Tag: Cold cases
25 years on, police seek public’s help solving brutal slaying of farmer, wife
Investigators are marking the 25th anniversary of the unsolved double homicide of a dairy farmer and his wife near St. Thomas by appealing anew for anyone with information to come forward.
Q+A: Sister speaks out on Londoner Donna Awcock’s 40-year unsolved homicide
The death of Londoner Donna Awcock, a 17-year-old whose badly beaten body was found Oct. 13, 1983, near the Fanshawe Dam, remains one of the region’s most stubborn cold-case homicides.
Amid newspaper’s push, police name Southwestern Ontario woman’s killer
For two decades, he was the only suspect. Following a Freedom of Information request from the Windsor Star, Windsor police have revealed they believe Robert Lotosky was the perpetrator in one of the city’s most enduring cold cases — the September 2000 murder of Carol Christou. It wasn’t Robert Lotosky’s first act of violence, but police […]
OPP renew call for tips on anniversary of girl’s mysterious 1974 death
Lambton OPP renewed its call for information Thursday in its probe of the 1974 death of Sarnia teen Karen Caughlin.
Scientist explains how her genetic DNA work solved child’s killing 50 years later
A group of people curious about their ancestry— all strangers but distant relatives from Scotland, U.S., and Canada — unwittingly provided keys to solving the a horrifying, half-century-old Southwestern Ontario mystery: The slaying of six-year-old Ljubica Topic.
Police release ‘shocking’ footage of 2019 arson as investigation continues
Three years later, the footage can still startle.
Want to solve cold cases? Don’t count on police: London author
A former London police detective has penned a new book on unsolved homicides in which he argues police alone aren’t always best suited to investigate cold cases. How To Solve A Cold Case, the latest book from best-selling author Michael Arntfield, a criminology professor at Western University, hits bookshelves on Tuesday. The 352-page book published […]
Family seeks return of roadside memorial for Sarnia teen who died in 1974
SARNIA — The family of a 14-year-old Sarnia girl whose body was found near Petrolia 48 years ago hope a cross and memorial missing from the site will be returned, say Lambton OPP.
One London woman’s long quest for justice after brutal attack
Twenty years ago, an early morning shortcut to the bus stop led her into the clutches of a stranger who beat, stabbed and sexually assaulted her.