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The homicide rate across Canada dropped 10 per cent last year, while the number of murders committed with a firearm also fell. Canada's police services reported 605 homicides in 2006, 58 fewer than the previous year, says a new report from Statistics Canada. (CTV) REPORT: Homicides 2006 Violent crime on the rise |
MEXICO CITY - An aspiring horror novelist told investigators he accidentally killed his girlfriend but denied eating parts of her, authorities said Tuesday, a day after forensic experts said flesh found in a frying pan in the man's apartment was human. (AP) PREVIOUS: Writer suspect in dismembering girlfriend |
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VANCOUVER - You have to admire the gall of Danial Courtoreille and Gordon Bryan Giroux asking the BC Court of Appeal to excuse them because they were intoxicated and deserved leniency. The two killers contend they should have been convicted of manslaughter, not second-degree murder, because they were both so out of it that they couldn't form murderous intent. (Vancouver Sun) |
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Andrew Freake was found unconscious Thursday night in Clyde Park, east of Cambridge, Ont., with a single gunshot wound to his chest and was pronounced dead in hospital. A 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old male, both from Cambridge, are scheduled to appear in court in Kitchener today. (CP) PREVIOUS: Skater's death not likely random Cambridge teen dies of single gun shot wound |
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CALGARY - An 81-year-old man was found not guilty of second-degree murder because of a mental disorder on Wednesday in connection with the beating death of his roommate at a Calgary nursing home. John Driscoll struck James Cairns, 77, on the head with a wheelchair peg in the dementia unit at the Bethany Care Centre in April. (CBC) |
Killed for refusing an abortion WINNIPEG - A 17-year-old man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after a pregnant Winnipeg woman was brutally beaten and buried in a snowbank for refusing to have an abortion. The motive behind the February 2007 death is emerging for the first time after the young killer cut a deal with Manitoba justice officials (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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VICTORIA - Police have identified 21-year-old Hunter Bourassa as the man found dead in a Vic West home last week. The death is being treated as suspicious, and an autopsy is scheduled for this week to determine exactly how Bourassa died. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: Mystery surrounds crime scene |
KING TOWNSHIP - Bao Mac, 46, the husband of one of the victims, will be charged with three counts of first-degree murder once he recovers from severe burn injuries he suffered Oct. 14, Chief Armand La Barge said yesterday. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Shot to death Bodies found in van were shot to death |
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Coroner investigating teen's death WATERLOO, Ont. - Leejay Levene, 18, went to the dentist to have his wisdom teeth removed and ended up dead. What began as a routine appointment to have three teeth extracted is now a coroner's investigation as authorities try to piece together the events in a Waterloo oral surgeon's office, which left an otherwise healthy teen struggling for air. (CanWest) |
Wall of silence in murder probe TORONTO - From casings forensic officers found, Toronto Police now know that more than 20 shots were fired last Tuesday at a backyard party in a townhouse complex southeast of Jane St. and Finch Ave. W., where young mother Rachel Alleyne was killed. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Mother innocent bystander Security video released 1 dead, 3 wounded |
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Killer thought teen put out 'hit' WINNIPEG - A paranoid Matthew Mannella killed a Winnipeg teen because he wrongly believed the youth was involved in arranging a "hit" on him, court heard. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
TORONTO - As Toronto homicide squads hunt for the killer of Richard Gyamfi, friends of the 19-year-old are pleading for the violence to stop (Sun Media) |
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Theft of pictures leads to stabbing LAVAL - A Laval man is to appear in court this morning to face a murder charge after his girlfriend's former partner was stabbed during a fight outside a Laval apartment Saturday night. (Montreal Gazette) |
VICTORIA - Randal (Randy) Bailey was convicted yesterday of killing Bruk Abera and slashing and stabbing two other men during an early-morning fight. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: 'I never intended to injure' |
