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Husband charged MONTREAL - Laval resident Jacques Sauvé, 52, has been charged with murder. The body of Marie-Pascale Proulx, 40, was found by police Friday about 6am, after they received a phone call from an unidentified man directing them to a bungalow on Juliette St, in Laval. PREVIOUS: Body found |
TORONTO - Sheronnie Thomas, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder. Devonte Gondwe-Prosper, 15, also known as “Bug-zee,” was shot in the face around 2am when he answered the door of an apartment. (Toronto Star) MORE: And yet another publican ban Arrest warrant Warrant issued Teen shot in doorway |
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REGINA - Roland Ruest, 44, was found dead in his home on April 6. RCMP said that a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after turning himself in to police in Medicine Hat. That followed the arrest earlier in the week of a 19-year-old man. (CBC) |
SACKVILLE - Raymond Joseph White, who is currently incarcerated in BC, has been charged with two counts in the deaths of Mary Lou Barnes, 37, and 12-year-old Larry Mills Jr. Their bodies were discovered in their British Settlement home on Nov. 6, 1995.(CBC) MORE: Man charged in 1995 murders |
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LLOYDMINSTER - RCMP say the charge is in relation to a Jan. 24 house fire in Lloydminster which claimed the life of Irene May Brown, 69. Police say months of investigation provided them with enough grounds to make an arrest against Nelson Beverly Brown, 69. (CTV) |
BRAMPTON - Luke Armstrong, 18, pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder to the April 30, 2010, slaying of his mother Krystina Armstrong, 54, in Caledon, Ont. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Son charged Son charged Woman slain, not crash victim Woman was murdered |
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MONTREAL - A jury has found Whoody Aristilde guilty of the second-degree murder of a rival gang member in St. Leonard in 2007. Aristilde, 22, was deemed responsible for the death of Gabriel Dominique, 24. (CTV) |
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PRINCE GEORGE - Micheal James Bartley, 36, has already been charged with second-degree murder for the killing of Owen Thompson and attempted murder for the stabbing of a 48-year-old woman. A day after Thompson, a 48-year-old Prince George man, was discovered dead at a farm in the Clear Lake Saw Mill area southwest of the city, RCMP found a second male body in the woods nearby. (CTV) MORE: 2nd victim identified Death now double homicide |
MONTREAL - The charred remains of Yvon Leblanc were found inside the trunk of his torched Mercury Cougar car, discovered in a Longueuil industrial park in May 2008. The 47-year-old man was identified through his dental records, and police later confirmed he was killed inside his apartment building on Séguin St. in Longueuil. Authorities arrested a 59-year-old man, his 32-year-old daughter and 29-year-old son, all in connection to Leblanc's death. (CBC) |
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VICTORIA - Michael Groves was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Ariana Simpson in October. (CBC) |
CRANBROOK - Jonathon Christopher Weisbrodt, 28, changed his plea to guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Bryan Allan Harvey. (CTV) |
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Man accused of killing brother BONNVVILLE - RCMP say the accused, Barry Lyzun, 54, told officers that his brother had died at their family home after taking his prescribed medication. Police say their investigation led them to believe the death of Terry Lyzun, 48, was suspicious. (CTV) |
MONTREAL - A 59-year-old Montreal man is dead after he was beaten with a dumbbell in his home on the weekend. Robert Brassard died overnight from Saturday to Sunday after the vicious attack in his Hochelaga-Maisonneuve home. (QMI) MORE: Man dead after assault |
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MONTREAL - Police took Matthew Barry, 33, in for questioning hours after Wilson McLean. 59. was declared dead at a city hospital. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Man found beaten to death |
DARTMOUTH - Police are offering $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Dartmouth woman's killer. Rachel Joy MacQuarrie was last seen on Sept. 25, 1997, in the Halifax area and was reported missing two weeks later. (CBC) |
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WINNIPEG- The body of Catherine Gastador, 23, was found inside her condo in the 800-block of Preston Ave by her father. (CTV) MORE: Slain woman filed protection order Suspicious death Death a homicide |
STONY MOUNTAIN - Raymond Gaspard Chartrand, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of Sheldon Anthony McKay in May 2006. (CTV) |
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WINNIPEG - Police have charged Joedy Joseph Lavallee, 27, with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Jordan McIvor, 19. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Man killed |
FORT MCMURRAY - Abdinasir Abdulkadir Dirie, 19, was found dead in an apartment on MacDonald Ave on April 21. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Somali-Canadian killed |
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MONTREAL - A Montreal man who kicked and punched a young woman to death three years ago on the West Island has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. James Gould, 25, has also been declared a long-term offender for beating Karina Esquivel to death in 2007. (CBC) MORE: 12 years |
WINNIPEG - Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal stabbing death of a 21-year old father of three. Emergency crews found the victim, Ronnie Kakegamic lying on a curb bleeding heavily. (CTV) MORE: Suspect held Arrest no comfort for family Dad stabbed Victim avoided 'reckless' car |
