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WINNIPEG - Seth Ottenbreit was killed in a West St. Paul home. His older sister, Kirra Noble, says her brother's death was not over drugs or owed money, contrary to speculation. A 16-year-old boy is accused of first-degree murder in connection with the death. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Unpaid drug debt Teen stabbed Death a homicide |
WINNIPEG - Police are investigating a suspicious death after the deceased body of a person was found in a room at the St Regis Hotel on Smith Street. The deceased was Edward Denedchezhe, 60, called by those who knew him as "Cheezie." (CTV) MORE: Hotel death a homicide Death a homicide Loner meets violent end |
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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) |
ISLA MUJERES - 60-year-old Renee Wathelet had moved to the small island of Isla Mujeres, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast from the popular resort Cancun. Police arrested 24-year-old Jose Joaquin Palacios Garaza, and say he committed the bloody crime. (CTV) MORE: Montreal woman stabbed to death |
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MONTREAL - The bodies of two people found dead in a Brossard hotel have been identified as Albert Pelchat, 46, and his daughter Daphne, 6. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Father, daughter found Autopsies ordered |
EDMONTON - A 17-year-old girl from the Beaumont area has been charged with impaired driving causing the death of Jennifer-Lynn Clements last May. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Alcohol believed to be a factor |
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MANILA - Quezon City policemen said they have arrested a suspect in the twin killings of Filipino-Canadian film critic Alexis Tioseco and his Slovenian girlfriend. (GMA News) PREVIOUS: Police hunt for killers Canadian, girlfriend killed in Manila Vancouver film critic, girlfriend killed |
CALGARY - David Tajali, known to be aligned with the United Nations gang, was gunned down in luxury car in the southwest part of the city. (CTV) MORE: Gangster killed, brother injured New details in gang shooting Victim BC gangster |
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JAFFRAY - Dawson Kormilo, 8, was riding his bike to a local swimming hole with some friends Sept. 3 in Jaffray when he was hit by a car. Robin Roo, 54, was charged with failing to remain at the scene of a collision. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Boy dies in hit-and-run |
Man charged in brother's murder CALGARY - John Walsh, 44, of Lethbridge, died in hospital after an altercation inside an apartment suite in the 1600-block of 23rd Ave SW. Martin Walsh, 55, has been charged with second-degree murder. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Man charged |
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VICTORIA - BC Supreme Court Justice Dean Wilson found Andrew Anthony Charles was driving his 1993 Colt when it struck a telephone phone just after 1am on April 23, 2005. Doreen Joseph, 20, of Alert Bay and 23-year-old Glen Charles Jr. were killed instantly in the crash. (Victoria Times Colonist) MORE: Man impaired Widow recalls tragic night |
Victim previously shot in Toronto FORT MCMURRAY - A Toronto police detective confirmed that McFrinn Paddy, who was found dead in a Fort McMurray apartment building, was one of four men shot in 2007 when their car was sprayed with bullets from a passing SUV. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Drugs, bullets & murders in Fort Mac Man found dead Mother regrets move to Jamestown |
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LAVAL - Jocelyne Hotte pulled up alongside Lucie Gelinas' vehicle on the Metropolitan expressway on June 23, 2001 and opened fire, killing Gelinas and injuring three passengers. Survivors David Savard, Hugues Ducharme and his cousin Pierre Mainville are now suing the city of Laval and the RCMP for $3 million. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Killer cop |
PEMBROKE - Ryan Andrew Guthro, 24, originally of Kingston but most recently of Golden Lake, made a brief appearance in bail court in Pembroke. Mr. Guthro is charged in connection with the death of Ashley Commanda, 35, of Pikwakanagan. (Pembroke Daily Observer) PREVIOUS: Man struck with shovel Death at Golden Lake |
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Baby still wearing hospital bracelet CALGARY - One of the babies found dead in a northeast Calgary home still had a tiny hospital bracelet from its birth in 2005, say sources. Major crimes Insp. Guy Slater revealed 27-year-old Harsimrat (Simmi) Kahlon gave birth to a baby at a Calgary hospital late that same year. (Sun Media) |
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CARACAS - No less than 451 people are reckoned to have been murdered last month alone in Venezuela’s ultra-violent capital, lending weight to a newly established ranking as the second most villainous place on the planet. (LAHT) |
MISSISSAUGA - Peel police say they found Nevie Phillips suffering from "obvious signs of trauma" when they arrived at the house on Laburnum Cres around 12:30am. (Sun Media) MORE: Accused mentally ill 'Erratic' son charged Son charged Woman found dead |
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OTTAWA - Police said Bradley O'Neil, 18, died Thursday afternoon. Andrew Wiecvzorek, 20, is charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death. (CTV) MORE: Police release names |
EDMONTON - RCMP announced they had issued a murder warrant for the arrest of Jesse James Larose in connection with Michael Joseph McCarthy's death. (CBC) MORE: Assault victim dies |
