First Degree Murder

• Man who shot 2 strangers 2 days apart in 2022 found guilty of first-degree murder

  The 43-year-old, who faces a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, stared straight ahead from the prisoner's box as the judge read her judgment.

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  Apr 20
  
• Boy, 14, pleads guilty to 1st-degree murder of Pickering senior

  Inside an Oshawa courtroom Thursday, friends and family of 83-year-old Eleanor Doney learned about the boy's interests in the weeks leading up to the attack.

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  Apr 9
  
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• Fifth arrest made in fatal Bolton, Ont. home shooting, 2 suspects still wanted

  Ontario Provincial police say a fifth person has been arrested in connection with a 2021 Bolton homicide and related shootings, while two suspects remain wanted.

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  Apr 1
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• 2 charged with 1st-degree murder after Burnaby man’s remains found

  Two people have been charged with first-degree murder after the remains of Masood Masjoody, reported missing in February, were discovered in Mission, B.C., police say.

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  Mar 14
• Suspect charged with murder over fatal shooting of 29-year-old Hamilton man

  Hamilton police say they have charged a man with first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of Daniel Musafiri after uncovering evidence while investigating another case.

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  Mar 5
• Arrest made in Canada-wide warrant case 2 years after deadly shooting

  A 41-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder nearly two years after a fatal shooting in Brampton that left a man dead.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• Doctor of man charged with mom’s murder testifies about decision to wean him off drugs

  A family physician who treated Colin Hatcher testified he had agreed with the man's request to wean himself of an anti-psychotic medication.

  Crime

  Jan 26
• ‘I was scared’: Ex-girlfriend of man on trial for mother’s murder testifies

  Just six weeks before Kathleen Hatcher was fatally stabbed by her son, Colin, the former girlfriend learned that Colin had told his mother he planned to kill her.

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  Jan 22
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• Trial for man charged with mother’s murder hears about ‘pact’ he had to kill parents

  Kathleen Hatcher, 69, was found lying face down in a wooded area of King's Mill Park, near Old Mill Road. and Bloor Street on Feb. 26, 2021. She had been stabbed to death.

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  Jan 21
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• ‘Not a whodunnit’: Murder trial begins for man charged with stabbing mother in 2021 at King’s Mill Park

  Testimony was heard in the first-degree murder trial of a man who is accused of killing his mother. The man has pleaded not guilty.

  Crime

  Jan 19