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Another nameless victim REGINA - It was a night that ended in tragedy for three teenage friends, leaving one of them dead on the street, his body lit on fire and covered in garbage, and the other two young men behind bars. The two 17-year-olds charged in the fatal shooting cannot be named because of their ages. The 16-year-old victim also cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. |
Plea to lesser charge WINNIPEG - Travis Arnold Personius, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as the Crown dropped the more serious charge of first-degree murder. Tyson Kane Roulette, 25, and Lance Leon Myran, 34, are also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and are set to go on trial next year. Anthony Woodhouse, 29, was gunned down in September 2007. |
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WINNIPEG - Ricky Martin Lathlin, 34, died after being attacked at the Gilbert Park housing complex. Police said Jonathan Boyer, 25, of Winnipeg was arrested and charged. They said another man, aged 26, was arrested and was being held in custody. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Stabbing Man killed in attack |
WINNIPEG - Jeremy Botelho had been on trial for the 2010 death of Kelly Clay, 18. Botelho admitted during the trial to punching Clay in an incident at the Nor-Villa Hotel bar, but said it was in self-defence. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Bar punch Assault victim dies |
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LONDON, ON - The sound of Genevieve Reed's sobs filled the courtroom when she was told she was charged with second-degree murder. The victim, her mother Karen, 54, was found dead inside a townhouse at 23 Country Lane by police officers investigating a call from neighbours that someone was in distress inside the home. Reed and Brian Edwards, 64, were each charged with second-degree murder. (QMI) |
PONOKA - The RCMP were called to a rural property north of Ponoka on a report of a collision involving a pedestrian. Police say a semi tractor unit was being driven out of a building on the property when the male driver struck a female. The victim, 75-year-old Shirley Hinkley, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have now charged her son, 36-year-old Blair Jason Hinkley, with impaired driving causing death. (CTV) |
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LAVALTRIE - The body of Eric Hamelin,39, and Lucille Martel, 43, have been found. In all likelihood, Eric Hamelin would have shot his wife before turning the gun toward him. He even shot his dog. (Cyberpresse) PREVIOUS: 2 bodies found |
NEEPAWA - Robert Patrick Ray Morand, 21, of Neepawa had been charged with second-degree murder. Officers were called to a home in Neepawa around 4am and found Brent Michael David Bialkoski, deceased at the scene. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Shooting |
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PENETANGUISHENE - The body of Corrine Burns was discovered May 27, 2008 in a forested area in Guelph. Christopher McDonald was arrested and charged with first degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. (QMI) |
LEEDS - Gary Douglas, 46, died of head trauma shortly after he was brought to Brockville General Hospital. Douglas lived at 43 Larue Mills Rd in Leeds, the same address listed for the accused - Louis Johnston. (CTV) |
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KITCHENER - The 16-year-old stands accused of first-degree murder of Larry McDonald, a 49-year-old Kitchener man. Shortly before 11pm, emergency crews arrived at an apartment unit on Green Valley Dr to find McDonald suffering from life-threatening injuries. (CityNews) |
NEWMARKET - Four suspects have been charged after a man was stabbed to death in a fight outside the Coconut Lounge nightclub in Vaughan, Ont. Roger Samaroo, 26, of Toronto was one of three men stabbed during the bar fight on March 20. (CP) PREVIOUS: 1 dead, 2 injured Stabbing |
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WINNIPEG - Darren James Hall pleaded guilty in a fatal incident in which a victim was struck in the head with a bottle in March 2010. The victim, Garth Isfeld, died hours later in hospital. (CTV) MORE: 1 more year in jail Family demands answers Paramedics parked down the street Dad dies after party assault |
KINGSTON - Ryan Joseph Matte, 35, of Kingston, Ont., was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 53-year-old Allan Mott. David Pereira Amorim, 30, is also charged in Mott's death. Amorim lived in the same building as Mott. (CBC) MORE: Police charge 2nd person Charge laid Body found a homicide |
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OSHAWA - Jacques "Junior" Amakon, 20, stabbed Michael "Biggie" McDonald to death in a fight at a bus stop near Paul Dwyer high school on March 30, 2010. McDonald was 16 at the time. Amakon was charged with second-degree murder, but a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. (CityNews) MORE: Guilty of manslaughter Accused bullied by victim Charges laid Teens watch |
QUEBEC CITY - Jean-Paul Bussières, 83, was found dead in his home on Route 281 North in Armagh. Police found "traces of violence" on Bussières' body and his car was gone. Provincial authorities in Ontario said they arrested a 49-year-old suspect driving Bussières' Hyundai in Chatham, Ont. (CBC) |
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SANTO DOMINGO - The suspect reportedly held Louise (Luisa) Nicole Gaudreault, 54, responsible for the death of a friend, who was electrocuted this winter while doing renovations at the woman's home. She was found dead in the bathroom of her ranch. (Dominican Today) MORE: Canadian killed Canadian woman slain |
TORONTO - Nanthi Dharmaratnam, 25, was run down, allegedly on purpose, in the parking lot of the Terraview Learning Centre at 1641 Pharmacy Ave. Seran Kasilingam, also known as “Kutty Shawn”, is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for second-degree murder. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Canada wide warrant Warrant Fatal hit-&-run |
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SAINT-ANDRE - Autopsies revealed Vernon and Rita Michaud, both 70 years old, died as a result of gunshot wounds. The investigation by RCMP Major Crime North and the District 10 RCMP showed Vernon shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Suspicious deaths |
