Cold Case

• OPP offering $50K reward in effort to revive 17-year-old cold case

  Ontario Provincial Police say a $50,000 reward is being offered for information that can help solve a 2008 cold case murder in the Belleville area.

  Crime

  Jun 16
  
• Police who started cold case podcast find woman’s remains after 42 years

  Karen Schepers and her yellow Toyota Celica went missing around 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, after leaving a bar following a night out with co-workers.

  U.S. News

  Apr 4
  
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• B.C. man granted bail in 1996 Ontario cold-case murder case

  Lawrence Diehl, 73, is charged with second-degree murder in the April 1996 death of 22-year-old Christopher Smith.

  Crime

  Mar 13
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• Genetic genealogy helps crack 1998 cold case of woman killed in Toronto

  Police say they have cracked a 1998 cold case after arresting a suspect wanted for the death of a 24-year-old woman, who was sex trade worker at the time, using genetic genealogy.

  Canada

  Feb 7
• Vancouver man charged with murder in 1996 Ontario cold-case killing

  Lawrence Diehl, 73, is accused of fatally stabbing 22-year-old Christopher Smith on the Portage Bridge connecting Ottawa and Gatineau in 1996.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
• Dismembered head found 36 years ago in Ontario river. Now, police know who he is

  The homicide of the Otonabee River man has mystified investigators ever since the grisly discovery was made by members of a recreational dive club more than three decades ago.

  Crime

  Dec 11, 2024
• Winnipeg police turn murder suspect over to U.S. marshals in 27-year-old cold case

  New Jersey prosecutors got in touch with Winnipeg police and Manitoba RCMP, and extradition proceedings were initiated so the accused could be returned to the U.S. to stand trial.

  Crime

  Dec 3, 2024
• El Salvador extradites suspect wanted in 20-year-old Ontario murder back to Canada

  Toronto police say El Salvador has finally allowed the extradition of a man wanted for the murder of a woman from 20 years ago and has been brought back to Canada.

  Crime

  Aug 16, 2024
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• RCMP probe B.C. tips after DNA links U.S serial killer to 4 Calgary cold cases

  Investigators say they've received seven tips, some of them linked to B.C., where the serial killer lived for approximately 20 years.

  Crime

  May 22, 2024
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• Woman found dead in Lake Ontario identified years later through family in Switzerland

  Toronto police say they have solved the case of a woman found dead in Humber Bay Shores Park in 2017 through genetic genealogy, linking her to family in Switzerland.

  Canada

  May 22, 2024