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1926
|Agapit Leblanc
|39
|Bouctouche Bay
|New Brunswick
|Canadian Fishery officer. He was 39 years old when he died on October 20, 1926, while investigating illegal smelt fishing.[{{cite web| url= https://nbpom.com/fisheries-officer-agapit-d-leblanc/| title= Fisheries Officer Agapit D. LeBlanc| publisher = nbpom.com|access-date = 2023-10-09}}] He was the first Canadian Fishery officer to be murdered while on duty.[{{cite news| url= http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2015/07/19/007-gloria-agapit-leblanc.shtml| trans-title = The granddaughter of Agapit LeBlanc pays tribute to him| publisher= Ici.Radio-Canada.ca| title= La petite-fille d'Agapit LeBlanc lui rend hommage| language= fr| accessdate = 2015-12-15| author= Amélie Gosselin| date= 19 July 2015}}][{{cite web| url= http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=announcement-of-new-mid-shore-patrol-vessels-named-in-honour-of-canadian-heroes/hnps1vbp| title= Announcement of new mid-shore patrol vessels Named in honour of Canadian heroes| date= 2011-02-10| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131223214343/http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=announcement-of-new-mid-shore-patrol-vessels-named-in-honour-of-canadian-heroes/hnps1vbp| archivedate = 2013-12-23| quote = On October 20, 1926, he was killed in the line of duty while investigating illegal fishing vessels in New Brunswick.}}][{{cite web | url= http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/infocus-alaune/2011/mspv-npsh-eng.html| title= Canadian Coast Guard's "Hero Class" Of Vessels| publisher= Department of Fisheries and Oceans| author= | date= 2011-02-11| page= | location= | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110608052049/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/infocus-alaune/2011/mspv-npsh-eng.html| archivedate = 2011-06-08| accessdate = 2014-12-01| url-status= live| quote= CCGS A. LeBlanc, after Fishery Officer Agapit LeBlanc, of Bouctouche, New Brunswick. Mr. Leblanc joined the Canadian Fisheries and Marine Service in 1920. He was killed on October 20, 1926, while investigating illegal fishing vessels. His murder remains unsolved.}}][{{cite news| url= http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=998279| title= The Canadian Coast Guard Welcomes the Arrival of the CCGS A. LeBlanc, a New Patrol Vessel| date= 2015-07-09| publisher= Department of Fisheries and Oceans| quote = Today the Canadian Coast Guard inaugurated its newest Hero-class mid-shore patrol vessel, CCGS A. LeBlanc into the fleet.This vessel will be used mainly to enforce fisheries regulations in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence.| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150818015748/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=998279| archivedate = 2015-08-18| url-status = live}}][{{cite news| url = https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3145528| title= A. LeBlanc named for slain Bouctouche fisheries officer| publisher= CBC News| date= 2015-07-09| access-date = 2015-12-15}}] His body was found underwater, weighted down with rocks. His murderers were never found. |
1967
|Salvatore "Sammy" Triumbari
|34
|Toronto
|Ontario
|One of Toronto's oldest unsolved mob murders. Salvatore "Sammy" Triumbari was an extortionist who belonged to the Siderno Group. On January 6, 1967, he was gunned down in the driveway of his residence in North Toronto by multiple shooters. Police say that Triumbari was killed out of revenge for disfiguring a rival gang member, a crime he carried out with fellow mobster Filippe Vendemini. Vendemini would be assassinated two years later in another unsolved homicide.[{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/gangland-cold-cases-torontos-unsolved-mafia-rubouts|title=GANGLAND COLD CASES: Toronto's unsolved Mafia rubouts|website=torontosun}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/homicide/case/01/1967|title=Homicide #1/1967|publisher=Toronto Police}}][{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hunter-a-mob-murder-and-a-gay-tryst-gone-awry-top-january-cold-cases|title=HUNTER: A mob murder and a gay tryst gone awry top January cold cases|website=torontosun}}] |
1988
|Mary O'Donnell
|53
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|On July 28, 1988, Mary O'Donnell was heading back to her home from an A&W Restaurant when she was robbed and beaten to death by an unidentified assailant. Her remains would later surface on the premises of Templeton Secondary School.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/mary-odonnell/|title=Mary O'DONNELL – Case Overview | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{cite news|date=August 15, 2017|title=Crime Stoppers Cold Case: Murder of Mary O'Donnell|publisher=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3569490/crime-stoppers-cold-case-murder-of-mary-odonnell/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013171517/https://globalnews.ca/news/3569490/crime-stoppers-cold-case-murder-of-mary-odonnell/|archive-date=October 13, 2021}}] |
1991
|Lori Pinkus
|21
|Toronto
|Ontario
|While working in the area of Bloor Street and Lansdowne Avenue on the early morning of September 8, 1991, 21-year-old Lori Pinkus was assaulted, strangled, and left suffering from medical distress in the car lot of Brockton High School by an unknown assailant. After being alerted by a caretaker who discovered her, paramedics arrived at the scene and attempted to save her life but were unsuccessful in doing so.[{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hunter-cops-determined-to-solve-1991-lori-pinkus-cold-case-murder-and-others|title=HUNTER: Cops determined to solve 1991 Lori Pinkus cold case murder and others|website=torontosun}}][{{cite news|date=May 7, 2018|title=Toronto police obtain DNA profile of killer in 1991 cold case|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-dna-profile-killer-1991-cold-case-lori-pinkus-1.4651266|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030803/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-dna-profile-killer-1991-cold-case-lori-pinkus-1.4651266|archive-date=November 9, 2020}}][{{Cite web|url=http://coldcase.lailafarrell.com/index.php/category/unsolved/|title=Unsolved Archives|date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Crime-Opedia}}][{{cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Bryann|date=May 7, 2018|title=Toronto police get new DNA lead in decades-old murder case|work=Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/07/toronto-police-get-new-dna-lead-in-decades-old-murder-case.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034433/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/07/toronto-police-get-new-dna-lead-in-decades-old-murder-case.html|archive-date=November 9, 2020}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/police-obtain-dna-of-suspect-wanted-in-1991-murder-of-woman-found-in-school-parking-lot-1.3918035|title=Police obtain DNA of suspect wanted in 1991 murder of woman found in school parking lot|first=Codi|last=Wilson|date=May 7, 2018|website=CP24}}] |
1970
|Claire Gagnon
|16
|Dieppe
|New Brunswick
|Claire Gagnon's body was found in a field 300 yards from her home on May 25. She had a wire or a rope around her neck and a towel in her mouth.
In 1993, charges were filed against a man who confessed to killing Claire. However, it was later confirmed that he had been in a psychiatric hospital when she had been murdered, and the charges were dropped.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/claire-gagnon-unsolved-1970-nb|title=COLD CASE - The Unsolved Murder of Claire Gagnon - 1970 - NB|website=CANADA UNSOLVED}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/nb/unsolved-major-crime-files|title=Unsolved major crime files | Royal Canadian Mounted Police|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=July 26, 2018|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}][{{Cite web|title=COLD CASE - The Unsolved Murder of Claire Gagnon - 1970 - NB|url=https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/claire-gagnon-unsolved-1970-nb|access-date=2022-02-17|website=CANADA UNSOLVED|language=en-US}}] |
1992
|Mariella Lennie
|17
|Great Slave Lake
|Northwest Territories
|Mariella Lennie was last seen on October 6, 1991, leaving the Discovery Inn on 50 Avenue. Twelve days later, she was reported missing. Her body was found floating on Great Slave Lake near the now-defunct Con Mine on May 8, 1992. Very little information about this case is available to the public. Police are quoted as saying that "suspicious death, foul play has not been eliminated." Lennie had a four-month-old baby at the time, who she had left at home with her parents in Tulita. Mariella is one of many Indigenous women who went missing or was murdered in and around Yellowknife during this period.[{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mariella-lennie-homicide-still-unsolved-after-more-than-20-years-1.3025591| title = Mariella Lennie homicide still unsolved after more than 20 years|publisher= CBC News}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/publication/lennie/ |title=National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Truth-Gathering process Part 1 Statement Gathering, volume 201 |date=January 23, 2018 |website=mmiwg-ffada.ca}}][{{Cite web|last=James|first=Anna J.|date=2022-01-31|title=YK COLD CASE FILES: What happened to Mariella Lennie?|url=https://www.nnsl.com/news/yk-cold-case-files-what-happened-to-mariella-lennie/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=NNSL Media|language=en-CA}}] |
1990
|Leah Salina Sousa
|13
|Cumberland Beach
|Ontario
|Shortly after midnight on September 1, 1990, an intruder broke into the home of the Sousa family while the household was asleep. The unidentified trespasser first entered the room of 39-year-old Lora Sousa, violently beating her into a state of unconsciousness before approaching the couch where 13-year-old Leah Salina Sousa was sleeping. Leah was then raped and dragged outside to the backyard of the house, where she was fatally bludgeoned with a blunt object. The family's 9-month-old baby, Michael Sousa, was also present at the scene but left unharmed in his crib. While Lora survived the attack, she was unable to recall any details of the incident, as a result of her sustained head trauma.[{{Cite web|url=https://truecrimediva.com/leah-salina-sousa/|title=Who savagely raped, murdered 13-year-old Leah Sousa in 1990?|first=True Crime|last=Diva|date=July 30, 2021|website=True Crime Diva}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/murder-most-forgotten-a-cold-case-the-victim-can-t-remember-1.479045|title=Murder Most Forgotten: A cold case the victim can't remember|date=January 30, 2010|website=CTVNews}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_women/sousa-leah/|title=Sousa, Leah|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}] |
1992
|Marie-Ève Larivière
|11
|Laval
|Quebec
|On March 7, 1992, Marie-Ève was found strangled and sexually assaulted. Her clothed body was found beside a railroad track, in the industrial area in Chomedey, about 7 km from where she went missing.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2018/01/17/marie-eve-lariviere-wkt2-4/|title=Marie-Ève Larivière / WKT2 #4 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=January 17, 2018}}][{{Cite web|date=2021-10-31|title={{!}} Chomedey-Laval {{!}} Marie-Ève Larivière Murdered on March 7, 1992|url=https://meurtresetdisparitions.com/en/2021/10/31/chomedey-laval-marie-eve-lariviere-murdered-on-march-7-1992/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=MDIQ|language=en-CA}}] |
1997
|Scott Steinert
|35
|St. Lawrence River
|Quebec