CALGARY - Family and friends of Raminder Dhadda have mixed feelings about her killer, Samrat Dhuna, being deported to his native India. Dhuna had been serving a 10-year sentence in Abbotsford and was recently granted day parole, which allowed immigration officials to begin deportation proceedings. (QMI) |
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TORONTO - Authorities were called out just after 10pm when they found 33-year-old Kevin Williams, known as “Lex” to his friends, shot in the head on the 10th floor of 4010 Lawrence Ave E. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Body found |
THOMPSON - Police followed the trail about 2 km along walking paths and snowmobile trails and found the body of a man later identified as 25-year-old David Riley Cook of The Pas. Cary Spence, 24, of Thompson, was arrested. (QMI) |
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Sentenced WINNIPEG - Kyle McKay pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the November 2007 incident that left 30-year-old Delmar Young suffering a single, fatal stab wound to the heart. MORE: Fight over jeans lead to stabbing |
WINNIPEG - The 61-year old suspect, known by family as Mike Kapsik, is charged in the second degree murder of his 59-year-old wife, Ludmila Kapsik. (Global) MORE: Man held Man facing charges |
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BRODERICK - Brigitt Blanchard, 39, of Broderick, SK, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death one week ago of Rick Murphy, 44. (CBC) |
WINDSOR - Richard Zoldi was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Jamaican drug dealer Troy Hutchinson on August 27, 2006. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Huard found guilty |
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WINDSOR - Jeffrey Downs, 36, admitted he killed Leo Joseph Kearley by punching, kicking and stomping on his head in February 2008. At issue was whether Downs should be held criminally responsible for the death, or if he were suffering from active symptoms of schizophrenia at the time of the attack. (CBC) |
LEAMINGTON - A passerby discovered the body of Mohssen Tannous, 71, known to his neighbours as Max Aziz, early on the morning of March 7. Officers went on to discover the body of the man's wife, Hinda Tannous, 64, inside the couple's home. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Couple found dead |
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TIMMINS, Ont. - A Timmins man who split his friend's skull "wide open" with an axe during deadly dispute was sentenced to 13 years in jail. Ron Demers, 33, pleaded guilty in Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Timmins to manslaughter in connection with the June 4, 2008 slaying of Marc Veilleux, 42. (QMI) |
TORONTO - Donald Sneyd, 50, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, saying he fired a single gunshot into Edyta Lewandowski’s neck on Feb. 25, 2008 in their matrimonial home. (QMI) MORE: Man admits to killing Surprise guilty plea Ex-husband charged Investigators seek clues |
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Wanted man arrested in Mexico CALGARY - Pablo Rodrigo Russell, 34, was detained by officials in Mexico because he lacked proper documentation. He is wanted in connection to the killing of Serafino Virgilio, 57. PREVIOUS: Wanted |
OTTAWA - A 36-year-old Prescott man is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his brother. Jamie Hawley, 41, died after being rushed to hospital in May 2008. (CTV) |
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CALGARY - Clinton Richard Bruce, 24, of Calgary, has been charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death. Shaun Robert Elson, 32, was walking in the parking lot of the Big Easy on 32nd Street NE at about 7pm on Nov. 25 when he was struck by a Kia Sedona minivan moving at a high speed. (CBC) |
WINNIPEG - A 16-year-old Manitoba girl has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a young man on the Little Grand Rapids First Nation. Police identified the victim as Chris Owens, 22, and said an autopsy found he died of a stab wound to his chest. (CBC) MORE: Teen charged with murder Homicide investigation |
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Teen found guilty WINNIPEG - A teenager has been convicted for his role in a bloody house party ambush that left three people dead and another three seriously injured. The 17-year-old was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. |
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CALGARY - The victim is identified as 40-year-old Dean Wilde of Calgary. On March 17, 2010 police were called out to an alley in the 900 block of 43 Street SW. Wilde and an acquaintance had been in a fight with two young men who then took off. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Alley fight Man dies |
WINDSOR - Yvenel Billy pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in a Windsor courtroom. He was one of three men accused in the first-degree murder of Lucky Suites, 24, who died in June 2008. Charges against Gytteau Nerestant and Zeike Nero have been withdrawn. (CBC) |
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5th suspect arrested MONTREAL - A fifth man has been arrested - and charged with first-degree murder - in connection with an early-morning slaying last winter outside a bar. Thomas Philippe Saulnier, 26, was arraigned in Quebec Court, following his arrest in Lévis near Quebec City, Montreal police said. The victim was Dany Ouellette, 24. PREVIOUS: Teen accused Teen charged |
VANCOUVER - A Squamish teenager who disappeared after leaving a house party on Bowen Island last year likely met with foul play. Jodi Henrickson, who would have turned 18 last week, vanished in the early morning hours of June 20. RCMP officials said that they have classified the case as a homicide. (CTV) MORE: Let's find Jodi Henrickson |
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Not criminally responsible CALGARY - Crown prosecutor said it was agreed by defence that Ranjit Singh killed Harinder Singh, 60,with a blow to the back of the head by a heavy blunt object such as a pipe or a golf club on Dec. 7, 2009. |
