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TORONTO - With her husband and mother protesting her innocence, Xuan (Linda) Peng was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years after a jury found her guilty of drowning her 4-year-old autistic daughter in a bathtub. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Mother found guilty
Vernon RCMP have made an arrest in connection with the fatal hit-and-run incident that killed Cormie MacArthur, an 83-year-old man out walking his dog. Keith Milwyn Duggan, 48, has been charged (Vernon Morning Star) PREVIOUS: Hit-and-run Truck owner cleared Hit-and-run victim identified
EDMONTON - A woman whose remains were found on the weekend in Hobbema has been identified as Erica Marie Roasting. She was identified through dental records. (Edmonton Journal)
NEWMARKET - The body of a missing 27-year-old Newmarket woman was found by York Region police in a house on the main street of Sutton on Saturday. She was Brenda Healey of Newmarket. Earlier Saturday, the man now suspected of killing her, Steve Daniel, 41, was killed by a train near Thorah. (Toronto Star)
VICTORIA - The Victoria man responsible for a fiery head-on crash on the Malahat that left Anne Mazurek, 45, dead has been given an 18-month conditional sentence. Trent Peters, 33, pleaded guilty yesterday to a single count of dangerous driving causing death. (Victoria Times Colonist)
TORONTO - The murder of Bernard Bimbi led to a landmark court case that saw, for the first time in Canada, a young offender face a trial by jury. But Bimbi's 17-year-old killer was controversially sentenced to just three years for his role in the crime, which investigators claimed had been orchestrated by an older, shadowy figure - 35-year-old Mohamed Kamaludeen - who had allegedly manipulated the youth, grabbed the ring and fled the country. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Man accused of killing UNR professor to stand trial for murder Trial set in killing of UNR professor
MILTON - Ingram Rahim Bakhsh, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving causing death and two counts of failing to comply with the conditions of his release. Bakhsh was charged after the July 19, 2007, deaths of Andy and Nettie Miller, 66 and 65, whose vehicle was stopped at a rail crossing on Trafalgar Road when it was rear-ended. (Hamilton Spectator)
MEDICINE HAT - Colin George Winsor has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Brooks teenager Ashton Moen. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Winsor guilty One punch killed girl Accused admitted killing teen Man charged with second-degree murder
TORONTO - Homicide detectives are investigating whether a Thornhill florist shop robbery might be linked to the holdup and killing of Toronto florist Felicia Hosany. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Mother murdered
ST. CATHARINES - Astrid Hueller was arrested on counts of manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide necessities of life. Niagara's major crime unit launched an investigation after police responded to the sudden death of 17-year-old Courtney Wise. (Toronto Star) MORE: Mother charged for killing disabled daughter
Charges laid in double hit and run CALGARY - Grant Liu, 26, and Brian Suh, 29, both of Calgary, were standing beside parked cars outside the Whiskey nightclub at closing time on Aug. 4, 2007, when a stolen vehicle ran into them, leaving them with fatal injuries. Calgary police announced they have charged Louis Bear, of no fixed address. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Man charged months after hit-and-run Hit-and-run victims |
CALGARY - Steven Michael Mitchell was not acting in self-defence, but was the violent aggressor who admittedly went "ballistic" in a deadly confrontation with his girlfriend Mary Kay Schmidt, a judge ruled. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: It's left to judge to make sense of murder Death threat found in victim's diary Memory of mom hard on tough guy Grisly crime scene
Slain teen was a convicted killer EDEN VALLEY - The Eden Valley reserve teenager stabbed Tuesday died a month before he was due to be sentenced for killing a teen with a knife. The 17-year-old had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after stabbing a teenager to death at drinking party on June 2, 2006. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Teen faces charges
TORONTO - Two Toronto men from wealthy families are facing a $2 million lawsuit brought by the widow of Tahir Khan, a Pakistani taxi driver killed in a car collision. Alexander Ryazanov and Wang-Piao Dumani Ross, who were driving in separate Mercedes Benzs, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and were sentenced to a year's house arrest. (CP) MORE: Widow sues
MONTREAL - Tisha Hohn is accused of killing Sylvain Dion. Police found the body of Dion, 46, inside the couple's apartment on Girouard St. W. while responding to an emergency call shortly after 8 pm. (Montreal Gazette)
VICTORIA - Charges have been laid in connection to an Abbotsford van crash that killed three farmworkers and injured 14 exactly one year ago today. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Death-van driver faces charges