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EDMONTON - Police have charged a 26-year-old man in connection with the death of Manoli (Mike) Rurak. Rurak died in hospital on Sept. 4, 2009 after being hit by a vehicle. Edmonton Police have charged 26-year-old Tyson Josh Olynyk with criminal hit and run causing death. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Hit-and-run Police look for 911 caller |
REGINA - Some drinks and a few moments on a dark Saskatchewan highway shattered the lives and dreams of three people and their families on Nov. 10, 2007. In the aftermath of a head-on collision, 20-year-old Brandon Chief was dead. In the offending vehicle, Dayne T. Romanus had sustained a serious injury that would cost his leg. (Regina Leader-Post) |
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88-year-old killed in hit-and-run TORONTO - Great-great-grandmother Bernice Field was walking home from the bank yesterday when a driver fatally struck her, wiping out one of five generations in her family. (Sun Media) |
FREDERICTON - Police are still searching for the driver, a passenger and the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed Dianne Trottier. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Hit-and-run Woman killed |
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'I've been shot by my husband' ORANGEVILLE - "I've been shot by my husband - help me," Cyril Donaldson's neighbour begged as she collapsed in his arms. Two hours later, her husband, Hugh Ferguson, 42, who had barricaded himself in his house in Mono Township, 13 kilometres north of Orangeville, shot himself as police surrounded the house. (Toronto Star) MORE: SIU investigates Woman pleaded for help Teen defends killer father Woman shot 2 dead |
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s justice system has been playing catch-and-release for years with two Winnipeg gang associates now accused of killing an innocent bystander just metres away from his five-year-old son. The 15-year-old and 17-year-old were under several court orders when they were allegedly involved in the Aug. 11 shooting death of Scott McGillivary. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: 2 teens charged Car thieves charged with murder Two arrested |
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VANCOUVER - Victor Fraser, a New Westminster resident, was stabbed to death March 10, 1998 when he stumbled on a thief trying to break into his sister's home in the Bridgeview area. Police arrested 51-year-old Gary Johnston who was currently on parole for a manslaughter conviction." (Surrey Now) MORE: Arrest after 11 years Arrest in cold case |
BRAMPTON - Devinder Singh Gill, 33, was killed in the early morning hours of September 11. Bullets flew around 4am at a home on Castlehill Drive. Gurmit Singh Randhawa, 27, and Sawaran Singh Sekhon, 40, are both wanted for Second Degree Murder. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: ’Friends’ clam up Dead man leaves behind pregnant wife House party shooting |
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WINNIPEG - Michael Jok, 17, died on the early morning of Sept. 6 after suffering stab wounds. Saturday, police announced the arrest of Abiola Akintunde Matthews. (CBC) MORE: Man charged Family traumatized Stabbing Teen dies after stabbing Teen knifed |
NANAIMO - A 36-year-old woman involved in a pre-Christmas crash south of Nanaimo that took the lives of two of her children now faces charges. Clare S. Bekkers is charged with impaired driving causing death. (Nanaimo Daily News) MORE: Mother charged Crash victims |
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TRURO - The man accused of causing the death of a three-year-old girl in 2005 has been found not guilty of manslaughter. Judge Alan Tufts freed Terry Dean Allen, 28, of Truro, saying Crown attorneys had simply not proven he caused Samantha Mercer’s death while he was looking after the toddler four years ago. (Chronicle Herald) MORE: Not guilty verdict |
EDMONTON - A man who left his friend dying in a ditch near Edson after a night of drinking and driving was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Monday. Dwayne MacLean pleaded guilty earlier this year to impaired driving causing death in a Dec. 8, 2007, crash that resulted in the death of his friend, Corey Colthorpe. (Edmonton Journal) |
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SASKATOON - Following a Queen's Bench trial in 2007, a jury convicted Gordon Dwight Hurley, 45, of killing 20-year-old college student Jarita Naistus, whose body was found in a Lloydminster hotel room on the morning of Oct. 2, 2005. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) |
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - The search for a teen missing since last year is now a homicide investigation, Manitoba RCMP have confirmed. Jennifer Catcheway was reported missing in June 2008 after failing to arrive at her 19th birthday party. (CBC) |
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SASKATOON - Brandon Avery White was so drunk, he doesn't remember pulling the trigger in a gang-related shooting on Saskatoon's west side nearly two years ago. But the testimony given by witnesses at his preliminary hearing on a first-degree murder charge convinced him he must have been the one who killed 20-year-old Catlin Albert Opissinow, so he agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) |
TORONTO - A Toronto man has entered four guilty pleas in court after a spectacular high-speed collision that killed two of his friends and sent eight others to hospital. Rehan Riaz lowered his head and quietly said "guilty" in College Park court to two charges of criminal negligence causing death and two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Man charged in fatal crash |