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PORT PERRY - Danny Nguyen, 27, turned himself in to Durham Regional Police Service's Oshawa station Monday morning after seeking advice from a lawyer, police said in a statement. Nguyen is charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Warrant issued Police hunt suspect 'I don't know who's body is in my basement' |
TORONTO - On Jan. 2, correctional staff at the Don Jail found 24-year-old Kevon Phillip suffering from obvious signs of trauma. Nixon Nirmalendran, 20, has been charged with second-degree murder. Said Mohamed, 22, of Toronto and Nathaniel Grant, 25, of Toronto were charged with second-degree murder last month. (CP) PREVIOUS: Man charged Code of silence blow Slain inmate faced deportation |
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READ - Myles Hughes, 24, was sentenced to 9 years in jail minus 2 for time served. This spring, Hughes was convicted of manslaughter in the death of 24-year-old Roy Mays Jr. Hughes was also convicted of aggravated assault in the wounding of 19-year-old Justin Coughlan, Mays’ cousin. (CTV) MORE: 9 year sentence Man charged 1 dead |
5 years CALGARY - Research scientist Shengjun An has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his wife after learning she was having an affair. An, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 14 to manslaughter in the death of Yanrong (Susan) Cheng, 41, on Feb 7, 2010. MORE: Sentenced 911 investigation |
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WINNIPEG - A 27-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving causing death after a passenger in the man's vehicle died more than two weeks after a crash, said RCMP. Michael Abe Teichroeb, 27, from Winnipeg now faces charges for impaired driving causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. (CTV) |
RIMOUSKI - Police divers found the body of Jean-Guillaume Paradis, 28, in the St. Lawrence Rive. Investigators searched the river after finding a car parked on the Rimouski waterfront shortly around 8am. Police had been searching for a suspect after the body of Jacques Burns, 55, was found inside his Rimouski home Wednesday. (CBC) |
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PRINCE GEORGE - Police say Nathan Alicide Marshall, 27, was fatally shot on the1800 block of Hemlock Street. Just two days before, he appeared in court in Prince George, facing 11 criminal charges, including assault, uttering threats and pointing a gun. (CBC) MORE: Victim identified |
CALGARY - Lorne Kvale was found lying unconscious in a parking lot in the 200-block of 52nd St NE. Investigators believe Kvale was fatally injured during a fight between two groups and say they believe the altercation wasn't random. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Suspicious death |
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TORONTO - Glenn Lowe, 30, was killed on February 7. He was found just after 11pm on the side porch of a house in the Jane Street and Trethewey Drive area. Investigators have put forth a possible motive in the case, noting a marijuana grow-op was allegedly found inside the address where Lowe was shot. (CityNews) PREVIOUS: Murder Shooting Murder house |
OTTAWA - Three men from the Toronto-area are charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Michael Swan, a 19-year-old Ottawa man. Ottawa police have jointly charged Kristopher Allan McLellan, 20, Dylon Tyrone Barnett, 19, and Kyle Mullen, 19. (CTV) MORE: 3 men charged 3 held Man dead after home invasion |
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EDMONTON - Manoli (Mike) 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 |
PETERBOROUGH - Police have charged Justin Boyer, 20, with second-degree murder in connection with a bar brawl that led to the death of 41-year-old Ottawa resident Stephenson Auguste. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Man dead after barroom brawl |
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BARRIE - A 15-year-old Barrie, Ont. teen who stole a car and crashed and killed Steve Tuck, 48, as he fled from police was sentenced to six months in secure custody, on top of six months he has already served in jail. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Chase involving teen leads to fatal crash |
TORONTO - Police were called to an apartment at 320 McCowan Rd around 1 pm and found a woman with "apparent trauma to her body." The victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, has been identified as Michelle Quemener, 46, of Mississauga. Eugene Wong, 60, of Toronto has been charged with first-degree murder. (CTV) |
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SUDBURY - Keegan Periard told a psychiatrist that murder victim Joseph Reed sexually assaulted him a number of times when he was a child. The 21-year-old man described the alleged assaults during an assessment, conducted for the defence, after he was charged in the January 2009 death. Periard pleaded guilty last week to the murder of the 58-year-old man, who was stabbed, cut and slashed nearly 300 times. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Court hears details |
FORT MCMURRAY - It's a brutal trend that has gone on for too long. Over and over again, Canadians of Somali descent have ended up dead in Alberta as a result of violence. The latest victims were Idiris Abess, 23, and Saed Adad, 22. The two men were found dead in a Fort McMurray apartment complex last week. Both were known to police. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Homicides worry Somali-Canadians 2 bodies found |
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MONTREAL - A vehicle struck a lamppost on de la Concorde Blvd. in the Duvernay district of Laval at 2:15am. Police first believed only the two victims, 22-year-old Leonardo Facchino and 23-year-old Corinne Gauthier Giambona, were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. Six hours after the crash, however, a 27-year-old man who was allegedly driving the vehicle turned himself in to police and was placed under arrest. (CTV) |
