Historical Homicide

• ‘We don’t forget’: Alberta RCMP make arrest in 2007 cold case homicide

  While many historical cases are solved through forensic advancements, RCMP say it wasn't modern technology that led to the arrest but rather co-operation from the community.

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  Jan 22
  
• Man charged with murder of Alberta woman who’s been missing for 6 years

  RCMP say while Twyla Evans' body has not been found, recent developments led to the arrest of a 49-year-old man who has been charged with first-degree murder.

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  Jun 23, 2025
  
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• 2 people charged in Saskatoon historical homicide

  Police have charged two people in relation to the 2020 historical homicide of Eagleson Thomas.

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  Jun 6, 2024
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• Lethbridge, Alta. man arrested in relation to Saskatoon homicide dating from 2006

  Saskatoon police say a man from Lethbridge, Alta., has been arrested in relation to a Saskatoon homicide dating back to 2006.

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  Jan 29, 2024
• 73-year-old man charged for decades-old Calgary homicide

  'With the advancements in DNA technology, the police are now able to use investigative genetic genealogy to help identify investigative leads,' RCMP Supt. David Hall said.

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  Nov 8, 2023
• Edmonton man charged after human remains found on Paul First Nation in 2016

  Charges have been laid in the historical homicide of a 20-year-old man whose remains were found on Paul First Nation in 2016.

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  Oct 12, 2023
• Sonya Cywink: $60K reward for info as OPP continue to investigate 1994 murder

  Aug. 30 will mark 27 years since Sonya Cywink's remains were discovered at the Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site of Canada in Elgin County.

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  Aug 26, 2021
• Alberta RCMP review 45-year-old cold case homicide of Edmonton-area teen

  Aug. 2 will mark 45 years since Marie Judy Goudreau was killed. She had just graduated from high school and was heading to college in Edmonton that fall.

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  Jul 30, 2021
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• Crime Beat podcast: ‘Scarred but not broken,’ Part 1

  Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares how this senseless crime continues to impact the officers who investigated the case.

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  May 4, 2021
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• Man arrested in B.C., charged in connection with deadly 2007 stabbing in Edmonton

  Almost 13 years after a 22-year-old man's body was found in the trunk of a vehicle in a north Edmonton church's parking lot, police say a man has been arrested in B.C. in connection with the killing.

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  Mar 20, 2020