintended target Robert Flagiello |
OTTAWA - Following three weeks of testimony a 12-person jury convicted Kwaku Frimpong , 25, in the deaths of Ziad Ahmad, 32, and Phillip Salmon, 28, at Pari's Motel on Montreal Road on June 21, 2007. The two men were killed with one shot that passed through Ahmad and hit Salmon in the chest during a botched robbery and drug deal. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: Life for double murder Case draws attention to suspect identification process Arrest in double murder Victims ID'd |
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MONTREAL - Daniel Dupuis, 37, who challenged Frederic Garneau, 18, to a street race that resulted in two deaths has been sentenced to five years in jail. Garneau was given three years in jail. Two of his three passengers died, including 16-year-old Melissa Lalonde-Emard and Annie Lachapelle. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Three years for speeding deaths |
OTTAWA - Police are urging anyone who witnessed a hit-and-run that killed a motorcyclist in the city's west end to come forward. The collision killed 44-year-old David Ray, of Carleton Place, who was riding his motorcycle in the area of Richmond Road and High Street at about 4:15pm on Nov. 27. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Hit & run |
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Remains belong to missing person KINGSTON - A coroner determined the remains belong to Scott Judge, who was last seen in September 2003. He was last seen by a friend walking near Elbow Lake on Sept. 30, 2003. His cause of death remains unknown. (CTV) MORE: Remains identified Remains ID'd OPP missing person |
BRAMPTON - 24-year-old Andre Bourne pleaded guilty to the more lenient charge of second-degree murder for the gutless gunning down of Ronell Williams on Sept. 9, 2007 outside a birthday party on Salisbury Circle in Brampton. (Sun Media) MORE: Man admits murder Guilty plea |
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Charges Laid in 19 of 70 Murders VANCOUVER - Blog readers have expressed a lot of criticism about the lack of progress in murder investigations launched in 2009. So I went through the tally of murders from the Sun's murder map and determined that so far charges have been laid in 19 of 70 homicides. (The Real Scoop) |
ONION LAKE, SK - A man has been charged with murder after the body of Keeley Winslow Crookedneck, a 16-year-old boy was found in a home in Onion Lake. Cassidy Stanley Lewis, 20, also of Onion Lake, is charged with second-degree murder. (Sun Media) MORE: Charge laid Teen killed |
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MONTREAL - A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Mohammed Nehar-Belaid, the 64-year-old cab driver who was found dead in LaSalle after he went missing. (CTV) |
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TORONTO - Andre Daley, 29, was killed just after 3am on Oct. 18 in front of First Choice Restaurant on Keele Street. Charged with first-degree murder are: Rohan & Yovidra Shiwshankar, Anthony Nelson, Napoleon Rochester and Arraf Kassim. (CityNews) |
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REGINA - Justice Catherine Dawson found Shawn Curtis Keepness, as leader of the Native Syndicate Killers, instructed four other gang members to carry out the home invasion robbery that would lead to the stabbing death of 19-year-old Wilton Lavallee and the assaults against two of Lavallee’s younger brothers on June 8, 2007. (Regina Leader-Post) |
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AJAX - A 32-year-old man is dead and a second male is in hospital following two stabbings in the parking lot of The Keg at Kingston and Salem roads. The deceased man has been identified as Victor Cameron. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Stabbing |
TORONTO - Crown prosecutors said they will seek adult sentencing should the two 17-year-old males charged with the death of teenager Jordan Manners be found guilty. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Two teens held 'Friends' shot Jordan: police Mother searches for details 1 year after death |
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Man charged in 1991 death of baby VALLEYFIELD - Gabriel Palumbi, a Valleyfield resident, was charged with manslaughter in the infant's death. Sarah Leblanc-Palumbi died in 1991, and it was later determined she was shaken to death. (Montreal Gazette) |
NANAIMO - In BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo, Robert Anthony Taylor, 34, was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Jessica James, 34, at their Kuper Island home on April 5, 2005. (Nanaimo Daily News) |
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PICTOU, NS - RCMP in Nova Scotia have charged Bernard Frederick Hartling, 35, with first-degree murder after Kenneth Gregory McNamara, 30, was found dead outside his home in Central Caribou near Pictou. (CP) PREVIOUS: Suspicious death |
OTTAWA - A judge has declared a mistrial in the second-degree murder trial of a 26-year-old man accused of killing Maurice "Moe" Dinelle with a baseball bat. Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett dismissed the jury in the trial of Ahmed Ismail Ali. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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ST. STEPHEN - Earlier this year, Sarah Russell was charged with manslaughter, accessory after the fact and disposing the body of a newborn in the stabbing death of her baby boy in SW New Brunswick. Her boyfriend, Rodney Miller, pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder for fatally stabbing the child in the heart. He was given an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. (CP) PREVIOUS: Guilty plea |