RICHMOND HILL - Gregory Goodeve, 45, was found inside a house on Bluegrass Hill Blvd at about 1am on Feb. 26. A 30-year-old female suspect was arrested at the scene. Authorities said the victim and the suspect are known to each other but would not reveal the nature of their relationship. Renee Laurence, a Richmond Hill resident, has been charged with second-degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Woman charged Woman arrested |
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TORONTO - Police are investigating after a homeless man’s body was found in a west end alley this weekend. Investigators have deemed 59-year-old George Rucinski’s death as suspicious. Rucinski is described as white and was missing his left leg. (CityNews) MORE: Homicide probe Body found Police investigate |
EDMONTON - Christopher Dew, 29, a drunk driver was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the "dreadful" crime of killing Charlene Brown, a city grandmother while nearly 4 times over the legal limit. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Guilty plea 4 times over limit Police lay charges |
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WALLACEBURG - Jane LaMarsh, 48, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. On Dec. 3 LaMarsh was driving on St. Clair Parkway with three children in the car, her 12-year-old daughter, her grandson Tyler Bernard, 10, and granddaughter Taiya Talbot, 6. (CBC) |
DNA test puts man on trial WINNIPEG - For two decades, the brutal rape and killing of Beverley Ann Dyke was one of Winnipeg’s most puzzling unsolved mysteries. Robert Kociuk, 68, began his case by pleading not guilty to first-degree murder. |
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MIDDLE SACKVILLE, NS - A 17-year-old boy charged with second-degree murder remains in the mental-health ward of a Halifax children's hospital. The teenager is accused of killing Joy Ann Wright, 49, in Middle Sackville. (CBC) |
VANCOUVER - Police allege the 20-year-old woman gave birth to the baby boy on Jan. 21 at her boyfriend's home in Richmond. Acting on a tip, about 35 officers spent three days searching through the Burns Bog landfill before recovering the body. (CBC) |
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TORONTO - More than a decade has passed since teenager Aaron Reid was found dead on a section of train tracks in Brantford, Ont. For nine years, the 17-year-old's death was classified as a train fatality until last June when Brantford police reopened the case and began looking at it again - this time as a homicide. This week, three men and one woman were charged in the killing . (CanWest) |
Man arrested FORT NELSON - Officers arrived and provided medical help, but fire and BC Ambulance personnel attended and confirmed that the woman, 22-year-old Jeaniel Berreault, was dead. The woman's common-law husband, who had called police, was also in the home. Michael "Emerson" Capot-Blanc has since been charged with second-degree murder. |
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TORONTO - An Ontario Superior Court jury has found William Imona-Russel guilty of first-degree murder as charged. The jury deliberated for just over five hours before finding that the 36-year-old raped and then used a pair of scissors to stab Yasmin Ashareh, 20, to death four years ago. (Toronto Star) |
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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) |
ST. THOMAS - Police did not provide further details about the relationship between Marie Roberts, 29, and the man accused of killing her, David Hatch, 30, of Calgary Alta. (QMI) |
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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 - Sept. 6, 2009, Nima (David) Tajali, 33, and his brother Niki were shot as they sat in a BMW. Mohammed Parwaz Mali, 32, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. An arrest warrant remains for Ahmed Zaghloul, 27. (Calgary Sun) MORE: Arrest in 2009 murder Man arrested Gangster shot New details in gang shooting |
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EDSON - Gary Allen Cozicar is facing one count of first-degree murder after 52-year-old Ryan Kuiper died as a result of a gunshot wound. (CTV) |
BRANDON - Duane Lacquette was found Jan. 16, 2010. Jason John Ouimet was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea deal. (CTV) MORE: 5 years Plea deal Arrest made |
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LONDON, Ont. - A Calgary man is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Marie Roberts, 29, a St. Thomas woman whose body was found in a London hotel room. David Hatch, 30, is also charged with failing to comply with a recognizance. (QMI) |
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) |
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Woman facing charges PRINCE GEORGE - Stanley Garth Heavysides, 48, was walking down the sidewalk at about 8pm on Jan. 30 when he was struck by an SUV. The driver of the vehicle, Sandra Cassidy, is scheduled to appear in court to answer to charges including criminal negligence causing death, impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene. MORE: Woman charged Victim named Hit and run |
Teen likely to avoid jail CALGARY - A city teen who fatally stabbed a 22-year-old man during a downtown altercation will likely be sentenced to a three-year rehabilitative program rather than adult jail time when he returns to court . The offender, who pleaded guilty last July to manslaughter in the December 2008 death of Shawn Chiasson, had faced an adult sentence. PREVIOUS: Sister pleads for help |
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BARR SETTLEMENT - Members of two motorcycle gangs and RCMP investigators attended the funeral of Russell (Rusty) Hall and his wife, Ellen, both 53, in Shubenacadie. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Deaths may be linked to gangs |
LEAMINGTON - The husband and wife were identified as Lorena Sousa, 36, and Miguel Sousa, 39, both of Leamington, Ont. Police say they have no suspects and are not commenting further on the case. (QMI) |