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CALGARY - Police in Vancouver have arrested a former Calgary man wanted in connection with a homicide in this city. The arrest earlier today comes just two days after police went public with a manslaughter warrant for Ryan Charles Everett, 26, in connection with the drug-related killing of Eric Regimbald in Aug. 27, 2006. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Drugs lead to violent death, say parents |
CROWSNEST PASS - A southern Alberta man is dead and another is in police custody after a fight got out of control in the Crowsnest Pass. George Steve English, 51, from Brocket died at the scene. Derek Brian Plourde, 45, from Fort Macleod was arrested and is charged with second degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Man charged after fatal fight Man in custody Man stabbed |
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'Stomped by the justice system' TORONTO - The grandmother of US college hockey captain Mike Serba said he was "stomped by the justice system" that convicted his killer of manslaughter instead of murder. Last November, a jury acquitted Nicholas Crowdis of second-degree murder but found him guilty of manslaughter. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Athlete hit with a brick dies |
WINNIPEG - Tyson Galen McKay, 28, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death and was sentenced to 50-months in prison under a joint recommendation. Sonny James Bjarnason, 20, was killed in August 2008, while playing a game of cards with McKay in a Winnipeg home. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Man charged in shooting death Man charged |
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TORONTO - Residents in the quiet North York neighbourhood where Sheldon Anthony Henry was gunned down said the father of two was trying to turn his life around. (Toronto Star) MORE: Victim was trying to turn his life around Shooting Another man gunned down |
EDMONTON - Family for both Christopher James Penner and his victim, Melissa Elliott, were in court to hear Queen's Bench Justice Andrea Moen give her sentencing decision on a crash that happened more than four years ago. (Edmonton Journal) |
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TORONTO - Area residents familiar with street-gang affiliations in The Esplanade neighbourhood said Kamal Hercules, who had never been in trouble with the law, was killed "for just being there." (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: 'A good kid' Victim identified Vigil held 'Too many funerals Shooting |
WINNIPEG - Officers announced today that a deceased male who was found on Sept. 12 in the St Boniface Cemetery died from body trauma. Police identified the homicide victim as Frank Green Jr., 17. (CTV) MORE: Teen found in cemetery is homicide victim Grisly graveyard find Body found in graveyard |
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OTTAWA - OPP say 17-year-old Emily Watts was stopped to make a turn on Laurentian Drive in the Ottawa Valley town when her vehicle was rear-ended. Patricia Boyce of Petawawa has been charged with impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and criminal negligence causing death. (CTV) MORE: 'A beautiful girl' Impaired charge |
WHITECOURT, AB - Relatives visited a Lyons Crescent residence Friday and found 46-year-old Ronald Greschuk dead in his basement. Greschuk’s 19-year-old son has been arrested. Tyler John Greschuk is charged with second degree murder and offering an indignity to a body. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Murder charge Man charged |
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WINNIPEG - Police say Geraldine Beardy was involved in a theft at the store Sept. 13 and was confronted by an employee. She died five days later in hospital. An unnamed 61-year-old man has been arrested and faces charges of aggravated assault. (CTV) |
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TORONTO - Toronto police said Merhawi Tekle, 26, turned himself in. Tekle and a 14-year-old girl have both been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the beating death of Donald Constantine Jackson, 71. (CTV) |
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Sherri McLaughlin’s disappearance & presumed murder has gone unsolved since she vanished Sept. 19, 1993 while riding her bicycle to an ex-boyfriend’s house in Kamloops. (Vancouver Sun) |
The Vancouver Sun has learned he is Robert Daniel Dow, who has three convictions for rape and a criminal history of violent assaults against women going back more than 20 years. |
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LONDON, ON - Since June, Jennifer Sinn, 32, had been in custody facing three counts of causing an indignity to a dead body and three counts of disposing of a child's body with intent to conceal delivery. (Sun Media) |
WINNIPEG - Hugo Ruizfuentes pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death. Ruizfuentes' truck ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by Elaine Stoller, 63, last December. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Guilty plea Drunk driver guilty |
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WINNIPEG - RCMP said two 16-year-olds were in custody yesterday in connection with the death of fellow Nelson House resident Dakota Garth Hunter, 17. (Sun Media) MORE: Gangs infest reserve Community mourns |
SECHELT - Gloria Joe said her distant cousin Conrad Joe, 32, died after being stabbed at a house party on Sechelt Inlet Road. Phil Joe Jr., was arrested by the RCMP. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Arrested made |