MONTREAL - In 2005, a Quebec Court Judge called Claude Larouche’s behaviour extremely worrisome, then sentenced him to 40 months in prison for kidnapping a 7-year-old girl in Mercier. Larouche, a 48-year-old Montreal carpenter described by his neighbours as a nice family guy, was charged with the first-degree murder of 37-year-old Natasha Cournoyer. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Suspect arrested Arrest made Hunt on Key clue found Body ID'd |
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TORONTO - Gerald Robert Brown's lifeless body was found at 114 Bedford Rd. James Chalaturnyk, 33, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with second degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Detectives probe another murder Victim identified |
BEAVERBANK - The body of Rose Marie Brown, 43, was found in an apartment at 533 Beaver Bank Rd as RCMP responded to a 911 call. Officers arrested Kevin Downing, 46, at the residence shortly after. (CBC) MORE: Mounties ID victim |
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TORONTO - Richard Durant, 26, was shot just before midnight Oct. 30 and died in hospital of his wounds a short time later, a post-mortem revealed Monday. Police initially responded to reports of gunshots at Tom’s Sports Bar and Café at 1146 Davenport Rd around 11:45pm Friday and upon arrival located two men suffering from gunshot wounds to the body. (CityNews) |
HIGH LEVEL - A man is facing charges of murder and attempted murder after three people were stabbed on the Bushe River reserve near High Level. They were all taken to hospital in High Level, where one of the victims died. Arthur Joel Gallant, 36, from Bushe River has been charged with second-degree murder. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Reserve stabbings |
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HALLS BRIDGE, MB - A 22-year-old man is dead after a fatal shooting at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation during an altercation with an acquaintance Monday, said police. The Dakota Ojibway Police Service has arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the incident and say charges are pending. Police identified the victim as Joseph Dale Edwards Jr., 22, of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. (CTV) |
EDMONTON - Christine Marie Anderson, 22, has been charged with impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle, and having more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Both the driver and passenger, 20-year-old William Bruce Keogh from Edmonton, were taken to hospital. Keogh, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died three days later. (Edmonton Journal) |
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NEWMARKET - Christopher Little will have no chance of parole for 25 years following the deaths of Julie Crocker and Paula Menendez. He will serve two concurrent terms. Little was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder on Wednesday. (CityNews) |
2 women murdered, many more casualties Love-triangle killer gets life |
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TORONTO - The incident began at about 11:30pm at New Generation Sushi Restaurant on Bloor Street when two workers got into a scuffle. The victim, who was in Canada on a visa to study at the Ontario College of Art and Design, won't be named until police can contact his family in China. Xu Wang, 25, also a Chinese national on a student visa, was charged with second-degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Restaurant kitchen stabbing Fight at sushi restaurant |
TORONTO - Court heard that a fatal beating at the Don Jail may have had its beginnings in a squabble over a bag of allegedly stolen potato chips. Police made the allegation during a court appearance of three suspects charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jeff Munro, 32. Three men are facing first-degree murder charges: Troy Victor Campbell, 24, Osman Sarikay, 22 and Kevin Andre Veiro, 21, all of Toronto. (CTV) MORE: Fatal fight about potato chips |
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VICTORIA - Ruby Ann Ruffolo was arrested and charged in March 2004. During the past six years, Ruffolo, who has a law degree from the University of Victoria, has been represented by at least six lawyers. (Victoria Times Colonist)PREVIOUS: Ruby Ann Ruffolo trial |
TORONTO - Kevin Phouthonesy, 24, was gunned down in the parking lot of a townhouse complex near 202 Sentinel Rd. Detectives are searching for three suspects and they admit that Phouthonesy was known to police. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Shooting |
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TORONTO - The victim Theodoros Tiku, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say he was well-known to them as an alleged member of a notorious Regent Park gang. They also suggest the murder was "execution style." (CityNews) MORE: Ties to drug trade Victim gang bodyguard |
BROADVIEW, SK - A man accused of second-degree murder and aggravated assault after a bar brawl on Oct. 30 is now before the courts in Broadview. Karl Eldon Lerat, 20, is charged with killing Matthew Troy McKay, 18. (CBC) MORE: Man charged in stabbing Bar brawl 18-year-old dead Community shocked |