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TORONTO - Larisa Belekova, 51, was attacked in the basement office of the rooming house she operated on Homewood Ave just after 10:30am. Police arrested 46-year-old Roble Nour Adam at the scene and he’s been charged with second-degree murder. (CityNews) MORE: Victim identified |
HALIFAX - RCMP are treating the death of Casey Marleen Downey in North Preston as a homicide. Downey, 20, was found dead at 1166 Downey Rd. RCMP officers discovered his body just before 6:30am while responding to two 911 calls about weapons. (CBC) |
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82 new charges BELLEVILLE - Accused sex killer Russell Williams faces scores of new charges in connection with a series of bizarre burglaries in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. He was already charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the sex killings of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, a military flight attendant from Brighton, Ont., and Jessica Lloyd, 27, of Belleville, Ont. |
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TORONTO - A jealous student admitted Monday he killed an acquaintance on Valentine's Day in a booze-fuelled rage after he discovered they were dating the same girl. Xiao Ming "Allan" Chen pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Feb. 14, 2010 beating death of Jin Tao Zhu, 18. (QMI) PREVIOUS: 5 teens charged 5 charged |
TORONTO - Sadar Saini, 73, was crossing the intersection of Kipling and Finch Ave W at when a car turning left knocked him to the ground and fled. Georgina Cappelletti, 62, is facing a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Double hit-and-run Police track down suspect |
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CALGARY - Darrin Thomas Amond was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for the unprovoked beating death of a man he'd never met. Marcus Tremaine Deveaux, 37, was beaten to death in the city's southeast for not being able to provide his attackers, Amond and Richard Ceaser, with a cigarette in February 2010. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Killed for a cigarette Victim identified |
WINNIPEG - Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP were called to a home after a report of a stabbing on the western Manitoba reserve about 2:35am Saturday and found Sandi Lynn Malcolm, 17. Two other women from the reserve, aged 24 and 26, were also injured. Ronald Joseph Racette Jr., 19, also of Ebb & Flow First Nation, has been charged with second-degree murder. (QMI) MORE: Man arrested |
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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) |
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 |
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Manslaughter plea REGINA - Shirley Ann Matechuk pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Jack Lever's death and was sentenced to five years in prison. |
SASKATOON - Dennis Weiman lived in a home on Maxwell Crescent on the city's west side. Police were called there by his brother. (CBC) |
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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 4:30am on Jan. 28. Meier was taken to hospital where he died. (CBC) MORE: Charge in stabbing Stabbing |
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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 |
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) |
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CALGARY - Bradley Rietze pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, admitting he raped his 17-year-old stepdaughter Brittney McInnes before strangling her. (QMI) MORE: Man pleads guilty |
Impaired causing death REGINA - Randy Mack was charged with impaired driving causing death after officers who attended the scene assessed him. 26-year-old Michael Allan Pachalko, was pronounced dead at the scene. |
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PICTOU - Robert Harris Lamb told the NS Supreme Court that he stabbed 25-year-old Jonathan Beaton at a house on College Street in Antigonish on Jan. 1, 2010. (CTV) |
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LONDON, Ont. - Andrew Kummer, 26, pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including three counts of impaired driving causing death, for a March 2009 crash that killed two young boys and a 26-year-old man. (QMI) MORE: Crash kills three |
Jury finds man guilty WINNIPEG - A jury has found Daniel Johnson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Jaylene Crane. MORE: High rapist stabbed woman 51 times 'Didn't mean to kill' Murder not manslaughter |
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Suspect in custody KELOWNA - George Nicholas Young was arrested by RCMP on 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. PREVIOUS: Warrant issued Hit & run Hit & run a homicide Police seek information |
TORONTO - Lamar Skeete, 21, has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of Kenneth Mark, 29. (CTV) MORE: Youth sentenced Man found guilty Guilty New details emerge Man slain for anti-gang activism Surveillance footage released Shooting Police seek 2 suspects Man shot in Junction |
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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 |
WOODBRIDGE - Police say taxi driver Kesar Singh, 64, had a minor collision with a red Hyundai Elantra around 4am Monday morning on Hwy. 427. Singh got out of his cab to check the damage, when a GMC Envoy slammed into him from behind. Ernesto Ditri of Woodbridge is charged with impaired driving, criminal negligence causing death, and public mischief. (CTV) MORE: Taxi driver killed 2nd man charged |
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REGINA - 2 men are going to prison for their role in the 2009 death of Raymond Gardypie, 26. Joseph Kirkness, 26, and Robert Glen Gordon, 23, both pleaded guilty to manslaughter. (CBC) PREVIOUS: 3rd charged 2 arrested Homicide |
HALIFAX - A jury has found 22-year-old Chaze Lamar Thompson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dartmouth cab driver Sergei Kostin. (CTV) MORE: 25 years Guilty verdict Man testifies against cousin Body of cabbie positively identified |