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IQALUIT - A man charged with killing a young girl in Kugaaruk three years ago has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Shawn Kayaitok, 23, entered the plea in the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit. Kayaitok had originally pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the 2006 death of the girl, whose identity was not released. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Murder charge laid Missing and murdered First Nations for Nunavut |
EDMONTON - Several witnesses told police they saw the victim striking the vehicle with his hands and yelling at the person or people inside before being struck by the car as it fled the parking lot outside the Courtyard by Marriott at 99th St & Jasper Ave at 9:50pm. Kyle William Swimmer, 34 was dead at the scene when police arrived. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Victim identified Altercation Hit-and-run Man killed in hit and run |
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CALGARY - Many of Laura Furlan's friends watched her struggle repeatedly to pull herself off the streets and all the evils that came with that life. And now they fear it was that realm that led to her death. The 38-year-old's body was found Sept. 8, by a man walking a dog, seemingly dumped in Fish Creek Park. (Sun Media) MORE: Victim identified Police ID body Body dumped Park searched for clues |
WINNIPEG - 13-year-old Candace Derksen was last seen walking home from the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate in the East Kildonan area in November 1984. Her frozen body was found seven weeks later in a shed on Cole Avenue. Mark Edward Grant, 45, was arrested in May 2007 and charged with first-degree murder. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Killing could have been cracked years ago The Derksen murder |
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MONTREAL - A Montreal man who killed a woman while driving drunk has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Raymond Lévesque, 60, was sentenced Monday and had his driver's licence revoked for life after he hit and killed Karine Méthot, 23, in 2007. (CBC) |
VANCOUVER - In June a BC Supreme Court jury in Vancouver found Charlie Rae Lincoln, 23, guilty in the July 2006 slaying of two-year-old Hope Lincoln in the remote BC coastal town of Bella Bella. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Girl slain BC's child deaths |
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WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg family is reeling after learning the man charged in a deadly hit and run was out on bail on charges of fleeing the scene of another accident in the spring. Melissa Ranville, 19, was walking in the 500 block of Sheppard Street in Winnipeg when she was hit by a car and killed. Roop Singh Dhaliwal, 34, was charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death, driving while disqualified and two counts of failing to comply with conditions of a recognizance. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Charges in hit-and-run |
LONDON, ON - All the Seaborne family of London wants is a few more measly months of justice. Trying to see that their son's killer, Jonathan Badger, does his full sentence, they've run up against bureaucracy, frustration and even a medical condition known as "broken heart syndrome." The sentence for their son Terry's killer dropped from a possible 25 years on the first charge, to 7 years on conviction, to 5 years and 9 months on appeal, then to 4 years because of Canada's early release system. Now, the killer wants out on day parole. (Sun Media) |
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SASKATOON - Police believe two men on bicycles were behind a deadly attack that left a 52-year-old man dead. Kenward Cote, a resident of Saskatoon, was identified by police as the man who died from injuries sustained in the altercation. (CBC) MORE: Victim identified |
TORONTO - Tevane Sean Lennon, 22, was shot as he was trying to bike away from his killer, police said. The killer fired about a dozen shots as Lennon, father of a three-year-old girl, was fleeing south on Sultan Pool Dr. (Sun Media) MORE: Left dead in a spray of gunfire |
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WILLIAMS LAKE - Bradley William Sleeman, 26, a Williams Lake man has been charged with second degree murder. The victim of the homicide has been identified as Ronald Bernard David Jr., 20. He died in hospital after receiving injuries in an altercation near Carson Drive in Williams Lake. (Williams Lake Tribune) |
BELLEVILLE - Police have released a photo of a homicide victim whose body was pulled from the Moira River two weeks ago. Police say their investigation suggests Robert Vaillancourt, 61, died in the early morning hours of July 23. (CTV) |
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RIMBEY - 28-year-old Peter Oliver Jorgensen was handed a $2,000 fine in a Rimbey, Alta. courtroom. Last year, 17-year-old Jennifer Noble was killed when Jorgensen's truck slammed into the back of the school bus she was riding in. (CTV) MORE: Charges stayed |
KITCHENER - Police have charged three people in the Nadia Gehl case. Ronald Cyr, 31, Nashat Qahwash, 24, and Zdenek Zvolensky, 24 were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Cyr is the victim’s husband. (Record) MORE: 3 charged Police release crime scene |
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TORONTO - Wesler Fabian, of Ottawa, died after being shot outside the Howard Johnson Hotel Yorkville around 4:30am. (Toronto Star) MORE: Police looking for lone gunman Man shot outside hotel Victim in town for Caribana |