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BRAMPTON - Brian Machado, 27, and his younger brother, Steven, 21, were each released on $100,000 bail. They both face two counts of criminal negligence causing death. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Families grieve women killed in crash Brothers behind bars in Brampton crash Speed blamed in fatal crash |
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A jury deliberated less than five hours Wednesday before convicting Jonathan Roman Rivera of first-degree murder in the death of Adam Anhang despite a lack of forensic evidence and the last-minute appearance of a defence witness who said another man committed the crime. (AP) |
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BARRIE - Police have confirmed that human remains discovered in a wooded area just south of Barrie last week are those of missing woman Alexandra Flanagan. A woman stumbled upon what she suspected were human bones while walking her dog in Lackie's Bush. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Flanagan chronology Barrie woman missing two months |
MILTON - George Arsoniadis reached over to hug his only surviving blood relative after he was sentenced to two years less a day in jail for killing his sister and trying to cover up the crime by dismembering her remains and boiling her skull. (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: Another 2 years in custody Guilty of manslaughter Jury: guilty of manslaughter |
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Ex-boyfriend kills woman, then self ST. ZOTIQUE, QU - Chantale Larose decided this summer she'd had enough of her boyfriend of two years. She packed Stéphane Gauthier's bags, put them on the curb and told him to leave the home he had shared with Larose, her 13-year-old son and her 10-year-old daughter. (Montreal Gazette) |
CALGARY - Ziggy Pecson, 19, died early Sunday morning after he was stabbed outside the Plush Lounge at the corner of 9th Avenue and 1st Street SE. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Police check videos for homicide clues Security video may help solve stabbing death DJ stabbed to death |
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JAKARTA - Munir Said Thalib, a critic of Indonesia's powerful military, died of arsenic poisoning while on board a Garuda flight in September 2004. Indra Setiawan, the former head of Garuda, and his deputy, Rohainil Aini, are being tried on charges of helping the main suspect of the killing, an off-duty Garuda pilot. (Times online) |
GYPSUMVILLE, MB - A 34-year-old Fairford man faces a charge of dangerous driving causing death in the hit-and-run death Saturday night of 13-year-old Jamie Pruden of Gypsumville. Glen George Anderson, 34, of Fairford, has been remanded in custody and will appear in court in Winnipeg. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Little girl mowed down by hit-and-run driver |
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HAMILTON - A young Hamilton father has been shot to death outside a James Street North bar, the city's ninth homicide of the year. Xavier Miles, 25, died in hospital early yesterday morning after he was shot to death outside CD Martini Bar at the corner of James North and Robert streets. (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: 1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting |
LUNENBURG, NS - A beloved mother-of-four was shot to death by her 78-year-old multi-millionaire husband - who then shot himself - Sunday in their historic Lunenburg home. The bodies of Judith Ann Bourgeois-Wathen, 60 and Harry Edwin Wathen were discovered in their home. Halifax Daily News) MORE: Murder-suicide in Lunenburg |
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TORONTO – Police have one man in custody but are still on the lookout for two other people connected to a murder in the city earlier this month. Police found the wounded body of 35-year-old Otis Rogers in an apartment building at 200 Woolner Avenue on Oct. 6. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Police investigate Toronto's latest homicide Police hunt for murder suspect known as "C" |
TORONTO - When Aysun Sesen was brought to St. Michael's Hospital, with multiple stab wounds to her abdomen, her fetus still had a faint heartbeat. But when they performed a Caesarean, the girl was stillborn. Doctors also could not save Sesen, whose husband, Turan Cocelli, 29, was charged with her slaying. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Woman stabbed to death |
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WINNIPEG - A man sentenced to seven years in prison after he killed another man with a machete was warned yesterday his next offence might keep him behind bars for life. Harold Gamblin has 23 previous convictions for crimes of violence. (Sun Media) |
HALIFAX - A Dartmouth teen faces second-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of Matthew James Ayer early Monday. (Halifax Daily News) PREVIOUS: Charges pending in homicide investigation Man murdered on Gottingen Street |