|American-born outlaw biker and prominent member of the Hells Angels Montreal chapter, Scott Steinert was last seen alive on the evening of November 4, 1997, when his presence (along with his bodyguard: Donald "Bam Bam" Magnusen) was requested at a meeting initiated by the gang's top-ranking national leaders. He was said to have departed for the meeting but never returned. On April 15, 1999, his corpse was discovered in the St. Lawrence Seaway, after it had floated to the surface. Examination of Steinert's corpse revealed that he had been tortured and bludgeoned to death.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/le-journal-de-montreal/20171209/282218011128802|title=Le livre noir des Hells Angels en 10 ex-traits|date=9 December 2017|newspaper=Le Journal de Montreal|via=PressReader|language=fr}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/11/17/le-comite-de-la-purge-des-hells|title=Dans les coulisses d'une purge des Hells|first=Eric|last=Thibault|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=November 17, 2019 |language=fr}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4b6ReC95eoC&dq=scott+steinert+hells+angels&pg=PA122|title=Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels|first=Jerry|last=Langton|date=June 25, 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470157145|via=Google Books}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi08FdhWKI8C&dq=%22Babe%27s+Angel%22+porn+movie&pg=PA247|title=The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime: From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher|first1=Peter|last1=Edwards|first2=Michel|last2=Auger|date=October 14, 2012|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=9780771030499|via=Google Books}}][{{Cite web|url=https://sivertimes.com/in-the-antechamber-of-a-war-without-thank-you/79663|title=In the antechamber of a war without thank you | The Siver Times|date=December 9, 2017|website=sivertimes.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-mar-15-2005-p-18/|title=Winnipeg Free Press Archives, Mar 15, 2005, p. 18|date=March 15, 2005|website=NewspaperArchive.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.taq.gouv.qc.ca/documents/file/Documents%202017%20D-64.pdf|title=An appeal by the appellant against a decision of the IVAC / civics review board|date=December 18, 2001}}] |
1982
|Delia Maria Adriano
|25
|Milton
|Ontario
|On November 6, 1983, a lifeless naked body was located in a woodsy setting near Milton, Ontario. After examining dental records, the Halton Regional Police Service were able to identify the corpse as Delia Adriano, a 25-year-old Oakville resident who had gone missing six weeks beforehand.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/delia-adriano-unsolved-murder|title=UNSOLVED MURDER - Delia Adriano (1982) - Oakville, ON|website=CANADA UNSOLVED}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/adriano-delia/|title=Adriano, Delia|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once-upon-a-city-archives/2017/11/30/35-years-ago-delia-adriano-was-dropped-off-in-front-of-her-oakville-home-but-she-never-made-it-inside.html|title=35 years ago Delia Adriano was dropped off in front of her Oakville home but she never made it inside|first=Janice|last=Bradbeer|date=November 30, 2017|newspaper=Toronto Star}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/7974487-a-killer-among-us-delia-adriano-was-dropped-off-outside-her-oakville-home-she-never-made-it-inside/|title=A killer among us: Delia Adriano was dropped off outside her Oakville home. She never made it inside|first=Janice Bradbeer Toronto|last=Star|date=December 1, 2017|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator}}] |
1933
|George Anthony Lenhard
|28
|Regina
|Saskatchewan
|In 1933, Constable George Lenhard was gunned down in Regina's warehouse district by an unknown individual(s). The very first Regina police officer to die in the line of duty, Lenhard was serving his third year on the police force when his death occurred. To this day, the murder remains unsolved.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20080805/281492157098239|title=Cold case now 75 years old|last=Polischuk|first=Heather|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|date=5 August 2008|via=PressReader}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28178651/george-lenhards-death/|title=George Lenhard's death|newspaper=Star-Phoenix|date=August 8, 1933|pages=9|via=newspapers.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/crime/a-moment-in-crime-episode-6-the-unsolved-murder-of-a-regina-police-officer|title=A Moment in Crime episode 6: The unsolved murder of a Regina police officer|website=leaderpost}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20080806/281599531281222|title=Old firearm sparks interest in unsolved murder case|last=Polischuk|first=Heather|date=6 August 2008|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|via=PressReader}}] |
1981
|Tammy Leakey
|12
|Dorval
|Quebec
|Tammy disappeared on the evening of March 12, 1981. At about 10:45 pm that evening, 73-year-old Ewing Tait was driving along Lindsay street in Dorval's industrial park, when he noticed something along the side of the road. Tammy's body was still warm when it was taken to Lachine General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The autopsy revealed that she had been strangled with a rope or electrical wire.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2020/03/12/39-years-ago-tammy-leakey-was-murdered/|title=39 years ago Tammy Leakey was murdered | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 12, 2020}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/13/Police-conducted-an-intensive-search-Friday-for-the-murderer/3189353307600/|title=Police conducted an intensive search Friday for the murderer...|website=UPI}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20110506/281728381088437|title=Hoping for some closure|last=Solyom|first=Catherine|date=6 May 2011|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|via=PressReader}}][{{Cite web|date=2020-03-12|title=39 years ago Tammy Leakey was murdered - Who Killed Theresa?|url=https://theresaallore.com/2020/03/12/39-years-ago-tammy-leakey-was-murdered/|access-date=2022-02-17|language=en-US}}] |
1993
|Jillian Blatchford Fuller
|28
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|In the early morning of March 4, 1993, an individual delivering newspapers contacted emergency services to report an active apartment fire. Vancouver Fire Department personnel were subsequently dispatched to the scene, where they discovered the remains of 28-year-old tenant Jillian Blatchford Fuller after extinguishing the flames. The victim's death was found to be a homicide, and that her apartment was set ablaze in an attempt to conceal the crime. Fuller had last been seen alive at the Fraser Arms Hotel (a bar inside the Rock Cellar Pub) by a waitress working there. The waitress told investigators that Jillian had made contact with a man that evening, and the two agreed to meet up later at her apartment. This individual has not since been identified, but is considered an important person of interest.[{{Cite web|url=https://thetruecrimefiles.com/jillian-fuller-murder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127084003/https://thetruecrimefiles.com/jillian-fuller-murder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 27, 2020|title=The Unsolved Murder of Jillian Fuller|date=July 14, 2018|publisher=The True Crime Files}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/unsolved-jillian-fuller-1993-vancouver-bc|title=UNSOLVED - Jillian Fuller - 1993 - Vancouver, BC|website=CANADA UNSOLVED}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/jillian-fuller/|title=Jillian FULLER | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1909802/crime-stoppers-can-you-solve-the-1993-murder-of-jillian-fuller/|title=Crime Stoppers: Can you solve the 1993 murder of Jillian Fuller? | Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}] |
1986
|Mary Ann Birmingham
|15
|Iqaluit
|Nunavut
|Mary Ann's body was found in her home in Iqaluit, Nunavut on May 28, 1986.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/murdered-mary-ann-birmingham|title=Murdered: Mary Ann Birmingham | Royal Canadian Mounted Police|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=October 2, 2020|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}][{{cite web | title=Iqaluit RCMP, family of Mary Ann Birmingham plead for help solving 31-year-old murder - CBC News | website=CBC | date=May 25, 2017 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mary-ann-birmingham-anniversary-mmiw-1.4131421 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674after_30_years_iqaluit_girls_murder_still_unsolved/|title=After 30 years, no justice for Iqaluit's Mary Ann Birmingham|website=Nunatsiaq News|date=February 15, 2016}}] |
1987
|Lyette Gibb
|18
|Laval
|Quebec
|Eighteen-year-old Lyette Gibb was last seen at 1:50 am on April 25, 1987, after leaving a friend's house in Notre-Dame Street, Laval. Her remains were discovered on October 25, 1987, in L'Assomption.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/lyette_gibb.html|title=Lyette Gibb | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://infolanaudiere.ca/un-meurtre-non-resolu-a-charlemagne-sur-le-site-de-la-sq/|title=Un meurtre non-résolu à Charlemagne sur le site de la SQ|date=September 11, 2020}}][{{Cite web|url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2189258|title=Huit meurtres non résolus dans la région Huit fillettes et adolescentes tuées en huit ans, et toujours pas de suspect|trans-title=Eight unsolved murders in the region Eight girls and teenagers killed in eight years, and still no suspect|language=fr|date=December 11, 1999|first1=Marcel|last1=Laroche|first2=Jean-Paul|last2=Charbonne|website=La Presse}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2018/01/13/hands-with-slaughter-stained-wkt2-2/|title=Hands With Slaughter Stained – WKT2 / #2 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=January 13, 2018|publisher=theresaallore.com}}] |
2000
|Patricia "Patty" Real
|46
|Etobicoke
|Ontario
|On the evening of July 18, 2000, Real and her boyfriend had just arrived home when an unknown intruder came up behind them and shot Real in the head. Her boyfriend struggled with the man, but he got away on his bicycle.[{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2008/04/30/cops-plead-for-clues-in-eight-year-old-murder-of-etobicoke-mother/|title=Cops Plead For Clues In Eight Year Old Murder Of Etobicoke Mother - CityNews Toronto|website=toronto.citynews.ca|date=April 30, 2008 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9309611-unsolved-etobicoke-homicides-from-the-early-2000s/|title=Unsolved Etobicoke homicides from the early 2000s|date=May 6, 2019|website=Toronto.com}}] |
1969
|Teresa Martin
|14
|Montreal
|Quebec
|On September 12, 1969, the body of Teresa Martin was found in the parking lot of the Vieux Cyprès Tavern. Her body had been positioned deliberately to make her appear as she was sitting up against a wall. She was last seen leaving the Galeries d'Anjou cinema with her friends.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/teresa_martin.html|title=Teresa Martin | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2021-06-06/meurtre-non-resolu/qui-a-tue-teresa-martin.php|title=Meurtre non résolu | Qui a tué Teresa Martin ?|date=June 6, 2021|website=La Presse |last1=Bérubé |first1=Nicolas }}][{{Cite web|url=https://bellemareavocats.ca/quebec-cold-cases-families-of-8-dead-women-call-for-public-inquiry/|title=Quebec cold cases: Families of 8 dead women call for public inquiry ⋆ Marc Bellemare Avocat Québec Montréal|date=May 4, 2016|website=Marc Bellemare Avocat - Avocat SAAQ Quebec}}] |
1999
|Richard Chacon
|31