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2nd guilty verdict 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. MORE: Guilty BC court of appeal, again There's more to advising a client R. v. Osmond 2007 BCCA 470 Dog found battered body 'I freaked out' Arrest made |
DUI called murder 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. MORE: 15 years to life for DUI death |
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COURTENAY - A Courtenay woman who fatally stabbed her partner in the chest while drunk on mouthwash was acting in self-defence. In a decision posted Friday, Justice Lauri Fenlon acquitted Laura Lee Pierre of manslaughter in the killing of Allan Whitequill on Dec. 28, 2009, forgiving a number of gaps in her testimony that she chalked up to heavy intoxication. (CTV) |
GARDNE HILL FIRST NATION - RCMP 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 |
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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) |
OSHAWA - Shawn Pegg, 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 |
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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 |
OSHAWA - Emotions ran high and tempers flared in a packed courtroom as Michael Monckton was convicted of killing his former girlfriend's son, 2-year-old Keagan Davis. Monckton, 28, who maintained his innocence throughout the trial, was found guilty of second-degree murder and assault causing bodily harm in the tot's Jan. 5, 2010 death. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Court-ordered ban lifted Man charged |
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INUVIK - An Inuvik, NWT, man will serve less than five years in jail, after he pleaded guilty to beating another man to death at a local hotel over a year ago. Claude Harry, 37, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Monday in connection with the death of Angus Kikoak, 45, in December 2009. (CBC) |
WINNIPEG - The boy - who was just 12 at the time of the December 2009 killing in Oxford House - pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Boy charged in stabbing death Boy charged Molly Munroe was an aspiring singer |
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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) |
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: Canadian murdered |
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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) |
HALIFAX - Timothy John Kelly was found partially dressed and badly wounded outside 7051 Abbott Dr at about 10pm, and later died in hospital. (CBC) MORE: Martial arts fighter gunned down at home |
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THOMPSON - Skylar Spence has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 37-year old Bernard Hart. An arrest was made in December and a 13-year old boy from Thompson was charged with second-degree murder. Raymond McDonald of Nelson House First Nation has also been charged with second-degree murder. (CTV) PREVIOUS: 2nd degree charge 13 year-old charged |
Guilty plea CALGARY - Malgorzata (Margaret) Pulwicki, 58, died after the vehicle in which she was a back seat passenger, was struck by a stolen truck driven by Christopher James Rae, 27, on Dec. 27. According to witnesses, the truck allegedly sped through a red light at 10th St and 20th Ave NW. MORE: Man charged Hit & run death |
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MONTREAL - 22-year-old Patrick Tshitenge-Masuku was captured at 2:30am in a Montreal North nightclub. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Stabbing |
BRANDON - Police have made an arrest in the violent stabbing death of David Bronson Azure. (CTV) |
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TORONTO - Robert Clifford Smith, 43, will eligible to apply for parole in 10 years. Smith was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the 2010 collision that killed Mahboba (Sara) Attayee, 26. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Driver named SIU probes crash Woman dead Family grieves |
OTTAWA - Ali Issaky flicked his lighter against a Christmas wreath and killed 2 women. Margaret Ikkers, 57, was found in the hallway, claimed by licking flames and black smoke. Lillian Saumur, 79, was led away from the building but death had already marked her. She survived until Boxing Day. (QMI) PREVIOUS: 2nd victim dies Taekwondo champ charged Fatal fire suspicious |
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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, 33, pleaded guilty in April to the second-degree murder of 59-year-old Mary Claire Scott. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Murder charge Homicide |
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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) MORE: Stabbing |
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) |
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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 |
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) |
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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 |
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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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: Gunman 'lay in wait' Mom a 'sweet lady' Woman murdered |
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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Teen held after deadly fire 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. |
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17 years 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. |
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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) |
TORONTO - Binh Nguyen was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for 14 years for the Dec. 17, 2009 slaying of his girlfriend Sandy Park. (QMI) MORE: Guilty plea to 2nd degree Man charged Jealousy led to killing Man surrenders |