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CALGARY - Marko Miljevic, 19, is charged with second-degree murder in the pickaxe death of Calgary teen Matt McKay. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Man charged in death of Alta. teen hit by pickaxe Teen charged in axe slaying Teen killed in pickaxe attack Pickaxe attack kills teenager at party |
COCHRANE - Fontella Twoyoungmen and another woman were viciously assaulted at a house on the reserve west of Calgary on June 24, 2006. She died Jan. 13, 2007. This week, after reviewing the woman's autopsy results, RCMP charged Travis John Wesley, 34, of Morley with manslaughter. (Calgary Herald) |
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WINNIPEG - Police identified the city's 22nd homicide victim of the year as Lyle Walker of Winnipeg. Jeffrey James Bear, 31, is charged with second-degree murder. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Beating victim city's 22nd homicide |
SAINT JOHN’S - Kevin Brooks was charged with second-degree murder for shooting Kevin Palmer, 29, and moved to plead guilty to the lesser charge at the beginning of his trial last week. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Body found in park |
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Police arrest 2nd murder suspect MISSISSAUGA - Andrae Parris along with Cleavon Sherwin Joseph both of Mississauga, are charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Jermaine Malcolm. (Mississauga News) PREVIOUS: Two sought in man's slaying Fatal stabbing in Misissauga 24-year-old stabbed to death |
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has abruptly halted his Queen’s Bench murder trial by pleading guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Charles Harold Gamblin, 43, will be sentenced Thursday for the October 2005 killing of Cornelius Fisher inside a Spence Street rooming house. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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TORONTO - Dineshkumar Murugiah was on his way to lunch with a group of friends before he was fatally stabbed just outside Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute over the noon hour Sept. 11. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Student stabbed to death near school Teen fatally stabbed outside high school Teen dies after being stabbed at school |
CALGARY - September is a painful month for the family of a murdered Calgary man, who was stabbed a day before the anniversary of his own father's death. Clifford Charles Hamilton, 46, was killed in a laneway behind the 2500 block of 56th Street NE Friday. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Screams alerted neighbours to slaying Police investigate suspicious death |
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Mother of killer alleges racism CALGARY - The mother of a woman sentenced to life in prison for pushing a teen to his death between two C-Train cars says racism led to Natalie Pasqua's harsh punishment. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Guilty in C-Train murder Shoving match led to death Suspect in transit killing arrested Arrest in C-Train death cheered by victim's dad Name of possible suspect in train death released Woman fearful after C-Train swarming |
Charges in teen's stabbing death BRAMPTON - Hours after Nihal Badhanage buried his eldest son yesterday, Peel Region police announced they had charged four men in connection with the 16-year-old's murder. Three men, one of whom is already in jail on an unrelated matter, have been charged with first-degree murder. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Charges laid in Akila Badhanage murder case Police make arrests on day of victim's funeral 16-year-old Brampton man murdered |
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TORONTO - A little girl was orphaned yesterday after her father killed her mother, called relatives about the murder, then leaped to his own death from the family's North York high-rise balcony. (Sun Media) MORE: Man falls to his death after wife killed |
CALGARY - Ali Khamis, 30, died from a single gunshot at close range just before midnight on June 6, 2006. Cody William Bates, 22, is charged with first-degree murder. Jason Malin Woods, 19, is charged with manslaughter. (Calgary Herald) |
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'Croatian Giant' felt concerned WINNIPEG - A former pro wrestler known as the "Croatian Giant" found slain in his rural Manitoba home last weekend had recently expressed concerns about his safety and was in the middle of a court battle stemming from a three-week marriage. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Former wrestler Radocaj's death ruled a homicide Former wrestler's struggles recounted |
NEWARK, NJ - Even in a city grown numb by decades of unrelenting violence, where news of kids found dead in dark alleys and drug dens is still commonplace, the murders at Mount Vernon Elementary School were too much to endure. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Police arrest 6th suspect in triple murder 2 new arrests in schoolyard execution Rats travel in packs 3 killed in execution-style murders in Newark |