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|On July 25, 1999, Richard Chacon attempted to break up a fight between two men outside of The Car Wash, an after-hours nightclub, of which he was the manager. A gunshot rang out, and one of the men involved in the fight was shot in the stomach, rendering him paralyzed. Richard was also shot by the same bullet, and later died from his injuries. It is unknown who had shot the two men.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/richard-chacon/|title=Richard CHACON | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1312952/fifteen-year-old-cold-case-featured-on-vpds-new-website-for-unsolved-crimes/|title=Fifteen-year-old cold case featured on VPD's new website for unsolved crimes - BC | Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}][{{cite web | title=Unsolved homicides: 8 cold cases from Vancouver police - CBC News | website=CBC | date=April 30, 2014 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsolved-homicides-8-cold-cases-from-vancouver-police-1.2626260 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}] |
1953
|David and Derek D'Alton
|6 & 7
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|The bodies of two boys were found concealed at Stanley Park in 1953, six years after the time they were actually murdered. The police had thought the boys to be between the ages of 7 and 10; both were wearing aviation helmets.[{{Cite web|date=September 12, 2017|title=11 Unsolved Canadian Murder Mysteries You Won't Believe Are True|url=https://www.narcity.com/11-creepy-canadian-unsolved-murder-mysteries-you-wont-believe-are-true|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=Narcity|language=en}}]In 2022, upon DNA testing, the boys were identified as the brothers David and Derek D'Alton, aged 6 and 7.[{{Cite news |author-first=Bethany |author-last=Lindsay |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/babes-in-the-woods-identified-1.6352438 |title=For nearly 70 years, these 2 murdered boys were known as the 'Babes in the Woods.' Now they finally have names |date=15 Feb 2022 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222080745/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/babes-in-the-woods-identified-1.6352438 |archive-date=22 Feb 2022}}] |
1977
|Ivan Wheeler
|27
|London
|Ontario
|Ivan was found dead in his taxi in the early morning of February 18, 1977, in the parking lot of a London racquet club. He had been shot in the back of the head. His wallet, coin changer, and brief case were found in the cab untouched.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/about/Unsolved-Murders.aspx|title = Unsolved Murders|date = June 28, 2021|publisher=London Police}}][{{Cite web|url=https://thetruecrimefiles.com/ivan-wheeler-murder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204112642/http://thetruecrimefiles.com/ivan-wheeler-murder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 4, 2018|title = The Unsolved Murder of Ivan Wheeler|date = January 23, 2018|publisher=The True Crime Files}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_men/wheeler-ivan/|title = Wheeler, Ivan|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.taxi-library.org/canada/wheeler-i.htm|title=Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: Ivan Lawrence Wheeler|publisher=Taxi-library.org}}] |
1978
|Theresa Allore
|19
|Compton
|Quebec
|Champlain College student Theresa Allore went missing on November 3, 1978. Her remains were found on April 13, 1979, approximately one kilometre from her dormitory building. |
1995
|Nola Belisle
|37
|Regina
|Saskatchewan
|While participating in a charity walk from Moose Jaw to Regina, a truck speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway struck Nola Belisle with its side-view mirror. She was immediately propelled into a roadside ditch as the driver continued on. Her accompanying companion, Laurie Acott, quickly sought for help. Right after the accident had occurred, the truck was reported to have allegedly pulled in front of a motor coach that had been serving as an escort for the pair. Suddenly, after coming to a brief stop, it fled the scene. Nola Belisle was promptly rushed to the closest hospital, where she would die as a result of the severe injuries she had sustained from the traffic collision. The driver of the truck responsible for Belisle's death has never come forward or been identified.[{{cite web | title=Hit and run driver still sought 5 years later | website=CBC | date=May 18, 2000 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hit-and-run-driver-still-sought-5-years-later-1.200249 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496830557/|title=The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 20, 1995 · 3|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 20, 1995 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/diane-bederman/veil-of-tears-naming-the-_b_5219083.html|title=Veil of Tears: Naming the Missing and Dead Indigenous Women|date=May 4, 2014|website=HuffPost}}] |
1998
|Bindy Johal
|27
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Bhupinder "Bindy" Singh Johal was an Indo-Canadian mobster and drug trafficker with connections to the criminal underworld of British Columbia. On December 20, 1998, he was shot behind the right ear while on the dance floor of the Palladium nightclub. |
1976–1977
|Gordon Sanderson, also known as Septic Tank Sam
|26
|Tofield
|Alberta
|On April 13, 1977, a body was discovered in a septic tank on a rural property in Tofield, Alberta, after the property owner discovered a leg in the tank. The police spent an hour emptying the tank with ice cream buckets and retrieved the body. An autopsy revealed that Sanderson, then known as "Septic Tank Sam", had been beaten, burned with a butane torch and cigarettes, and sexually mutilated to the point where it took months for his sex to be determined, before finally being shot in the head and torso. His murderer(s) then dumped the body into the septic tank headfirst, and filled it with quicklime to speed up decomposition, although it actually slowed it instead. On June 30, 2021, 44 years after Sam's initial discovery, he was identified as Gordon Edwin Sanderson through genetic genealogy. |
1999
|Raymond Paul Chase
|34
|Dartmouth
|Nova Scotia
|Dartmouth resident Raymond Paul Chase was shot in his vehicle as he pulled into the driveway of his residence at Cole Harbour.[{{Cite web|url=https://crimestoppers.ns.ca/2019/05/help-solve-the-homicide-of-raymond-paul-chase-it-remains-unsolved/|title=Help Solve the Homicide of Raymond Paul Chase -it remains unsolved|publisher=Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers|date=May 13, 2019 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/rcmp-seek-help-in-solving-dartmouth-man-s-1999-shooting-death-1.4420115|title=RCMP seek help in solving Dartmouth man's 1999 shooting death|date=May 13, 2019|website=Atlantic}}][{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/just/public_safety/rewards/case_detail.asp?cid=18|title=Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes | novascotia.ca|website=novascotia.ca}}]
Chase had been a known drug dealer who was reportedly associated with outlaw motorcycle clubs, including the notorious Hells Angels.[{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/life-was-hell-so-he-turned-on-the-angels/article18268755/|title = Life was hell, so he turned on the Angels|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = July 20, 2004|last1 = Sher|first1 = Julian}}] It is still unknown who gunned him down, or the motive, but the homicide may have been gang-related or connected to organized crime. |
1995–1996
|Mary Lidguerre
|30
|Mount Seymour
|British Columbia
|Mary Lidguerre disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown East Side in July 1995. Her skeletal remains were discovered on Mount Seymour in August 1996, she was not identified until 1997. Mary was a sex worker and drug addict. Her case has been linked by some officials to "The Hemlock Valley Murders".[{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/mary-lidguerre| title = Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: Mary Lidguerre|publisher=CBC}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_women/lidguerre-mary/|title = Lidguerre, Mary|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}][{{cite web |url=https://missingwomen.library.uvic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/EXHIBIT-1-Vancouver-Police-Department-VPD-Missing-Women-Investigation-Review-August-2010-VPD-001-0128791.pdf |title=Vancouver Police Department Mising Women Investigation Review |first=Doug |last=LePard |date=August 2010 |website=Missing Women Commission of Inquiry}}][{{Cite web|author=Laila|title=Lidguerre, Mary|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_women/lidguerre-mary/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Canadian Crimeopedia|language=en-US}}] |
1990
|Henri Léger
|70
|Haute-Aboujagane
|New Brunswick
|On the evening of November 28, 1990, two armed and masked men forcibly entered Henri's home. Henri was with his wife, Eveline Leger, and Sophie Leger, all of whom were senior citizens. Eveline and Sopher were tied up while Henri was severely beaten. The men sacked the home and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Henri never regained consciousness, and died in August 1993.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/nb/unsolved-major-crime-files|title = Unsolved major crime files | Royal Canadian Mounted Police|date = July 26, 2018}}] |
2000
|Gaetano "Guy" Panepinto
|41
|Toronto
|Ontario
|Gaetano Panepinto was a Toronto mobster and funeral home owner, who was attempting to distance himself from organized crime. The murder of his alleged lover, Patricia Real, occurred in the same year, and also remains unsolved.[{{Cite web|url=https://thecanadian.news/2021/10/14/hunter-murdered-toronto-mobster-had-potential-for-a-different-life/|title = HUNTER: Murdered Toronto mobster had potential for a different life|date = October 14, 2021|publisher=The Canadian}}][{{Cite web|url=https://publicism.info/crime/mafia/13.html|title=CONQUERING ONTARIO - Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan - André Cédilot, André Noël}}][{{cite news| url = https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20130727/282540130955392| title = Mob events no longer what they used to be|last=Edwards|first=Peter|date=27 July 2013|newspaper=Toronto Star}}] |
1962
|Alexandra Wiwcharuk
|23
|Saskatoon
|Saskatchewan
|Nursing student and beauty queen Alexandra Wiwcharuk was found brutally murdered in a shallow grave beside the South Saskatchewan River in City Park, nearly two weeks after she went missing.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/gumshoe-nieces-make-gains-in-saskatoon-murder-mystery/article955373/|title=Gumshoe nieces make gains in Saskatoon murder mystery|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=September 9, 2008|last1=Walton|first1=Dawn}}] |
1978
|Manon Dubé
|10
|Ayer's Cliff
|Quebec
|Manon Dubé, a child from Sherbrooke, went missing in January 1978. Her remains were found many kilometres away, about two months later. There was speculation that she might have been killed by a hit-and-run driver, who then hid the body to conceal the crime.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/manon_dube.html|title=Manon Dubé | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoWMab7CHrYC&dq=Manon+Dube&pg=PA235|title=Criminal Investigative Failures|first=D. Kim|last=Rossmo|date=December 15, 2008|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781420047523|via=Google Books}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/une-mort-impunie-depuis-40-ans-75e94dd49b5aa49e8f9ba2a6e8a1332c|title=Une mort impunie depuis 40 ans|date=January 26, 2018|website=La Tribune}}][{{Cite web|url=https://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dub%C3%A9_%28Manon%29|website=La Mémoire du Québec|language=fr|title=Dubé (Manon)}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/17/manon-dube-january-march-1978/|title=Manon Dube – January / March 1978 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 17, 2016|publisher=theresaallore.com}}] |
1968
|Newton Harold Boutilier
|81
|French Village
|Nova Scotia