MONTREAL - The body of a woman found in a shed in the north end of Montreal has been identified as that of Pina Rizzi, hairstylist to the stars. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Body found |
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GRAND FORKS - Until this week, Kimberly Ruth Noyes had a reputation among those who lived near her Grand Forks home as a good neighbour. No one was prepared when news broke that Noyes was wanted by police in connection with the death of her young neighbour, John David Fulton. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Family takes police to task Police defend lack of Amber Alert Tragic end to search Missing boy found murdered |
YARMOUTH - Police arrested 32-year-old Jermaine Shawn Middleton of Yarmouth and charged him with first-degree murder in Neil Joseph Blades’ death. The police have also charged 25-year-old Alicia Marie Anderson of Deerfield with accessory after the fact to murder. An arrest warrant was issued for a third person Ian Huskins, 28, of Yarmouth. (Yarmouth County Vanguard) PREVIOUS: Victim identified RCMP release identity |
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HIGH PRAIRIE - RCMP have found the mother of a baby found dead in a High Prairie backyard last week. The remains of the infant were found by a High Prairie man in the evening of Aug. 27 after he discovered a disturbed patch of ground in the backyard of his 59 Ave house. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Infant remains found Infant remains found |
PUKATAWAGAN - Two men from Pukatawagan have been charged with second-degree murder after RCMP found the body of Patrick Bighetty, 26, dead in his home on the northern reserve. Donald Wayne Colomb, 25, and Benjamin Melvin Dumas, 23, have been charged with second-degree murder. (Winnipeg Free Press) MORE: Body found Man killed |
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TORONTO - Police arrested 22-year-old Marvin Jarrett at a home on Glenholme Ave. Jarrett had been wanted on charges of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting death of Sebastian Herrera. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Suspect named Killed for $50 necklace Shooting |
WINNIPEG - Elaine Stoller was driving along Grant Avenue last December when she was struck by a truck running a red light. Police arrested the driver of the truck Hugo Ruiz Fuentes in connection with the death. (CTV) MORE: Drunk driver guilty |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Police investigating the disappearance of missing and murdered women across this country are being urged to take a long, hard look at the trucking industry, following an FBI investigation that has linked serial killings to long-haul truck drivers in the US. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: FBI database links long-haul truckers, serial killings Yellowhead Highway 16 |
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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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 |
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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 - A 17-year-old youth has been convicted of the second-degree murder of University of Victoria student Philbert Truong last July. Judge Evan Blake also found the youth guilty of the attempted murder of Thuan Le and Robin Lepard, who were seriously injured during the early- morning shooting on July 19, 2008. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: Trial to determine if killing was planned 'You'll have to shoot me first' Shooter has Red Scorpion link Charges laid 1 dead, 2 wounded |
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'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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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TORONTO - Arssei Hindessa was found guilty of stabbing Natalie Novak to death on May 15, 2006. (CTV) |
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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' |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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' |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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? |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
Family problems evident before killings Daughter’s lifestyle angered parents Were deaths a matter of 'honour'? |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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'Remorseless' girl out of jail WINNIPEG - A 15-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the beating death of Spence Street resident Audrey Cooper has been released from custody and ordered to live in a group home for troubled youth. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Judge not ready to release killer Only 12 and already a killer Teens charged in 'random' homicide |
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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Landfill, ditches scoured WOODSTOCK - The 8-year-old girl disappeared in Woodstock, Ont., on April 8 and the search for the little girl turned into a search for her remains after two people were arrested on May 19. Michael Rafferty, 28, and Terri-Lynne McClintic, 19, are charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping. (CP) PREVIOUS: Remains confirmed Murder of Victoria Stafford Charge upgraded 'Intelligent' & 'weird' Twists, turns, tears and an arrest |
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 |
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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 |
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