PERTH - Justice Peter Blaxell sentenced Jessica Ellen Stasinowsky, 21, and Valerie Paige Parashumti, 19, to strict security life imprisonment, with a minimum 24-year non-parole period, for the "sexually perverse" and "evil" killing. The pair had pleaded guilty to the wilful murder of Stacey Mitchell at a house in the Perth suburb of Lathlain in December 2006. (Age) PREVIOUS: Lesbian murderers get 24 years' jail A short life that ended in a wheelie bin
Judge accuses police of sloppy work CALGARY - Harvey Ross David, 79, died two weeks after he was hit on 17th Avenue SW. Jacob Bjerknes, 29, and Lindsey Conroy, 28, were acquitted Tuesday of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm. (Calgary Herald)
REGINA - Ashton Joseph James Lavallee, 19, and Ronald Devon Zerr, 20, are charged in the death of 26-year-old Albert Conrad Lowenberger, who died in the Northgate Mall parking lot. (Regina Leader Post) PREVIOUS: Police arrest 2 men Murder at the mall
SASKATOON - A 20-year-old man accused of the 2005 stabbing death of a Saskatoon teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Bailey Bradley Lonechild was charged with second-degree murder following the Aug. 5, 2005, death of Justin Sproat, 17, at a Saskatoon house party. (CBC)
Opposition allied with accused OTTAWA - When the three federal opposition leaders lined up last fall to fight the Conservative government's new hardline stance toward Canadians facing the death penalty in other countries, they couldn't have predicted it would land them in the corner of a man accused of killing his wife in an argument over his mistress, and then of killing his four children - 2-year-old twins, a 4-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter - to cover up the first murder. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Mason family murdered Montreal man could face death penalty |
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EDMONTON - Justice Brian Burrows ruled that James Harrison, 23, was defending himself when he stabbed Kevin Kozicki, 28, seven times in summer 2005. (CBC) |
PORT ALBERNI - Kim Winslow Rothgordt, 40, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of James Shannon. (CanWest) |
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VICTORIA - On July 31, 2007, police interviewed Sunny Park after her husband, Peter Lee, drove his Land Rover into a pole on Shelbourne Street in Victoria, causing Park to break her arm. Videotapes of the police interviews with Park and Lee were played at a coroner's inquest into the deaths on Monday. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
Stabbing attack was 'horrific' Crucial facts delayed at murder site 911 call resulted in confusion Bail breaches couldn't keep killer in jail Wife feared she would be killed |
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CALGARY - The family of Christopher Fletcher Armstrong was gathering for his funeral Monday as Calgary police announced they had laid first-degree murder charges in his killing. Armstrong, 33, was gunned down in the alley behind his Marlborough Park home the night of Feb. 25. Charged with Armstrong's death is 22-year-old Liban Mohamud Ahmed. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Man shot to death Man dead after shooting |
REGINA - Kevin Joseph Cyr in an alcohol-fuelled rage stabbed his partner of 10 years, her three daughters who came to her defence, and a 13-year-old family friend cowering in fear in a bedroom. Cyr pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and four counts of aggravated assault. Exactly what triggered the killing of Bonnie Lee Moosemay, 36, and her 17-year-old daughter Lauren Nicole Moosemay remains a mystery. (Regina Leader Post) |
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FREDERICTON - Judge Paulette Garnett ruled that Denis Sivret Jr., 22, used reasonable force against a perceived threat in May 2007 when he punched George Henderson, who was standing on the stairs outside Sivret's apartment building yelling. (CBC) |
Teen charged in passenger's death TORONTO - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with impaired driving causing death after a car smashed into another car and then through a TTC bus shelter last night, killing a teen and injuring several others. (Toronto Star) MORE: Teen charged |
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ATLANTA - US police have caught Nai Yin Xue, the father of 'Little Pumpkin', who was abandoned at a Melbourne train station. The Auckland fugitive, accused of murdering his wife in New Zealand and abandoning his toddler in Melbourne before catching a plane to the US last year, has been captured in Atlanta, Georgia. (SBS) PREVIOUS: A haunted man Manhunt over Qian Xun Xue 'Pumpkin' case |
BRAMPTON - Peel police have laid a second-degree murder charge in a street fight between strangers that ended with both victim and accused being stabbed. Mark McKintosh, 21, of Brampton has been charged. Daniel Grandison, 20, was rushed to hospital, but despite efforts to save him, he died of his injuries. (Brampton Guardian) PREVIOUS: Stabbing victim succumbs to injuries |
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CALGARY - Victor Dean Gosse, 37, was arrested at his home in Frederickton, NL. He has been charged with manslaughter and indignity to a body in the death of Wendy Marie Hewko, 48. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Newfoundlander charged in killing |