|Newton Boutilier was found deceased in his residence, which also served as a small general store, which he owned and operated on Highway 33. Foul play was not originally suspected. Traces of blood were found on a door and an ice cream cooler, and an autopsy was later ordered.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/holidays/french-village-storekeepers-killing-unsolved-50-years-later-175649/|title=French Village storekeeper's killing unsolved 50 years later | Saltwire|first=Francis|last=Campbell|website=www.saltwire.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/just/public_safety/rewards/case_detail.asp?cid=49|title=Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes | novascotia.ca|website=novascotia.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-rcmp-continue-to-investigate-50-year-old-homicide-case-1.3749993|title=N.S. RCMP continue to investigate 50-year-old homicide case|date=January 8, 2018|website=Atlantic}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2018/police-continue-investigate-homicide-newton-harold-boutlier-fifty-years-later|title=Police continue to investigate homicide of Newton Harold Boutlier fifty years later | Royal Canadian Mounted Police|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=January 8, 2018|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}] |
1971
|Alice Pare
|14
|Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton
|Quebec
|Alice Pare disappeared on her way home from a music lesson in Drummondville. On the morning of April 26, 1971, her body was found about 60 feet from a gravel road, still in her school uniform.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/02/alice-pare-cedrika-provencher-whats-past-is-prologue/|title=Alice Pare: What's Past is Prologue | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 2, 2016}}][{{Cite web|url=https://historiquementlogique.com/2019/01/28/alice-pare-1971/|title=Alice Paré, 1971|first=Eric|last=Veillette|date=January 28, 2019}}][{{Cite web|url=https://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Par%C3%A9_%28Alice%29|website=La Mémoire du Québec|language=fr|title=Paré (Alice)}}][{{Cite web|url=https://historiquementlogique.com/2017/08/05/nouveau-suspect-dans-laffaire-alice-pare/|title=Nouveau suspect dans l'affaire Alice Paré?|first=Eric|last=Veillette|date=August 6, 2017}}] |
1984
|Napanee Jane Doe
|16–25 (estimate)
|Napanee
|Ontario
|The corpse of an unidentified white female between the ages of 18 and 25 years old was found in a ditch along a rural highway near Napanee, Ontario. It is believed that she was not a local resident, but had been murdered elsewhere, possibly in Quebec, and dumped at this location.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/438ufon.html|title=The Doe Network: Case File 438UFON|website=www.doenetwork.org}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2005002399&id=12|title=Canada's Missing|date=August 13, 2012|website=www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}] |
1988
|Chantal Rochon
|17
|Blainville
|Quebec
|Chantal Rochon had last been seen on June 11, 1988, near her home. She was reported missing on June 15, and her remains were founded in a wooded area in Blainville on June 22.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/chantale_rochon.html|title=Chantale Rochon | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2018/01/14/these-butchers-valerie-dalpe-wkt2-3/|title=…these butchers – Valérie Dalpé / WKT2 #3 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=January 14, 2018|website=theresaallore.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-western-star/20120410/281522223067218|title=Murders had similarities|date=10 April 2012|newspaper=The Western Star|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019025403/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-western-star/20120410/281522223067218|archive-date=19 October 2021|via=PressReader}}] |
1962
|Julian "Julie" Wolanski
|16
|Toronto
|Ontario
|Julian Wolanski was found in a roadside ditch by the Humber River in northwest Toronto, wearing only silk stockings. Her autopsy revealed that she had been raped and beaten, and then her killer shot her in the heart with a .32-calibre bullet fired at close range.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/homicide/case/13/1962|title=Homicide #13/1962|website=www.torontopolice.on.ca}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1869657/girl-16-assaulted-murdered/|title=Girl 16 Assaulted Murdered|newspaper=The Ottawa Journal|date=August 13, 1962|pages=1|via=newspapers.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hunter-toronto-cold-case-murder-victim-a-nice-gentle-girl-who-didnt-run-around-with-boys|title=HUNTER: Toronto cold case murder victim a 'nice, gentle girl' who 'didn't run around with boys'|website=torontosun}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9046657-ontario-cold-case-murder-of-pony-farm-operator-in-1960-remains-a-mystery/|title=ONTARIO COLD CASE: Murder of pony farm operator in 1960 remains a mystery|first=Andrew|last=Palamarchuk|date=November 29, 2018|website=Toronto.com}}] |
1977
|Louise Camirand
|20
|Magog
|Quebec
|Louise Camirand was last seen on March 23, 1977, at a Provi-Soir convenience store in Sherbrooke. Her remains were found two days later along McDonell Road near Giguère Road (now Duval Road), near Austin (now Magog).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/louise_camirand.html|title=Louise Camirand | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/08/louise-camirand-march-23rd-1977/|title=Louise Camirand 1977: Victim Blaming | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 8, 2016|website=theresaallore.com}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoWMab7CHrYC&dq=Louise+Camirand&pg=PA240|title=Criminal Investigative Failures|first=D. Kim|last=Rossmo|date=December 15, 2008|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781420047523|via=Google Books}}] |
1993
|Shelley Denise Connors
|17
|Halifax
|Nova Scotia
|On June 1, 1993, Shelley's body was found about 200 yards from the Spryfield Lyons Rink at 25 Drysdale Road. She had disappeared from her home on May 29.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/halifax/2018/06/01/sister-of-halifax-murder-victim-holds-out-hope-25-years-later.html|title=Sister of Halifax murder victim holds out hope 25 years later|date=June 1, 2018|newspaper=Toronto Star}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.halifax.ca/home/news/police-continue-investigate-1993-murder-shelley-connors|title=Police continue to investigate the 1993 murder of Shelley Connors|website=www.halifax.ca|date=June 2018 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/just/public_safety/rewards/case_detail.asp?cid=29|title=Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes | novascotia.ca|website=novascotia.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/it-killed-us-n-s-family-still-searching-for-justice-25-years-after-teen-s-murder-1.3950610|title='It killed us': N.S. family still searching for justice 25 years after teen's murder|date=May 29, 2018|website=Atlantic}}][{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4247418/police-investigate-murder-of-shelley-connors/|title=Police still investigating murder of Shelley Connors after 25 years - Halifax | Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/police-continue-to-look-for-tips-25-years-after-teens-murder-941593|title=Police continue to look for tips 25 years after teen's murder|website=HalifaxToday.ca}}] |
1998
|Tara Singh Hayer
|62
|Surrey
|British Columbia
|Indo-Canadian newspaper publisher Tara Singh Hayer was killed via gunshot while getting out of his car in the garage of his residency. It was later determined that Hayer was murdered after reporting about terrorism, as this had not been the first attempt on his life. |
1991
|Cartierville John Doe
|30–49 (estimate)
|Montreal
|Quebec
|On March 1, 1991, the remains of a naked unidentified male who had sustained traumatic injuries were discovered in Parc de Louisbourg in the Cartierville suburb of northern Montreal. The victim's hands had been severed, and he had been stabbed 127 times in various parts of his body, including his face and penis.[{{Cite web|url=https://spvm.qc.ca/en/MissingAndWantedPeople/UnidentifiedRemains/05eabe79-a8aa-4f72-8ce8-51627209ebfa|title=Unidentified remains - Service de police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM|website=spvm.qc.ca}}] |
1996
|Bao Manh Le
|27
|Toronto
|Ontario
|A shooting occurred on October 28, 1996, on Carlaw Avenue, and Bao Manh Le was pronounced dead at the scene. The gunman and the motive for the crime remain unknown.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/homicide/case/46/1996|title = Homicide #46/1996|publisher=Toronto Police}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_men/le-bao-manh/|title=Le, Bao Manh|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}] |
1996
|David Jon Malloy
|44
|North Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Taxi driver David Malloy was found laying in the alley in the 700 Blk. of West 20th Street suffering from multiple stab wounds. His cab and wallet had been stolen by the individual who stabbed him.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.taxi-library.org/canada/malloy-d.htm|title=Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: David Malloy|website=www.taxi-library.org}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cc-afn/molloy-david-eng.htm|title=David Jon MALLOY|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=April 14, 2005|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiQK5FnNOM4|title=Compilation of TV news clips about the murder of taxi driver David Jon Malloy|date=March 20, 2016 |via=www.youtube.com}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496032318/|title=Victims of homicide 1996|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 8, 1997 }}] |
1985
|Franklin Dimitrios Shoofey
|44
|Montreal
|Quebec
|Shoofey, a prominent criminal defense lawyer in Canada, was gunned down outside his Montreal law office on Cherrier Street.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/shaken_defense_lawyers_decry_violent_attacks_on_two_colleagues_in_organized|title=Shaken Defense Lawyers Decry Violent Attacks on Two Colleagues in Organized Crime Megatrial|first=A. B. A.|last=Journal|website=ABA Journal}}] The hit was carried out in a professional manner.[{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mafia-lawyer-remembered-on-25th-anniversary-of-his-murder|title = Mafia lawyer remembered on 25th anniversary of his murder|publisher=Montreal Gazette}}]
Just shortly after his death, the Montreal Gazette received a phone call from a male individual who claimed to be affiliated with a terrorist group known as the Red Army Liberation Front. He spoke on behalf of the organization, proudly announcing that he and his "colleagues" were responsible for Shoofey's assassination. On the contrary, a representative for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service suggested that the call may have simply been an attempt to throw-off the investigation, as this was the first that authorities had ever heard of such a group.[{{cite news| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6qUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6436%2C3476315| title = Frank Shoofey's killer left few solid clues|last=Curran|first=Peggy|date=17 October 1985|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|page=3}}]
A prominent theory regarding the Frank Shoofey homicide case names mobsters as the ones responsible for the crime. At the time of his death, Shoofey had reportedly been involved in a dispute with Cotroni crime family kingpin Frank Cotroni over the interests of Montreal boxer Dave Hilton Sr.[{{Cite web|url=http://bandidomassacre.com/2011/11/attacks-on-montreal-lawyers-unsolved/|title=Attacks on Montreal lawyers unsolved |publisher= The Bandido Massacre|date=November 2011}}][{{Cite web|url=https://publicism.info/crime/mafia/10.html|title=OPERATION COMPOTE - Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan - André Cédilot, André Noël|website=publicism.info}}] |
1996
|Samuel Lottery
|17
|London
|Ontario
