Homicide Unit

The 14 members of the Homicide Unit investigated two homicides in 2009, one in which a suspect has been identified and a Canada-wide warrant issued for his arrest and in the second, four people pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in connection with the death of a man who died following an incident of arson.

Two members of the Homicide Unit are dedicated cold case investigators who continue to pursue any leads on historical unsolved homicides and in 2009, Constable Doug Clarke released a new, museum-quality clay bust of a man whose unidentified remains were found in 1980 in the Town of Markham.

Homicide Unit members also assisted in 22 other serious assault, missing persons or suspicious death investigations in 2009 and secured two court convictions for First-Degree Murder, one for Second-Degree Murder and one for Criminal Negligence Causing Death.