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DNA helps find suspect in 1984 cold case murder of Christine Jessop, suspect dead: Toronto police
Description
October 15, 2020
On Thursday Toronto Police identified a suspect in the 1984 cold case murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop. Police say Calvin Hoover was identified through genetic genealogy. Hoover, who was 28-years-old in 1984, died in 2015. Police have said Christine had been abducted, sexually assaulted and stabbed near her home in Queensville, Ont., north of Toronto.
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DNA helps find suspect in 1984 cold case murder of Christine Jessop, suspect dead: Toronto police02:39 | October 15, 2020
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DNA helps find suspect in 1984 cold case murder of Christine Jessop, suspect dead: Toronto police02:39 | October 15, 2020
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DNA helps find suspect in 1984 cold case murder of Christine Jessop, suspect dead: Toronto police
Description
October 15, 2020
On Thursday Toronto Police identified a suspect in the 1984 cold case murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop. Police say Calvin Hoover was identified through genetic genealogy. Hoover, who was 28-years-old in 1984, died in 2015. Police have said Christine had been abducted, sexually assaulted and stabbed near her home in Queensville, Ont., north of Toronto.
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