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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) |
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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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 |
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: Mother shot in driveway |
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MONTREAL - On November 15, 2009, two teenagers aged 14 and 15 bludgeoned Brian Kachur to death while he was working on another piece of his unique brand of art. The youngest of the two attackers pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter. (CTV) MORE: Teen pleads guilty Deadly game of tag 2 teens charged |
PICCADILLY - RCMP were called to the scene in Piccadilly at 3:30am 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. Wiseman shot Benoit with a rifle, killing him instantly, before turning the gun on himself. (CTV) PREVIOUS: 2 dead |
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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 |
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: Son urged mother to leave |
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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) |
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) |
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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) |
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 |
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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) |
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 |
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 |
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Charge reduced to manslaughter MEADOW LAKE - Ronald Glen Herma, 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, 44, used a rope to strangle his son Jason, 13, and a pillow to smother his daughter Jane, 9, in November 2009. (CBC) MORE: 18 years Insanity rejected Verdict reached Father charged 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 |
Guilty 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. MORE: Life for double murder Arrest in double murder Victims ID'd |
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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 |
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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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) |
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) |
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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, died after being shot outside First Choice nightclub. Toronto police originally charged five men with first-degree murder and other charges related to the Oct. 18, 2009 shooting. However Justice Carol Brewer discharged all five accused on all charges. (Toronto Star) |
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Keepness found guilty 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. |
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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 |
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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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 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) |
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 who was riding his motorcycle in the area of Richmond Rd and High St at about 4:15pm on Nov. 27. (CTV) |
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ST. STEPHEN - Sarah Russell, a 20-year-old New Brunswick woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for criminal negligence causing death in the slaying of her newborn boy, a graphic case that was an example of "wanton and reckless disregard," a judge said. Russell's boyfriend, Rodney Miller, pleaded guilty in September to first-degree murder for fatally stabbing the child. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Plea Guilty plea |
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: Victim identified 1 dead in shooting |
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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 murder Victim identified |
PICTOU - An RCMP officer testified that Bernard Hartling showed up at the Westville detachment a day after the killing on Kenneth McNamara on Nov. 14, 2009, with his lawyer and his mother. (CTV) MORE: Guilty verdict 13 years Hung jury Suspicious death |
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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. 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) |
TORONTO - Richard Durant, 26, was shot just before midnight Oct. 30 and died in hospital of his wounds a short time later. 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) |
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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) |
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TORONTO - The incident began at about 11:30pm at New Generation Sushi Restaurant 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 stabbing Fight at sushi restaurant |
TORONTO - A man who beat a fellow inmate to death over a bag of potato chips at Toronto’s Don Jail has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years. Jeff Munro was kicked to death in his cell in November 2009 by fellow inmate Troy Campbell, 26. (CBC) MORE: Killer sentenced Life sentence Killed over a bag of chips Guilty plea Bag of chips Fatal fight |
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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 |
TORONTO - Kevin Phouthonesy, 24, was gunned down in the parking lot of a townhouse complex near 202 Sentinel Rd. Detectives are searching for 3 suspects. (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: 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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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 |
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 |
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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) |
