Homicide

HAMILTON - Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Hamilton man in connection with the 2016 murder of Vincenzo Lofaro outside a city nightclub. Police want Saim Miro, 24, who they say left the country before he could be arrested and is believed to be in Kurdistan in northern Iraq. He is wanted for first-degree murder. (The Spectator)

CLARINGTON, ONT. - The hunt is on for two men after a 29-year-old was gunned down in his Clarington home Monday afternoon. (Toronto Sun)

CALGARY -  Police have charged a man with the murder of his girlfriend's three-year old daughter. Ivy Wick was found in medical distress at a home last September and died in hospital several days later. (CTV News)

TORONTO - Rocco Scavetta will go down in the yearly statistics as homicide No. 74. But that’s not how he will be remembered. He will go down as someone who gave up his life to protect others. He will go down as a hero. (Toronto Sun)

BURNABY - A man has been arrested and charged in the death of Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen. Ibrahim Ali, 28, is charged with first-degree murder of Shen,  the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Monday. (Vancouver Sun)

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BIRMINGHAM - A man who strangled a woman during sex and left pornography near her body has been convicted of murder. Richard Bailey, 41, had claimed Charlotte Teeling, 33, died accidentally during “rough sex” after asking to be choked. (The Guardian)

TORONTO - Police have ruled a man’s fatal fall from a Parkdale balcony this weekend as a homicide and are now investigating. Officers responded to a call regarding a suspicious death at 103 West Lodge Ave. around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. They found a man lying in the front driveway of an apartment building. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police say. (Toronto Star)

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VANCOUVER - Trying to hitch a ride on the information highway can be as risky as trying to thumb down a car from the side of the road. Yet despite the recent murder of a Belgian tourist who did just that, people continue to flock to social media sites and apps looking for rides. (CBC)

TORONTO - Toronto police have launched a suspicious death investigation after a body was found in Parkdale early Sunday morning. (CP24)

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Police have charged a man from Annapolis County, N.S., with second-degree murder in the death of a 39-year-old man who was found unconscious at a hotel.(CTV News)