TORONTO - The family of a 17-year-old boy killed after being deliberately run down twice is outraged by the killer's five-year prison sentence. Kevin Persaud died after being run down by Andrew Suedat behind Cardinal Leger Catholic School in Scarborough on March 4, 2006. (CTV) |
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TORONTO - A newborn baby girl is Toronto's latest homicide victim and her mother is a suspect in the case. Emergency officials said the baby, identified as Xin Lei Huang, was already dead when they arrived on scene. Xiu Zheng, 38, has been charged with second-degree murder. (CTV) MORE: Mother charged Mom facing murder charges |
TORONTO - John O'Keefe was Toronto's second murder victim of 2008, slain Jan. 12 outside The Brass Rail. Edward Paredes and Awet Zekarias were both charged with first-degree murder of O'Keefe and attempted murder of the bouncer who booted them. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Another Innocent victim on Yonge Slaying devastates family |
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Investigation 'moving forward' VICTORIA - Saanich police say their investigation into the killing of Victoria real estate agent Lindsay Buziak is "moving forward" but, more than a week after her killing, investigators are unwilling to offer any information on suspects, motives or leads. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: Agent's boyfriend helps police Realtor's death investigated as homicide Real estate agent found dead |
Man who beat murder charge slain BRAMPTON - He beat a murder rap nearly five years ago but Andre Harrisingh's time ran out early yesterday morning when a gunman ended his life outside a Brampton nightclub. The 26-year-old Mississauga man was pronounced dead in hospital after being shot several times in the upper chest at about 2:20 am in the parking lot outside the Trilogy Night Club on Kennedy Rd. (Toronto Star) |
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MISSISSAUGA - It didn't take Peel Police long to discover the victim, 40-year-old Randall Hill, had been murdered and that the fire had apparently been set to destroy evidence. Cops collared a suspect on Sunday, after an autopsy revealed Hill died from a stab wound to the torso. Jody Jason Vanderburg, a 35-year-old Mississauga resident, is charged with second degree murder. (City News) PREVIOUS: Mississauga fire a murder Victim in fire was murdered |
Man charged in 2002 hit-and-run WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE - On Aug. 25, 2002, Matthew Bottett, 16, was walking south on Hwy. 48 near St. John’s Sideroad with two friends when a vehicle headed in the same direction struck him, according to Ontario Provincial Police. The driver fled and Matthew died a short time later. Omar Sharef Hassan, 29, of Toronto is charged with criminal negligence causing death and failure to stop at the scene of an accident. (Yorkregion) MORE: Man arrested 5 years after hit-and-run |
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STONEY FIRST NATION - Wacey LaBelle, 29, was found shot to death near the Stoney reserve. Catlon Dean Powderface, 21, and Brantner Kaquitts, 21, are charged with first-degree murder. (Calgary Herald) |
VICTORIA - Doug Donald Ward, 28, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Corey Bruinsma, also known as Anderson, on early Aug. 13, 2006. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
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TORONTO - A man in his 20s was shot dead outside an all-night house party in the east end yesterday morning. Police are looking for four men who left the scene of the 6 am shooting in a four-door white car. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Man killed at house party |
EDMONTON - A man accused of shooting his roommate to death and burning the body has been found guilty. Dax Richard Mack was convicted today of first-degree murder for killing Robert LeVoir. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Accused killer confessed |
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4 years in custody for killing WINNIPEG - A young Winnipeg gang member has been given the maximum youth sentence for a "senseless and brutal killing" that claimed the life of a city teen. He pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder for the March 2006 shooting death of 18-year-old Leon Dumas. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
TORONTO - The long-time lover of popular Toronto gay bar owner Janko Naglic has been acquitted of his first-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for around four hours. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Gay lower leaves court a free man Death of Naglic trial Gay lover accused of murder Accused cheated on lover with wife |
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VANCOUVER - Vernon Maurice Walker, 23, is accused in the fatal shooting of Darreion Roche in an alley in Seattle on June 25, 2003. (CanWest) |
Victoria native killed in Thailand VICTORIA - Richard Henry, 45, of Victoria, is flying to Thailand today to arrange for his brother Dale Henry's funeral. (CanWest) MORE: Victoria man killed by Thai wife |