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OTTAWA - Ottawa police arrested Angela Kuehl yesterday after a forensic pathologist's report on the April death of the male infant concluded there was enough evidence to substantiate the murder charge. (Ottawa Citizen) |
Most spouse killers lack record OTTAWA - A Statistics Canada study says about three-quarters of people accused of spousal homicide or attempted homicide had no police record of previous abuse. (Toronto Star) STUDY: Family violence in Canada 2007 |
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KELOWNA - A Kelowna man has been sentenced to six years in jail for manslaughter after he hit his frail 100-pound wife suffering from lung cancer after she left the water running in the sink. . (Vancouver Province) |
MONTREAL - Sebastien Simon, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old gas station attendant Brigitte Serre in January 2006. (CTV) MORE: After slaying teen, killer hired prostitutes, got a tattoo |
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OTTAWA - A grieving widow found little solace in the sentence given to a teenaged girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of the woman's husband. The 18-year-old girl was 17 when she stabbed mechanic Pierre Lapointe to death on June 26, 2006. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Man fatally stabbed outside motorbike shop |
WINNIPEG - As a young killer stood before a judge Thursday, his supportive family crowding the packed courtroom, there was one very important person missing. His father, the man whose life he took. The 17-year-old - who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act - pleaded guilty to the August 2006 killing of his 36-year-old dad. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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BRAMPTON - A 22-year-old man will appear in court in Brampton on Monday charged with second-degree murder, after another man was shot leaving a birthday party a day earlier. The suspect is identified as Andre Dexter Bourne. The Peel force is also investigating the death of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed early Saturday while sitting in a parked car in Mississauga. Anuruddha Ratwatte, 20, of Mississauga is charged with second-degree murder. (CBC) MORE: Police arrest two in fatal shootings |
'Every day I fear for my life' WINNIPEG - A convicted killer told his victim's family Tuesday they can take comfort in knowing he will forever live in fear of his own life based on the circumstances of the slaying. Brian George was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter as part of a plea bargain struck with the Crown. George is one of three men who participated in the brutal 2005 beating death of Gerald Pangman. The victim’s uncle, William Pangman, was the leader of the Manitoba Warriors street gang for several years. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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Man charged in deadly hit-and-run EDMONTON - An Alexander First Nation man has been charged in the hit-and-run Thursday night that killed a 22-year-old man walking on a highway near Morinville. The man was able to push a female friend out of the way before he was struck. (Edmonton Journal) |
POWELL RIVER - Jamie Condon, 28, who has gone through drug treatment and is living in Alberta and caring for her six-month-old baby, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of 51-year-old Jocelyn (Jody) Lloyd. (Vancouver Province) |
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EDMONTON - A pickup driver who struck and killed a cyclist early Saturday stopped to pull the dead man's mangled mountain bike out from underneath the truck before fleeing the scene. (Edmonton Journal) |
1984 murder case finally in court WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg "cold case" mystery has finally landed in court - more than 23 years after a jogger stumbled upon the body of Beverley Ann Dyke lying in a wooded area near the airport. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
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KAMLOOPS - A Sheridan Lake man is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow to face second-degree murder charges in connection with a grisly four-year-old slaying. The unidentifed 52-year-old is slated to appear in Kamloops Provincial Court in connectioon with the death of Brenda Lee Jean Woodward of Kimberley. (Vancouver Province) |
Fear of death all in a night's work WINNIPEG - She’s spent half of her 26 years in the sex trade. Tonight, though, she huddles in the darkened corner of a Parr Street stoop and admits she's spooked. Sex workers like her are turning up dead. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Victim’s friend chases clues to find killer Another child of the streets gone Mom shifts police attitudes to high-risk people |
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