Homicide Squad

• Toronto man found guilty of murdering estranged wife with machete in 2019

  Madam Justice Anne Molloy delivered her verdict in a downtown Toronto courtroom Tuesday after the judge-alone trial which began last fall.

  Crime

  May 30, 2023
  
• Judge to decide whether North York massage parlour murder a terrorist act 

  Superior Court Justice Suhail Akhtar must decide if an attack in a North York massage parlour constituted an act of terrorism.

  Crime

  May 23, 2023
  
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• Judge-alone trial begins for man accused of stabbing North York woman

  Testimony began in front of a judge-alone trial for Wadea Al-Lala, charged with the second-degree murder of 41-year-old Maryanne Blandizzi.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2023
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• Trial for North York man accused of murdering female roommate begins

  The jury has already heard that Leah St. Jean's cause of death was gunshot wounds to the back of her head and lower back.

  Crime

  Apr 13, 2023
• Man found guilty in 30-year-old cold case of Toronto single mother

  Charles Mustard, 69, expressed disbelief after Superior Court Justice Brian O'Marra told him he had been found guilty and was revoking his bail.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2023
• Toronto woman murdered by boyfriend in hammer attack remembered as a beautiful soul

  Kim Gagné's family and friends described a beautiful woman who had a joie de vivre, who was ambitious and who embraced life.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2023
• Toronto police homicide clearance rate highest seen in 20 years

  The head of the Toronto Police Homicide Squad says the clearance rates for homicides in 2022 is the highest the City has seen in the last twenty years.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
• Woman co-accused of 2018 murder on Weston Road testifies in her own defence

  Egypt Morgan is co-accused with Palmer, her then-boyfriend, of the first-degree murder of Jermaine Titus, a father who was shot and killed on Aug. 22, 2018.

  Crime

  Nov 14, 2022
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• Detective in charge of Bruce McArthur case moving to canine unit

  Detective Dave Dickinson, who is in his 18th year with the Toronto Police Service, has been accepted into the canine unit, where he will be working as a dog handler.

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  Feb 11, 2019
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• Police search for suspect after man fatally assaulted in north-end Toronto

  Curtis Wheatley, 35, of Toronto is being sought on a first-degree murder charge in 59-year-old Terrance Coughlin's death.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2018