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TORONTO - Jermaine Watson, 18, died on May 28, 2006, after being shot. Days later, Watson's girlfriend, 19-year-old Jacqueline Levesque, surrendered to police. She was charged with first-degree murder, but was not the one to pull the trigger. On Thursday, police arrested and charged Carrift Jones-Solomon in connection with the Watson homicide. (CTV) |
DEKALB, Ill. - The gunman who killed five people at Northern Illinois University was identified Friday as 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak - a former student who had stopped taking his medication. (CTV) MORE: Northern Illinois University shooting NIU Northern Star newspaper NIU Campus tragedy Former student attack at NIU |
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CALGARY - Jeffery Allen Marple, 45, died after an altercation at Centre 2507. Calgary police said Friday they charged Robin Richard Bottyan, 34, of Calgary with manslaughter in connection with the incident. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Fight at shelter leads to death |
TROIS-PISTOLES - The 14-year-old boy, who can't be named because he is a minor, was also sentenced to two years probation. He was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of 14-year-old Jean-Benoît Beaulieu, his classmate at the Arc-en-ciel high school in Trois-Pistoles. (CBC) |
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10-year term angers victim's sister CALGARY - The older sister of Christine Ackabee, a woman who was brutally stabbed to death during a cocaine- and alcohol-fuelled party 18 months ago was dismayed when her killer was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Murder charge laid |
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter IQALUIT - An Iqaluit man pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter in the 2004 strangling death of his common-law spouse Sylvia Lyall-Ritchie. Pat Anablak, 54, entered the guilty plea in a crowded Iqaluit courtroom, replacing his original not-guilty plea on a second-degree murder charge. (CBC) |
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KELOWNA - On June 2, 2007, Kelowna RCMP responded to a call about an unconscious teen at a house in Rutland in northeast Kelowna. Fifteen-year-old Geordie Sutherland was rushed to Kelowna General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His parents, Carolyn and Jim, were told he died of a methadone overdose. Jake Cybak, 49, of Kelowna, was arrested on Jan. 31 and charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and trafficking in a controlled substance. (Vancouver Province) |
TORONTO - Tyler Roulston, 18, was killed Friday, along with Adrian McFarlane, 19, in a crime scene that police described as "chaotic." Roulston's body was discovered on the 16th floor of 1360 Danforth Rd. around 1:30 pm, shortly after McFarlane's body was discovered inside a 14th floor apartment. Mikhail Myrie, 19, was charged with one count of second-degree murder in McFarlane's death. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: 4th man fled fatal shooting 2 killed, 1 wounded 2 dead after multiple shooting |
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4th charged in Cross Lake death CROSS LAKE - A fourth youth has been charged with second degree murder after a 17-year-old was beaten to death on the Cross Lake First Nation reserve. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
CALGARY - An offhand remark about a girl may have cost Clifton Anderson his life, says his family. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Man charged with killing teen |
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WINNIPEG - Martin Packulak had been on trial for second-degree murder for the October 2004 slaying of Gordon Catcheway. Much of the Crown's case rested on the word of George McIvor, who was originally charged in the slaying only to have it dropped in exchange for his testimony. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man was found strangled in his Greenboro home yesterday and police expect to charge his son today in the city's first homicide of the year. Police would not release the victim's name yesterday. However, sources say the deceased man is Pierre Benge, a married father of four. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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TORONTO - Hou Chang Mao was stacking oranges outside a Gerrard and Broadview store when a gunfight broke out around the dinner hour. He died at the scene, leaving behind grieving two children and an extended family who came to Canada for a better. (City News) PREVIOUS: Son, daughter mourn father killed Father of 2 killed Innocent bystander killed |
RED DEER - A man convicted of impaired driving causing death after a rollover accident outside Sylvan Lake in 2006 has been handed a two-year sentence to be served in the community. James Carr, 21, from Red Deer, was found guilty of seven charges following a Queen's Bench trial before Justice J.L. Foster in November. (Calgary Herald) |
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VANCOUVER - RCMP officers and a hazardous materials team were called to deal with chemicals found in a shed on the Fort Langley property where Arthur Charles Carnes IV, an American murder suspect was arrested last week. (Vancouv | ||