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Police reported 611 homicides in Canada in 2008, 17 more than the previous year, resulting in a 2% rise in the national homicide rate.(StatCan) MORE: Homicides by metro areas |
THE PAS - Ryan Bradley Chartier, 21, died at an apartment block on Larose Ave. Jonathan Diego Young, 21, of The Pas has been charged. (CBC) MORE: Man in custody |
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TORONTO - After deliberating just 14 hours, grim-faced jurors filed into court after announcing they were hopelessly deadlocked. This means a new trial for Erika Mendieta, 33, charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 13, 2003, beating of her daughter Emmily Lucas, 2, in their North York home. (Toronto Star) |
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FORT ST JOHN - RCMP are now treating a suspicious death at the Doig River First Nations Reserve as a homicide. Officers say 40 year-old Kevin Attachie was found dead at a residence in the community on Sunday October 25th. (Energeticcity) PREVIOUS: Suspicious death |
PRINCE GEORGE - Jill Stacey Stuchenko, 35, was found in a gravel pit off of Otaway Road last Monday. The cause of death is not being released, said police. (Prince George Citizen) PREVIOUS: She was a wonderful lovely lady Remains identified |
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SASKATOON - John Newburn Miller was charged after the victim died in hospital from injuries roughly nine hours after an assault, which occurred in the parking lot of the liquor store on 300-block of 2nd Ave N. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) PREVIOUS: Man dies after attack |
KELOWNA - Christopher Daniel Hetu recently moved to Kelowna from Prince George, police say. The grieving father could offer no explanation for his son’s presence in Millbridge Park, a place with a shady reputation, at the time of his death. (Kelowna.com) PREVIOUS: Man killed in park Homicide victim identified |
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BRAMPTON - 59-year-old Ernesto Agsaulio was stabbed in the abdomen at a home on Gareth Drive in Mississauga. Willie Ching, 55, was charged with first-degree-murder. (CTV) |
CORNWALL - Jeffrey Goulet, of Cornwall, is charged with careless driving. Shannon Carver, 39, who was a passenger in the northbound car, was pronounced dead at the scene. (CTV) |
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BRAMPTON - Tony Khor, 15, was found dead in a Mississauga hotel on Sunday. He was a low-functioning autistic unable to speak, often making noises in an attempt to communicate. (National Post) MORE: Autistic teen's mother charged Mom charged Woman accused Father shattered |
WHITEHORSE - A Yukon Supreme Court jury concluded that Alicia Murphy, 29, was guilty in the death of Carmacks, Yukon, native Evangeline Billy, 24, whose body was found in the Yukon River on June 22, 2008. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Accused admitted to beating woman Woman charged |
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WINNIPEG - Justin James Rosdobutko, 25, of Winnipeg faces two charge of manslaughter in connection with the Oct. 11 fire at Aquarius Men's Bath on Notre Dame Avenue. Robert Clark, 62, of Saskatchewan and Steven Yablonski, 23, both died in the blaze. (CTV) MORE: Man charged Bathhouse fire arson Fire now a homicide 2nd victim ID'd Drag queen ID'd |
CALGARY - The Calgary teen who fatally stabbed another through the heart with the victim's own knife wasn't acting in self-defence, a judge ruled. He found the accused, now 18, but 16 at the time of the killing, guilty of second-degree murder. Under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act neither the convicted teen nor his victim can be identified. (Sun Media) MORE: Teen found guilty |
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VANCOUVER - A 40-year-old BC woman has been charged under a rarely used section of the Criminal Code in the death of a 16-year-old Maple Ridge girl last year. Police said Shannon Raymond was found dead the morning of July 26, 2008, after she attended a party at the home of Victoria Turley, in Maple Ridge. (CBC) MORE: Woman charged Woman charged in party death Woman charged |
PICTON - What began as a murder case ended with an emotional sentencing for aggravated assault. Bradley Miller, 25, pleaded guilty to the assault charge Friday in Picton superior court. He was one of two people charged originally with second-degree murder in the Sept. 20, 2008 death of Kevin Monroe. Daniel Thompson, 20, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in September. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: 2 years less a day |
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KELOWNA - The body of 19-year-old Jennifer Cusworth was found dumped in a ditch in 1993. Mounties announced Neil George Snelson, 43, was charged with first-degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Man arrested Christian singer charged Friends waiting Arrest made |
BRIDGEWATER - RCMP in Nova Scotia have charged a woman and her common-law husband with concealing the body of an infant. Amanda Lynne Oickle, 24, and Andrew Gary Cunningham, 31, from Liverpool, are expected to appear in court in Bridgewater. (CBC) |
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TORONTO - Family and friends of Christopher Skinner, who was brutally beaten and run down in the downtown core last fall, have increased the reward offer to $100,000 in an effort to entice someone to turn in those responsible for the 27-year-old’s murder. (QMI) PREVIOUS: New video Hit-and-run 'Deliberately' run down Rewards offered Rewards New surveillance video |