|Samuel was reported missing to London Police Service on January 19, 1996. In March 1996, a letter was found at the Pillar of Fire Church. The letter contained information about Sam, as well as a picture of him that had been in his wallet. In November 1996, another letter arrived at Samuel's parents' home. In May 1997, human bones were located along the Thames River south of Blackfriars Bridge. In November 2003, a human jawbone was located near the same location. In April 2008, a human skull was found on the bank of the Thames River.[{{Cite web|url=https://thetruecrimefiles.com/samuel-lottery-murder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925060137/http://thetruecrimefiles.com/samuel-lottery-murder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 25, 2017|title = Who Murdered Samuel Lottery?|date = July 31, 2017|publisher=The True Crime Files}}][{{Cite web|url=https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_men/lottery-samuel/|title=Lottery, Samuel|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}] |
1999
|Cathy Berard
|61
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|A jogger found Cathy, bleeding and unconscious, at David Thompson Secondary School on July 5, 1996. She had been beaten and sexually assaulted. Cathy died on January 2, 1999.[{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cold-case-turns-23-still-no-leads-in-the-death-of-vancouvers-cathy-berard|title=Cold case turns 23: Still no leads in the death of Vancouver's Cathy Berard|website=vancouversun}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/cathy-berard/|title=Cathy BERARD – Case Overview | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}] |
1991
|Asau Tran
|38
|Toronto
|Ontario
|Vietnamese mobster Asau "Johnny" Tran was fatally shot, along with his girlfriend, outside a Dundas St. restaurant in downtown Toronto. While his killer has never been named, his death was thought to be caused by a turf war between Vietnamese gangs, as it was one of more than 10 murders at Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants that summer in 1991.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/07/10/crime_writer_james_dubros_five_infamous_toronto_organized_crime_hits.html|title=Crime Writer James Dubro's Five Infamous Toronto Organized Crime Hits|date=July 10, 2009|newspaper=Toronto Star}}] |
1981
|Kristin Gurholt
|34
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Kristin Gurholt's body was found in an alley behind 575 Richards Street on September 4, 1981. She was naked, and her skull was fractured. Her clothing was scattered around her, and a suitcase with her possessions was found nearby.[{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/digital-sherlocks-wanted-vancouver-cold-case-website-opens-to-close-unsolved-murders|title=Digital Sherlocks wanted: Vancouver cold case website opens to close unsolved murders|agency=The Canadian Press|newspaper=National Post|date=January 25, 2015}}][{{Cite web|url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/sleuths-wanted-site-shares-info-on-vancouver-cold-case-murders-1.1798420/comments-7.510723|title=Vancouver News | Local Breaking | CTV News Vancouver|website=bc.ctvnews.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/kristin-gurholt/|title=Kristin GURHOLT | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/no-lead-too-small-vpd-says-in-unveiling-cold-case-website/article18329913/|title=No lead too small, VPD says in unveiling cold case website|first=Tamsyn|last=Burgmann|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=April 29, 2014|via=www.theglobeandmail.com}}][{{Cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/unsolved-homicides-8-cold-cases-vancouver-police-132743410.html|title=Unsolved homicides: 8 cold cases from Vancouver police|website=ca.news.yahoo.com|date=April 30, 2014 }}] |
1975
|Diane Déry and Mario Corbeil
|13 & 15
|Longueuil
|Quebec
|On May 20, 1975, Diane Déry and Mario Corbeil left Diane's home to go for a motorcycle ride. Their bodies were found the next morning in a wooded area at the end of Rolland-Therrien boulevard.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/diane_dery_mario_corbeil.html|title=Diane Déry and Mario Corbeil | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2020-06-14/crime-non-resolu-un-detail-enfoui-dans-sa-memoire|title=Crime non résolu : un détail enfoui dans sa mémoire|date=June 14, 2020|website=La Presse |last1=Bérubé |first1=Nicolas }}][{{Cite web|url=https://historiquementlogique.com/2020/09/14/double-meurtre-de-diane-dery-et-mario-corbeil-un-2e-suspect/|title=Double meurtre de Diane Déry et Mario Corbeil: Un 2e suspect?|first=Eric|last=Veillette|date=September 14, 2020}}] |
1975
|Lisa Choquette
|30
|Vimont
|Quebec
|The nude corpse of 30-year-old Montreal woman Lisa Choquette was found at a construction site in Laval on April 22, 1975, in an apparent strangulation slaying.[{{Cite web|url=https://sivertimes.com/assassinations-are-similar/61748|title=Assassinations are similar | The Siver Times|date=August 2, 2017|website=sivertimes.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/07/lise-choquette/|title=Lise Choquette – April 22, 1975 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 7, 2016|website=theresaallore.com}}] |
1989
|Michael Masson
|27
|Medicine Hat
|Alberta
|On June 5, 1989, Michael Masson checked into the Hat Motel, left within two hours of checking in, and never returned. On July 31, 1989, his decomposed body was found in a shallow grave just south of Medicine Hat.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cc-afn/masson-eng.htm|title=Michael MASSON|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=September 7, 2007|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=72009960&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ4NTUwNzAwNiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzOTM1MzI5LCJleHAiOjE2MzQwMjE3Mjl9.lTw7yLQHfKC1lsK85a6uP1S5zKZ558th0oDTmfmgT98|title=Recent unsolved murders in Alberta|newspaper=Calgary Herald|date=20 December 1995|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}}] |
1989
|Valérie Dalpé
|13
|Montreal
|Quebec
|[{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/le-journal-de-montreal/20210716/282123524520503|title=Québec Crimes|date=16 July 2021|newspaper=Le Journal de Montreal|via=PressReader}}][{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/423842790/|title=Girl's grisly killing shocks schoolmates|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=25 October 1989|page=3|via=newspapers.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2170085|title=Les enquêteurs n'ont pas encore trouvé l'assassin de Valérie Dalpé, dépecée il y a un an|trans-title=Investigators have not yet found the murderer of Valérie Dalpé, butchered a year ago|language=fr|website=La Presse|date=October 19, 1990|first=Marcel|last=Laroche}}] |
1986
|Kerrie Ann Brown
|15
|Thompson
|Manitoba
|On October 16, 1986, Kerrie Ann Brown disappeared from a house party. Her corpse was found sexually assaulted in a wooded area on the outskirts of Thompson on October 18.[{{Cite web|last=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|date=March 3, 2005|title=Cold Case Files|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cc-afn/index-eng.htm|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news/thompson/new-someone-knows-something-episode-looks-at-possible-suspects-in-kerrie-ann-brown-s-1986-murder-1.23658259|title=New Someone Knows Something episode looks at possible suspects in Kerrie Ann Brown's 1986 murder|first=Ian|last=Graham|website=Thompson Citizen|date=March 8, 2019 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/someone-knows-something-kerrie-ann-brown-thompson-mb-1941074|title=Someone Knows Something podcast seeks killer of teen girl murdered in 1986|website=Vancouver Is Awesome|date=November 19, 2018 }}] |
1979
|Nicole Gaudreaux
|31
|Montreal
|Quebec
|Nicole's body was found on August 3, 1979, in a field behind 2032 rue Saint-Andre. She was naked, on her back, with her face bloody. She had sustained blunt force trauma to the head, and had been raped.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/04/10/nicole-gaudreau-august-13-1979/|title=Nicole Gaudreaux – August 13, 1979 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=April 10, 2016|website=theresaallore.com}}] |
1924
|Janet Smith
|22
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Janet Kennedy Smith, a Scottish immigrant who worked as a nursemaid, was found dead in the cellar of her residency in 1924. She had been discovered by a fellow suitemate with a gunshot wound through her temple and a .45-caliber revolver near her right hand. The fellow suitemate was a Chinese immigrant named Wong Foon Sing. He also worked as a domestic worker alongside Smith. On the night of the murder, Sing claims to have heard what sounded like a car backfiring, and then went down to the cellar of the house where he found Smith's body. Although authorities and the coroner who examined her body both initially thought that Smith killed herself, many believe that she had actually been the victim of murder. |
1973
|Pauline Ivy Dudley
|17
|Milton
|Ontario
|Pauline is said to have left Oakville at about 10 pm on August 20, 1973. Her decomposed body was found by a farmer near Highway 25 and Lower Base Line a week later on August 28. She was fully clothed, with a hairline fracture in her jaw and her wallet nearby. Police believe there were efforts made by the perpetrator to conceal her body.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10431030-behind-the-crimes-murdered-teen-s-friend-left-wondering-what-if-nearly-five-decades-later/|title = BEHIND THE CRIMES: Murdered teen's friend left wondering 'what if' nearly five decades later|date = July 15, 2021|last=Sadewo|first=Bambang|publisher=toronto.com}}][{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/who-killed-lynne-harper-retired-opp-sergeant-says-travelling-salesman-a-suspect-in-string-of-murders|title = Who killed Lynne Harper? Retired OPP sergeant says travelling salesman a suspect in string of unsolved murders|newspaper = Nationalpost}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0i5NBQAAQBAJ&dq=Pauline+Dudley+%22murder%22&pg=PA62|title=A Viable Suspect: The Story of multiple murders and how a police force's reach proved too short for Canada's most notorious cold case|isbn=9781460247457|last1=Ruhl|first1=Barry|date=October 21, 2014|publisher=FriesenPress }}][{{cite web| url = https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_women/dudley-pauline/| title = Dudley, Pauline|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}] |
1982
|Atilla Altıkat
|45
|Ottawa
|Ontario
|Altıkat was a Colonel in the Turkish Armed Forces who had been operating in Canada as a military attaché. He was fatally gunned down on his way to work, as part of a series of attacks on Turkish diplomats around the world. Although far-left Armenian militant group ASALA claimed responsibility for these attacks, Altıkat's specific killer has not since been named. |
1976
|Rhona Margaret Duncan
|16
|North Vancouver
|British Columbia
|On the evening of July 16, 1976, Rhona Duncan and some friends attended a house party on East Queens Avenue in North Vancouver. Duncan's body was discovered the following morning behind a neighbour's garage. She was partially undressed, and had been sexually assaulted and strangled.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cc-afn/duncan-rhona-eng.htm|title=Rhona Margaret DUNCAN|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=April 14, 2005|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}] |
1956
|Susan Cadieux
|5
|London
|Ontario
|Susan Cadieux had been playing with her brothers and a friend at St. Mary's Church across the street from her home. A male stranger approached, claiming that he was to meet with the priest. When one of the other children fell on the ice, everyone was distracted, and Susan and the man vanished. At 10:08 am the next morning, a father-son search team found Susan's body just over a mile away. Her autopsy said that she had been dead for less than three hours. She had been found fully clothed, but she had been sexually assaulted.[{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/08/15/god-help-the-man-who-did-it-who-was-the-gaunt-stranger-who-took-5-year-old-susan-cadieux.html|title = 'God help the man who did it': Who was the gaunt stranger who took 5-year-old Susan Cadieux?|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = August 15, 2021|last1 = Edwards|first1 = Peter}}][{{Cite web|url=https://thecanadian.news/2021/08/15/god-help-the-man-who-made-it-who-was-the-emaciated-stranger-who-took-5-year-old-susan-cadieux/|title = 'God Help the Man Who Made It': Who was the emaciated stranger who took 5-year-old Susan Cadieux?|date = August 15, 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=http://canadiancrimeopedia.com/unsolved_women/cadieux-susan/|title=Cadieux, Susan|publisher=Canadian Crimeopedia}}][{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/child-abducted-raped-and-left-to-die-4473897e3654|title = Child Abducted, Raped, and Left to die|date = January 21, 2020|publisher=Medium}}] |
1977
|Katherine Hawkes
|34
|Cartierville
|Quebec
|In the early evening of September 21, 1977, the body of Katherine Hawkes was discovered near a train station by a pair of students.[{{cite web | title=Fewer homicides in Montreal, but fewer solved, too - CBC News | website=CBC | date=December 5, 2016 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fewer-homicides-in-montreal-but-fewer-solved-too-1.4462533 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/cold-cases-leave-families-in-the-dark|title=Cold cases leave families in the dark|website=montrealgazette}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/15/katherine-hawkes-september-20th-1977-spvm-screwup/|title=Katherine Hawkes – SPVM Screwup | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 16, 2016}}] |
1995
|Diane Dobson
|36
|Windsor
|Ontario
|Diane Dobson was last seen in the late afternoon of 14 February 1995, after leaving home. Her body was found at 8:30 am the next day by a Windsor municipal worker at Brighton Beach. Cause of death was blunt force trauma from multiple blows to the head with a heavy object, and there were indications Dobson had been murdered elsewhere and the body subsequently dumped where it was found. A police investigation cleared both Dobson's boyfriend and ex-husband. The primary crime scene was never determined.[{{cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/cold-case-continues-to-baffle-windsor-police-25-years-after-womans-brutal-slaying|title=Cold case continues to baffle Windsor police 25 years after woman's brutal slaying|website=windsorstar.com|publisher=The Windsor Star|date=14 February 2020|access-date=17 December 2023}}] |
1981
|Kelly Cook
|15
|Taber
|Alberta
|On June 28, 1981, the body of Kelly Cook (originally from Standard) was located in the Chin Lake Reservoir near Taber. While Kelly's body was at a funeral home in Calgary, an unknown man demanded to see her body. Even though he claimed to be a family friend, he was denied, and eventually left. This man has never been identified, but authorities believe it may have been her killer.[{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/babysitter-lured-to-her-death-with-fake-job-offer-1b8b63085577|title=Babysitter Lured To Her Death With Fake Job Offer|first=Cat|last=Leigh|date=June 14, 2019|website=Medium}}] |
1981–1983
|Theodore Frederick Kampf
|46
|Dawson City
|Yukon
|Kampf had travelled from New Jersey to Yukon in July 1981. His family reported him missing in October. In May 1983, remains were found in a wooded area near the North Fork Dam and the Dempster Highway. Forty years later, these remains were identified as Kampf.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2021/09/murder-victim-found-40-years-ago-in-canada-identified-as-nj-man-police-say.html|title=Murder victim found 40 years ago in Canada identified as N.J. man, police say|first=Noah|last=Cohen|date=September 15, 2021|website=nj}}][{{cite web | title=Body found 40 years ago near Dawson City identified by DNA - CBC News | website=CBC | date=September 23, 2021 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/human-remains-dawson-city-identified-1.6186021 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.yukon-news.com/news/human-remains-found-in-1983-identified-as-american-theodore-frederick-kampf-by-yukon-rcmp/|title=Human remains found in 1983 identified as American Theodore Frederick Kampf by Yukon RCMP|date=September 15, 2021|website=Yukon News}}][{{Cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/body-found-40-years-ago-130000601.html|title=Body found 40 years ago near Dawson City identified by DNA|website=ca.news.yahoo.com|date=September 25, 2021 }}][{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8193628/yukon-murder-1981-victim-identified/|title=After 40 years, police identify U.S. man murdered in the Yukon - BC | Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}] |
1994
|Melanie Cabay
|19
|Mascouche
|Quebec
|Melanie was found in a wooded area by an off-road motorcyclist near Mascouche, about 25 km from Montreal. She was naked, and her body was too decomposed to make a positive identification. She had been strangled and struck on the head. It was not possible to determine if she had been sexually assaulted.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/melanie_cabay.html|title=Mélanie Cabay | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2019/06/22/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-disappearance-of-melanie-cabay-part-i-wkt3-12/|title=25 anniversary Melanie Cabay missing 1 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=June 22, 2019|website=theresaallore.com}}] |
1993
|Dino Bravo
|44
|Laval
|Quebec
|Italian Canadian professional wrestler Adolfo Bresciano, better known by his stage name Dino Bravo, was killed in his home by multiple gunshots on March 10, 1993. |
1979
|Banff Jane Doe
|24–25 (estimate)
|Banff National Park
|Alberta
|The name given to an unidentified homicide victim whose remains were discovered by hikers at Banff National Park, about 330 metres off the Trans-Canada Highway.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/5ufab.html|title=5UFAB|website=www.doenetwork.org}}] |
1993
|Sheila McIndoe Henry
|26
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Sheila McIndoe Henry's body was found by her husband, David, in their Kitsilano home at about 8 pm. David is the primary suspect in her murder.[{{Cite web|url=https://thetruecrimefiles.com/sheila-henry-murder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021600/http://thetruecrimefiles.com/sheila-henry-murder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 18, 2017|title=The Unsolved Murder of Sheila Henry|date=September 11, 2017|publisher=The True Crime Files}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/sheila-henry/|title=Sheila HENRY | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20070919/281616710991256|title=Warning to Sheila's killer: They're not letting go|last=Thompson|first=Joey|date=19 September 2007|newspaper=The Province|via=PressReader}}] |
1977
|Jocelyne Houle
|24
|Saint-Calixte
|Quebec
|On April 14, 1977, Jocelyne and a group of friends were at the bar Vieux Munich, when her friends left to go to another bar. Jocelyne, who had been seen walking in another direction with two men, never arrived, and was found dead in a ditch three days later.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/jocelyne_houle.html|title=Jocelyne Houle | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2019/02/10/jocelyne-houle-revisited-flashing-fire-will-follow-part-3-wkt3-4/|title=Jocelyne Houle revisited | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=February 10, 2019|website=theresaallore.com}}] |
1996
|Jane and Cathryn Johnson
|36 & 8
|Turner Valley
|Alberta
|Jane Johnson, along with her daughter, Cathryn, were murdered in their home on the evening of September 3, 1996. The culprit(s) set fire to the residence in an effort to conceal the crime. According to the RCMP, these killings were likely committed by an individual, or individuals, who had been acquainted with the victims, and was aware of their routinely day-to-day patterns.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cc-afn/johnson-jane-cathryn-eng.htm|title=Jane and Cathryn JOHNSON|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=August 23, 2005|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca}}] |
1995
|Chantel Gillade
|28
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Construction workers found Chantel's body at their worksite behind 826 Homer Street. Chantel was a transgender sex worker, who had been going through sex reassignment surgery at the time of her death. According to another sex worker, Chantel's last client had picked her up at 4 am in a black pick-up truck with a canopy, tinted windows, and a red stripe painted on the side of the canopy.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/chantel-gillade/|title=Chantel GILLADE – Case Overview|publisher= Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}][{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2975998/cold-case-homicide-of-chantel-gillade-in-vancouver/|title=Crime Stoppers: Cold case homicide of Chantel Gillade in Vancouver |website=Global News}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.darpanmagazine.com/news/national/vancouver-police-need-your-help-to-catch-a-killer/|title=Vancouver Police Need Your Help To Catch A Killer|website=www.darpanmagazine.com}}] There is a possibility that the murder was a hate crime. |
1983
|Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke
|23 & 26
|Chetwynd
|British Columbia
|A young couple from Germany who were visiting Canada. The pair hitchhiked a ride from an unidentified driver of a 1960s Chevrolet pick-up. The murderer then shot the two, stole their belongings, and dumped their corpses 32 kilometres west of Chetwynd, near Highway 97 and the Pine River. |
1977
|Hélène Monast
|18
|Chambly
|Quebec
|Hélène's naked body was found on September 11, 1977, in a park along the Chambly Canal.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/helene_monast.html|title=Hélène Monast | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/sq-reopens-investigation-into-1977-slaying-of-helene-monast|title=SQ reopens investigation into 1977 slaying of Hélène Monast|website=montrealgazette}}][{{Cite web|url=https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/11/relance-d-enquete-sur-le-meurtre-d-helene-monast-18-ans-commis-en-1977_n_8123392.html|title=Relance d'enquête sur le meurtre d'Hélène Monast commis en 1977|trans-title=Relaunch of the investigation into the murder of Hélène Monast committed in 1977|language=fr|date=September 11, 2015|website=HuffPost}}][{{Cite web|url=https://meurtresetdisparitions.com/en/2020/10/03/chambly-helene-monast-murdered-on-september-11-1977/|title=| Chambly | Hélène Monast Murdered on September 11, 1977|first=Stéphane|last=Luce|date=October 3, 2020}}] |
1981
|Dana Bradley
|14
|St. John's
|Newfoundland and Labrador
|Dana had been hitchhiking on Topsail Road on December 14, 1981. Her body was found four days later in the woods near Maddox Cove. She had a fractured skull, and there was evidence of sexual assault.[{{Cite web|last=King|first=Allison|title=Parents of Dana Bradley Hope New Technology Will Bring Justice for Daughter 40 Years After Her Disappearance and Murder|url=https://vocm.com/2021/12/14/dana-bradley-40-years-since-disappearance-and-murder/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=VOCM|language=en}}] |
2000
|André Desjardins
|69
|Montreal
|Quebec
|On the morning of April 27, André Desjardins was shot 11 times in his back, just moments after departing from a popular restaurant in Montreal. In the years leading up to his death, Desjardins had become one of the leading (and most successful) loan sharks in the city, with strong ties to organized crime.