CALGARY - Emilia Elizabeth Matwiy died four days after being admitted to hospital with head injuries in August 2007. An autopsy showed she died after suffering cranial trauma and injuries to the brain. Calgary police announced the charge against Daniel Vernon Berge, 23, who was the common-law husband of the girl's mother at the time of her death. (CBC) MORE: Man charged in baby’s death |
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Care home death ruled a homicide OTTAWA - Autopsy results released confirmed Frank Moir's, 88, death at the Peter D. Clark Centre was a homicide, police said. Investigators have not yet laid charges, but police have been probing the actions of a man in his 80s who lived in a room beside Moir's. Like Moir, that man also suffers from dementia and the pair shared the bathroom. (Ottawa Citizen) |
TORONTO - Roman Luskin, 21, a man charged in a fatal crash that killed three women will once again appear in court. Hon To, 44, her 24-year-old daughter, Khan (Christine) Taing and a female family friend died on their way home from church. (CityNews) MORE: Accused a convicted fraudster Suspect stays in jail BWM slices minivan in half 3 dead |
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WINNIPEG - A Garden Hill First Nation man accused of fatally stabbing his sister was granted bail last week after a judge ruled he would likely serve more time in jail awaiting trial than he would receive if ultimately convicted in the killing. Mike Taylor, 54, is charged with manslaughter in the death of his sister, Esther Harper, 55, at a Ross Avenue drinking party last November. (Sun Media) |
TORONTO - Bandits who burst into a Parkdale apartment from a low balcony shot two men Saturday, leaving one to die in a pool of blood in the building lobby. Christian Derro, 19, was gunned down Saturday night as he fled the attack in a main floor unit on Jameson Ave. (Toronto Star) MORE: Teen shot Drug robbery may have led to murder Police looking for 3 men |
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HALIFAX - Michael Joseph Mitchelmore pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, as his trial was set to begin in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax. The bodies of Adam Eisenhauer, 26, and Tyler Sampson, 25, were found on Aug. 14, 2005. (CBC) MORE: Guilty in double murder Police investigate 2 murders |
EDMONTON - James Harold Stewart, 31, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of David Kelm. According to an agreed statement of facts, both Kelm and Stewart were involved in the drug trade and met early in the morning of Jan. 19, 2007, for a methamphetamine buy. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Manslaughter plea |
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MONTREAL - Kevin Connell’s grieving and outraged family pleaded for police to test the driver of a car that struck and killed the 23-year-old downtown Tuesday for drugs or alcohol. But the family’s pleas were met with the harsh legal reality that such a tragedy on its own is not reason enough to check whether or not the driver involved was impaired. (Montreal Gazette) |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE - James Alexander Rose, 41, of Rocky Mountain House is now being charged with criminal negligence causing death. On Sept. 7th, RCMP said the teen was shot by a bear banger inside a vehicle. Classmates identified the teen as 16-year-old Tanner Mayer, a student at West Central High School. (CTV) |
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EDMONTON - Michelle Lee Hadwen, 37, was in critical condition when she was discovered in an alley near 121st Avenue and 80th Street around 4am Tuesday. She died of her injuries two days later in hospital. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Michelle Lee Hadwen Death ruled a homicide |
SASKATOON - Jamie LaFrambroise, who was stabbed to death, is being remembered as a good father with strong spiritual beliefs who wanted to become a youth care worker after a troubled life. (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) PREVIOUS: Homicide |
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WINDSOR - Mohamed Mohamed Yusuf, 23, collapsed on the pavement of a parking lot at the corner of Wyandotte St W & Pelissier St after someone shot him in the back. The shooting happened around 2:20am following an altercation between two groups of males. (Windsor Star) PREVIOUS: Victim doted on mom Victim ID'd |
BROCKVILLE - Andrew Stevenson of Mallorytown, Ont., was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility of parole for at least 25 years for killing 33-year-old Stefanie Stevenson. (CBC) MORE: Guilty of murder Girl watched take down of dad Mother shot in driveway |
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VICTORIA - A man has been stabbed to death at a Quadra St apartment and investigators believe that he had been dead for several days before his body was found. The victim was identified yesterday as 20-year-old James Lucas McLaughlin. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
WINNIPEG - Kenny Catcheway, the man stabbed to death in Winnipeg's Weston neighbourhood this week, was a 34-year-old former gang member who was motivated by his daughter to change his life. (CBC) MORE: Daughter recalls dad Horrifying scene |
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MONTREAL - A man who killed two people and seriously injured a third while driving the wrong way on a bridge has been sentenced Thursday to four and a half years in prison. André Bélec, 37, was also banned from driving for five years. (Montreal Gazette) |