There is widespread speculation that Desjardins' assassin had been a member of the local Hells Angels chapter in Quebec, or possibly a member of the Rock Machine. On the morning of his death, Desjardins had been scheduled to meet with Quebec chapter president, Maurice Boucher to discuss business matters. Boucher, however, did not show up.
Prior to the murder of Desjardins, Boucher had apparently asked him to "forgive" a $400,000 loan with 52% interest that had been taken out by a friend of Boucher's. Failing to be intimidated by the notorious biker, Desjardins angrily refused to excuse the loan. As Boucher continued to ominously insist that the loan be forgiven, Desjardins told Boucher that he did not take orders from the Hells Angels, and reminded him that he had powerful friends in the Mafia, the police, and in Quebec politics, saying he was not afraid of Boucher at all. Following this brief argument between the two, Boucher asked Desjardins to meet him the following day for breakfast to further discuss the matter. Desjardins agreed, but Boucher did not show up as he had planned. It was on the same morning that André Desjardins had been murdered. |
1980
|Gérald Lapierre
|50–59 (estimate)
|Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
|Quebec
|On January 16, 1980, Gérald's body was found completely frozen by police officers. He had been shot and killed.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/gerald_lapierre.html|title=Gérald Lapierre | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}] |
1983
|Paul Volpe
|56
|Toronto
|Ontario
|Nicknamed "The Fox", Paul Volpe was an Italian-Canadian Mafioso who belonged to New York's Buffalo crime family. Prior to his death, he had made a real estate financial transaction involving the Commisso 'ndrina, in which he cheated them. Additionally, Volpe expanded his organized crime operations from Southern Ontario to the State of New Jersey. This greatly annoyed the American Mafiosi, as it violated the "Mafia Code". Volpe had also agreed to be on documentary films by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the role of the Mafia in Canada's economy, causing his fellow mafia members to become very angry with him. As a result of Volpe's behavior, the Commissos struck an arrangement with the Buffalo crime family to have Volpe killed. The Buffalo crime family ultimately agreed, hiring hitman Cecil Kirby to carry out the deed.
Unbeknownst to the mafia, Cecil Kirby had been working as an informant for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the time when the Commisso 'ndrina contracted him to kill Paul Volpe. Kirby told his law enforcement handlers about the plot to assassinate Volpe. Sgt. Al King of the Toronto Police Service then paid Volpe a visit, informing him that a contract had been placed on his life. King offered Volpe a deal where he would stage his death, to which Volpe agreed. While being hidden from the public eye within the Toronto RCMP Building, Cecil Kirby visited Rocco Remo of the Commisso 'ndrina to tell him that he had killed Volpe. Remo believed the lie, but only gave Kirby a portion of his promised money for the crime, assuring them that he would provide him with the rest later. With proper evidence to convict the Comissos, its bosses were arrested by the RCMP in 1982. They were charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
The following year, Paul Volpe was found dead in the trunk of his wife's BMW at Toronto Pearson International Airport. |
1972
|Ursula Schulze
|19
|Saint-Philippe
|Quebec
|Ursula's body was found on July 14, 1972, behind a former soap warehouse on rang Saint-Claude. She had been shot. On July 13, 1972, while Ursula had been waiting for a bus, witnesses saw an individual get out of a burgundy red or red-brown Buick Skylark or Toyota, grab Ursula by the arm, and force her into the car.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dossiersnonresolus.com/en/cold-cases/ursula_schulze.html|title=Ursula Schulze | Cold cases - Sûreté du Québec|website=www.dossiersnonresolus.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2018/10/17/o-untimely-death-ursula-schulze-wkt2-25/|title=O Untimely Death! – Ursula Schulze / WKT2 #25 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|website=theresaallore.com|date=October 17, 2018}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.lereflet.qc.ca/deux-meurtres-des-annees-1970-encore-non-resolus/|title=Deux meurtres des années 1970 encore non résolus|website=Le Reflet}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.lecourrierdusud.ca/onze-meurtres-et-disparitions-survenus-sur-le-territoire-sont-toujours-sous-enquete-a-la-sq/|title=Le Courrier du Sud | Onze meurtres et disparitions survenus sur le territoire sont toujours sous enquête à la SQ|website=Le Courrier du Sud}}] |
1995
|Craig Abrahams
|28
|Vancouver
|British Columbia
|Craig's body was discovered by his neighbour on December 21, 1995. It is believed that Craig was selling cocaine from his apartment.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/craig-abrahams/|title=Craig ABRAHAMS – Case Overview|publisher=Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases|website=www.vpdcoldcases.ca}}] |
1987
|Naomi Leigh Desjarlais
|21
|Regina
|Saskatchewan
|Naomi's nude body was found on March 27, 1987, in a ditch near the city dump. She had been shot.[{{cite web | title=Unresolved: Naomi Leigh Desjarlais | website=CBC.ca | date=March 25, 1987 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/naomi-leigh-desjarlais | access-date=October 13, 2021}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20090223/281608121336877|title=1987 murder case re-visited|date=23 February 2009|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|via=PressReader}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.nisv.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Missing-or-Murdered-from-Vancouver-Area-of-Canada.pdf|title=Missing or Murdered from Vancouver Area of Canada|website=The National Institute of the Study of Violence|date=2017}}] |
1982
|Dianne Aubert
|23
|Quebec City
|Quebec
|In February 1982, two unknown men entered the flat shared by dormmates Dianne Aubert and Maryline Grenier. Dianne, a transsexual, was stabbed to death, while Maryline was severely injured. The event is regarded to be a case of transphobic violence.[{{Cite web|url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2973257?docsearchtext=Dianne%20Aubert|title=Homicide involontaire plaidé pour Labonté |trans-title=Manslaughter pleaded for Labonté|date=April 20, 1983|language=fr|website=La Presse}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/02/19/Quebec-City-police-were-scouring-the-city-today-in/7368382942800/|title=Quebec City police were scouring the city today in...|website=UPI}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/422023819/|title=Quebec police hunt pair in slaying of transsexual|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=19 February 1982|page=4|via=newspapers.com}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.crisalide-azionetrans.it/dor_victims_full.html|title=Reported deaths due to transgender hatred or prejudice, 1970-2000|website=www.crisalide-azionetrans.it}}] |
1990
|Alfred and Dolores Palmer
|71 & 35
|Medicine Hat
|Alberta
|On December 30, 1990, Alfred Palmer and his daughter-in-law, Dolores Palmer, were found west of Medicine Hat, having been shot with a .410 shotgun. |
1995
|Ramona Lisa Wilson
|16
|Smithers
|British Columbia
|On April 9, 1995, Wilson's body was found in a bush area near the Smithers Airport. |
2000
|Hani Othman
|16
|Rexdale
|Ontario
|Hani Otham was shot outside a townhouse complex on John Garland Boulevard. Police suspect the shooting may have been gang related, as Othman had friends in the Crips gang.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/specialized-operations-command/detective-operations/investigative-services/homicide/case/16/2000/|title=Homicide #16/2000|website=www.tps.ca}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rexdale-shootout-leaves-two-dead/article25576988/|title=Rexdale shootout leaves two dead|first=Colin|last=Freeze|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=October 23, 2000|via=www.theglobeandmail.com}}] |
1977
|Claudette Poirier
|15
|Saint-Lucien
|Quebec
|Claudette Poirier disappeared on 27 July 1977 while riding her bicycle to visit her friends. Her skeletal remains were found by hunters on 9 October 1986. Cause of death could not be determined.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/11/claudette-poirier-july-27-1977/|title=Claudette Poirier - Summer 1977 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|website=theresaallore.com|date=March 11, 2016}}][{{Cite web|url=https://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pace_and_Luce_%28Roxane%29|website=La Mémoire du Québec|language=fr|title=Pace and Luce (Roxane)}}] |
1988
|Debbie Faye Pelletier
|27
|Regina
|Saskatchewan
|Debbie was found stabbed to death in a house in Regina on December 25, 1988.[{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/debbie-pelletier|work=Missing & Murdered|publisher=CBC|title=Debbie Faye Pelletier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506191103/https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/debbie-pelletier|archive-date=May 6, 2021|url-status=live}}] |
1977
|Joanne Dorion
|17
|Fabreville
|Quebec
|Joanne's body was found on August 11, 1977, off of a gravel road about eight blocks from where she had last been seen. Her body was in an advanced state of decomposition. She had been stabbed multiple times, and it was impossible to determine if she had been sexually assaulted.[{{Cite web|url=https://derniereheureqc.ca/dossier-irresolu-le-meutre-de-joanne/|title=Dossier irrésolu : le meurtre de Joanne Dorion|first=Jean-François|last=Dagenais|date=April 26, 2019}}][{{Cite web|url=http://courrierlaval.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/fr/viewer.aspx|title=Le Courrier Laval SmartEdition|website=courrierlaval.newspaperdirect.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2016/03/14/joanne-dorion-july-29-1977/|title=Joanne Dorion – July 29, 1977 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=March 14, 2016|website=theresaalloroe.com}}] |
1959
|Lynne Harper
|12
|Clinton
|Ontario
|Lynne Harper disappeared near a Canadian Air Force Base, before her body was found two days later on a nearby farm. Lynne's classmate Steven Truscott was convicted of the murder, later having the conviction overturned. |
1999
|Jason MacCullough
|19
|Dartmouth
|Nova Scotia
|On August 28, 1999, Jason MacCullough was shot in the back of the head at near-point-blank range while walking to his parents' home after a party.[{{Cite web|title=UNSOLVED: The Murder of Jason MacCullough (1999) - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|url=https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/jason-maccullough|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=CANADA UNSOLVED|language=en-US}}] |
1978
|Lison Blais
|17
|Montreal
|Quebec
|Lison's body was found by Rudolf Pacesa on June 4, 1978, in the alley behind her home. She was almost fully nude, had been sexually assaulted with an object, hit on the head by a brick, and had strangulation marks on her neck. Her clothes and purse were not found.[{{Cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2020/06/04/lison-blais-june-4-1978/|title=Lison Blais – June 4, 1978 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=June 4, 2020|website=theresaallore.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/09/30/decue-de-la-destruction-du-dossier|title=Déçue de la destruction du dossier 40 ans après le meurtre de sa soeur|first=Axel|last=Marchand-Lamothe|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=September 30, 2018 }}][{{cite web | title=Quebec cold cases: Families of 8 dead women call for public inquiry - CBC News | website=CBC | date=April 18, 2016 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cold-case-public-inquiry-policing-1.3541598 | access-date=October 13, 2021}}] |
2000
|Ruben Grant
|19
|Etobicoke
|Ontario
|On April 5, 2000, police responded to a shooting, and found Ruben outside a residence with gunshot wounds to the neck. It was suggested by a Toronto Star article that Grant, a member of the Crips gang, died because he didn't properly avenge a shooting in north Etobicoke that left another Crip paralyzed.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-g-word-makes-court-appearance/article624020/|title=The 'g' word makes court appearance|first=Christie|last=Blatchford|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=October 18, 2005|via=www.theglobeandmail.com}}] |
1975
|Mariam Peters
|16
|Toronto
|Ontario
|Mariam had been leaving St. Patrick station on November 7, 1975, around 8 pm, to visit her grandfather at Mount Sinai Hospital, when she was stabbed 16 times. Police found her unconscious on an escalator, and she died four days later.[{{Cite web|title=HUNTER: Toronto's cold case page lists 64 unavenged homicides|url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hunter-cold-case-page-lists-64-unavenged-homicides|access-date=2022-01-26|website=torontosun|language=en-CA}}] |
1994
|Mindy Tran
|8
|Kelowna
|British Columbia
|Mindy Tran disappeared in August 1994 while riding her bike in her Kelowna neighbourhood. Her body was found in a shallow grave in a nearby park in October 1994. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. A neighbour, Shannon Murrin, was charged with her murder but acquitted in January 2000.[{{cite web|title=Murrin acquitted in Mindy Tran murder|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/murrin-acquitted-in-mindy-tran-murder-1.208935|website=CBC|date=26 January 2000|access-date=1 December 2022}}] |
1971
|Mary Anne Plett
|29
|Edmonton
|Alberta
|An Edmonton real estate agent, Mary Anne Plett disappeared on September 15, 1971, while showing property to a prospective client. Plett's car was found abandoned two days later; her briefcase was found in October near Fort Assiniboine, 160 kilometres north of Edmonton. Plett's body was found in the same area the following April.[{{cite web|title=Sept. 15, 1971: Real estate agent's murder remains a mystery |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/sept-15-1971-real-estate-agents-murder-remains-a-mystery |website=Edmonton Journal|date=15 September 2015|access-date=3 December 2022}}] |
1979
|Dora Ferguson
|22
|Hanwell
|New Brunswick
|Dora Ferguson was last seen in August 1979 walking along the Trans-Canada Highway in Island View. Her remains were found in a garbage bag on a nearby forest trail on 21 April 1996.[{{cite news |last1=Rising |first1=David |title=Investigators seek woman in long-ago Ferguson murder case |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Evening_Times_Globe&date=19960507&page=11&filename=EveningTimesGlobe_19960507_ETG_19960507_A0011 |work=da.tj.news |agency=Telegraph Journal |publisher=Evening Times Globe |date=May 7, 1996 |page=11}}] |
1989
|James "Jim" Allan Killam
|39
|Saint John
|New Brunswick
|Jim Killam disappeared from his home on May 15, 1989 in Saint John after getting in his car and leaving everything behind. In the past, he had disappeared two years prior, ultimately being found at his sister's house around two weeks later in Calgary, Alberta.[{{cite news |last1=Nikides |first1=George |title=Local man leaves everything but clue |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Evening_Times_Globe&date=19890630&page=17&filename=EveningTimesGlobe_19890630_ETG_19890630_C0001 |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=da.tj.news |publisher=The Evening Times-Globe |date=June 30, 1989}}] His remains were found by hunters on November 19, 1991, in a wooded area located east from Saint John, in the Quispamsis region.[{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Dave |title=Salisbury native was murdered |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Times_Transcript&date=19920103&page=1&filename=0032_TT_A8595 |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=da.tj.news |publisher=Times Transcript |date=January 3, 1992}}][{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Dave |title=Police stymied in slaying of Salisbury man |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Times_Transcript&date=19931201&page=17&filename=0018_TT_A8641 |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=da.tj.news |publisher=Times Transcript |date=December 1, 1993}}] |
1982
|Stéphane Gauthier
|12
|Montreal
|Quebec
| On 21 December 1982, twelve-year-old Stéphane Gauthier disappeared from Montreal's Plateau neighborhood. His body was found two days later in a field in Anjou; he had been sexually assaulted and strangled. No one has been arrested in connection with the murder.[{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/spvm-cold-case-squad-1.6625218|title=After provincial police solve 22-year-old crime, time for Montreal's cold case unit to step up, advocates say|website=cbc.ca|publisher=CBC News|date=24 October 2022|access-date=13 December 2023}}] |
1997-1998
|Temistocle Casas, also known as the Conception Bay John Doe
|late 30s to early 40s
|Conception Bay
|Newfoundland and Labrador
| In 2001, a severed head was found at a dump site in Conception Bay, near St. John's, Newfoundland. Examination of the skull indicated the victim was male, between the ages of 20 and 40, and had shoulder length curly black hair. Isotope and carbon dating analysis indicated the unidentified victim was probably born in the late 1950s or early 1960s and had spent time in Ontario and Quebec. The rest of the body was never found. In April 2024, a DNA match with a first cousin was found using genetic geneaology. The victim was subsequently identified as Temistocle Casas, a Cuban national who arrived in Canada on a tourist visa on 1 April 1992.[{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/conception-bay-john-doe-temistocle-casas-1.7217354|title=Man known for 23 years as Conception Bay John Doe identified as a Cuban in Canada on a tourist visa|website=cbc.ca|publisher=CBC News|date=28 May 2024|access-date=29 May 2024}}] |
1973-1974
|Carole Dupont
|18
|Sainte-Thérèse
|Quebec
| On April 13, 1974, police were notified of a pair of human legs sticking out of a snow bank near the parking lot of Foyer Drapeau, a nursing care residence in Sainte-Thérèse. They discovered the body of Claudette Dupont alongside clothes and a knife. The victim had suffered multiple stab wounds to her torso and back, was diagonally slashed at the thighs, and had a cut on her left breast. She had last been seen on the night of December 22 leaving the Hôtel Blainville bar with three men after having drinks with a female friend, and was subsequently reported missing. [{{cite web|url=https://theresaallore.com/2018/04/07/intro-to-loco-part-i-carole-dupont-wkt2-13/|title=Intro to Loco Part I / Carole Dupont / WKT2 #13 | WHO KILLED THERESA?|date=7 April 2018|access-date=14 September 2024}}][{{cite web|url=https://meurtresetdisparitions.com/2022/07/04/carole-dupont/|title=Sainte-Thérèse | Carole Dupont Assassinée le 22 décembre 1973|date=4 July 2022|access-date=14 September 2024}}] |
1974
|Beverly Lynn Smith
|22
|Raglan
|Ontario
|On December 9, 1974, Beverly was found dead in the kitchen by a neighbour's wife when Beverly's husband Doug had called to check up on her as she wasn't answering his calls. Doug and Beverly's infant daughter, 10-month-old Rebecca, was found in the next room. An autopsy showed that Beverly had been killed by a .22 bullet to the back of the head and the case was ruled a homicide.
In 1988, Doug Daigle would be arrested based on a tip through Crime Stoppers, but would be released after no confession was given. On March 17, 2008, Alan Smith (no relation) would be arrested and charged with second-degree murder in relation with Beverly's murder, but would have his charges dropped after his wife Linda recanted her incriminating statement in July 2008. Linda would be convicted of obstruction of justice. Alan would be charged with first-degree murder after confessing in 2009, claiming that he killed her with another man to steal marijuana before claiming that he killed her alone to keep her silent about an affair. Alan would be acquitted by the Ontario Superior Court in July 2014 due to lack of evidence and no new leads have surfaced in Beverly's death.[{{cite web|url=https://projects.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/12/05/beverly_smiths_murder_durham_polices_oldest_cold_case.html|title=Beverly Smith's murder: Durham Regional Police's coldest case|website=Toronto Star|access-date=13 October 2024}}] |
1991
|Glenda Morrisseau
|19
|Winnipeg
|Manitoba
|On 17 July 1991, Glenda Morrisseau, originally from the Sagkeeng First Nation, disappeared after a night out with her sister, mother, and stepfather. She was last seen getting into a dark-coloured station wagon with a middle-aged man. Her body was found on 7 August near the Seine River in St. Boniface, naked from the waist down with her hands tied behind her back. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.[{{cite web |title=Glenda Morriseau |url=https://macp.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Glenda-Morrisseau.pdf |website=Manitoba Unsolved Mysteries |publisher=Manitoba Association of Chiefs of Police |access-date=22 March 2025}}][{{cite web |title=Unresolved: Glenda Morriseau |url=https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/glenda-morriseau |website=www.cbc.ca |publisher=CBC News |access-date=22 March 2025 |language=en}}] Morrisseau's neice, Kelly Morriseau, would also be killed in an unsolved murder in 2006. |