VALLEYFIELD - James Castonguay, a tow-truck driver, was arrested hours after the body of Catherine Blanchemanche was discovered in the parking lot of a grocery store in St. Lazare. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Driver arrested in hit-and-run |
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CALGARY - Police announced a manslaughter charge against Jamie Allen Dorey, 29, of Calgary. Bryson Dorey-Fox died as the result of blunt force trauma on Aug. 3, two days after being admitted to a local hospital. (CBC) MORE: Father charged Man charged in infant death Death a homicide Baby death a homicide |
LONDON - A BBC investigation has uncovered the deadly practice of British Asians travelling to India to hire contract killers. Family and business associates, who are lured to the sub-continent, are often the targets. In a country where murder is cheaper and less fraught with risk, the perpetrators of these crimes are rarely brought to justice. (BBC) |
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Husband killed protecting wife HONDURAS - Dallas Martens, 31, and his wife Krissy Larsen-Martens, 26, were returning home from West Bay Beach on the island of Roatan after an evening out to celebrate their anniversary when Dallas was killed. (Sun Media) MORE: Accusation 'just crazy' Wife a suspect 'Senseless killing' Canadian gunned down |
MERRITT - A youth has been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found at a Merritt baseball diamond. Nasir "Nas" Khokar, 28, was discovered dead by a local resident at 7:20am Sept. 25 in Voght Park. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Victim identified Body found Mounties investigate |
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ST. ANDREWS - A New Brunswick man accused of fatally stabbing a newborn in the heart earlier this year has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Rodney Miller entered the plea after the Crown finished its closing arguments and was given an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance for a parole for at least 25 years. (CP) |
EDMONTON - Police began investigating the deaths of a 39-year-old man and his 11-year-old son after their bodies were discovered in a bungalow on 84th Street and 138th Avenue. When officers arrived, Jeff Bostick and his son Jeremy were already dead. (CTV) MORE: Autism Murder-suicide blamed on lack of help for son Murder-suicide |
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CALGARY - Guards discovered the body of Gerald Mayhew Sunday. The 51-year-old was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder after killing his 15-year-old daughter Amber Michelle Lee Dickson on Oct. 14, 1997. (Calgary Herald) |
Teen pleads guilty to killing mother FORT MACLEOD - An Alberta teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother with an axe. The victim's name can't be published because it would identify her son, who is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. (Calgary Herald) |
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ST GEORGES - The 17-year-old driver in a weekend car crash that killed a couple in their 50s and smashed up two apartment units is brain dead, according to media reports out on Monday. The couple was killed in their sleep when a car crashed into their home about 4:30am Sunday in St. Georges de Beauce. Media reports identified the couple who died as Marie Faucher, 55, and Louis Vaillancourt, 53. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Car kills sleeping couple Couple killed in their sleep |
NEWMARKET - Wealthy land developer Jack Heyden, now 66, walked away a free man after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Heyden, along with his son, Billy Vanderheyden, were convicted by a jury 10 years ago of the first-degree murder of bingo hall tycoon Paul Kneeshaw, who was shot in the back of the head at close range at his Oro farm 17 years ago. Two weeks ago, the judge gave the same freedom to Heyden's son in an identical deal. (Sun Media) |
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HINTON - The Mounties say the man in the sketch is considered a person of interest in the death of little Laura Asllani. She was hit by a vehicle while in the parking lot of Carlyle Estates on Saturday, Sept. 12th. (News880) MORE: RCMP release sketch Toddler dies in hit-and-run Hit-and-run |
BELLEVILLE - Steffany Natasha Gardiner was found dead on a public beach at Papineau Lake in Hastings Highlands. Charged with first-degree murder are Kevin Robert Ruttan, 21, of no fixed address; and Mark Edward Chapman, 32, of Picton. (CTV) MORE: Murder charges Murdered woman Body found |
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SAGUENAY - Cathie Gauthier, a Quebec woman accused of the premeditated murder of her 3 young children last New Year's Eve was found guilty The bodies of her children and husband Marc Laliberté, who died of blood loss from a cut wrist, were found in the family home (Toronto Star) |
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GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP have identified the body of a woman found in the Wapiti River last week. Police are calling the death of Laurie Wyley, also known as Laurie Descheneaux, suspicious. (Edmonton Journal) |
JOLIETTE - Eric Branchaud, 26, was arraigned on a charge of second degree murder Monday after a 27-year-old man was stabbed to death in Joliette. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Stabbing Man stabbed Antoine Boisvert stabbed to death |
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