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Carmine Alfano

Carmine Alfano Carmine Alfano was discovered on December 7, 1996 by a relative in the offices of Osler Paving in Vaughan. He had been shot dead. His car was parked outside the building at 340 Bowes Road, keys still in the ignition. Carmine, the owner of Osler Paving - previously Ontario Paving - was last seen at about 3 p.m. at a Vaughan social club on Keele Street. Do you have information about the murder of Carmine Alfano? Can you help identify his killer?  If so, please contact the York Regional Police …

Marion Bagshaw and Glenn Harris Kivell

Marion Bagshaw and Glenn Harris Kivell Angus Morton didn't think twice when he looked out and saw Marion Bagshaw's kitchen light on just past midnight on June 19, 1960. It wasn't unusual for the 36-year-old woman, who rented a home on Angus' father's property, to stay up late with her close friend, 46-year-old Glenn Harris Kivell. To Angus and his father Harry, it came as a total shock when they found Bagshaw and Kivell the following day, shot to death in Bagshaw's kitchen. The pair were having a beer and …

Ingrid Bauer

Ingrid Bauer The last time Ingrid Bauer was seen, she was hitching a ride on the west side of Islington Avenue, near Pennon Road, just before 10 p.m. on August 16, 1972. Ingrid had left her family home to meet her boyfriend at his house in Woodbridge, but she never arrived. In 1972, Kleinburg was a small village well west of Vaughan and void of public transit. It was not unusual for local kids to thumb a ride with a passing motorist to get around. When Ingrid's boyfriend called the Bauer house to tell them …

Sheryl Blundell

Sheryl Blundell When Sheryl Blundell and her friend Lynn Sprague left home on February 6, 1973 to buy candy at the local store, they told Sheryl's younger brother Bill they would be home in 10 minutes. Sadly, 10-year-old Sheryl never made it home. At about 7:20 p.m., Sheryl and Lynn had stepped onto the road to give a lost driver directions in front of a building at 233 Main St., in Stouffville. Suddenly, they were struck by another vehicle. Lynn survived after suffering serious injuries, but Sheryl was …

Isabelle Brooks

Isabelle Brooks According to her husband Aubrey, Isabelle Brooks left her Markham home on the night of March 4, 1972, on foot. He told police the 68 year old put on a bandanna like scarf and a black or maroon coat before leaving. Aubrey said that Isabelle told him she would return in one week; no one ever saw her again. Isabelle lived with Aubrey in a small home on the southwest corner of Highway 7 and the Tenth Concession on the east side of Markham. Today, the land on which the house was built is …

Everton Brown and Lloyd Mitchell

Everton Brown and Lloyd Mitchell Everton Brown (left) and Lloyd Mitchell (right). Two gunmen opened fire in a crowded basement at a Markham after-hours club on May 18, 1996, killing Everton Brown and Lloyd Mitchell. Two others were struck by bullets, but survived their injuries. The after-hours club, known as Club Fawcett, was housed in a residential building at 5711 Fourteenth Avenue. Though more than 200 people attended the large party, no one was willing to provide investigators with information to …

Cheryl Hanson

Cheryl Hanson Seven-year-old Cheryl Hanson disappeared while making the 10-minute walk between her house and the home of her cousin's family in Aurora on May 31, 1974. She was never seen again. Before leaving her house on Bloomington Road near the Blue Hills Academy, Cheryl put on a red coat over a dark brown, checked sweater and pants and a pair of white leather shoes. She was carrying a paper bag holding white pyjamas with a red floral design. A large-scale search involving police officers, other law …

Alberta Khan

Alberta Khan Alberta Khan was working alone at Elson's Variety Store in Markham on the night of November 12, 1997, when two suspects robbed the store of cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes, killing her in the process. Witnesses near the plaza, located on the northeast corner of Elson Street and Markham Road, just north of Steeles Avenue, reported seeing two clean-shaven black males at 10:50 p.m., just after Alberta's murder. They left the parking lot in a bright red sports car with tinted windows. An …

Tracy Kundinger

Tracy Kundinger Tracy Kundinger was about 500 metres from her home on the night of August 20, 1975. She was on her way back from a late shift as a lifeguard and would have been home in five minutes. Tracy, 18, never made it home. She was attacked and eventually strangled to death in the shadows of Simonston Park. Just an hour before, at 10 p.m., Tracy clocked out from the Ottawa Indoor Pool on Parliament Street in Toronto. She joined a group of friends and walked to Castle Frank subway station, where she …

Joseph Kwaw

Joseph Kwaw Residents on Pugsley Avenue were woken by the sound of two cars roaring up the street at 3:30 a.m. on September 4, 2003. After they screeched to a halt, the sound of a barrage of gunfire rang out through the neighbourhood of quaint residential homes. After all was quiet, 22-year-old Joseph Kwaw was lying dead on the driveway at 116 Pugsley Ave., where he had recently rented a room. He was pronounced by paramedics at the scene. Witnesses reported seeing people flee from the scene, but Joseph's …

Tammy Lamondin (Gagnon)

Tammy Lamondin (Gagnon) Tammy Lamondin, also known as Tammy Gagnon, was hanging out with friends until past midnight on May 29, 1999. After touring Main Street, Newmarket, the group stopped near Fairy Lake. Before the sun rose, Tammy had disappeared. She was never seen again. The 20-year-old Newmarket resident is described as 5'6", roughly 110 pounds, with light complexion, wavy, short brown hair, blue eyes and a dolphin tattoo above her right ankle. On the night of her disappearance, she was wearing blue …

Yvonne Leroux

Yvonne Leroux Yvonne Leroux's killer has been identified Announcement made at November 15, 2023 press conference The York Regional Police Cold Case Unit is pleased to advise that investigators have solved the 51-year-old homicide of 16-year-old Yvonne Leroux. Yvonne Leroux was last seen alive at 10 p.m. on November 29, 1972, walking in the area of Oakdale Road and Finch Avenue West, in the City of Toronto. The next morning, a passer-by discovered her body in the middle of 16th Sideroad, between Jane Street …

Si Dung Lieu

Si Dung Lieu Si Dung Lieu was shot several times outside a busy Markham restaurant just before 10 p.m. on September 1, 2006. He died just minutes later. The 39-year-old Toronto resident was killed outside the Taste of Taiwan restaurant at the Metro Square plaza, located at 3636 Steeles Ave. His killer, described as an Asian male in his 20s, roughly 5'2" tall and wearing a long-sleeved, dark-coloured top and blue jeans, fled the scene immediately after the shooting. Points of Interest <a href=" …

Lin, Liu and Zhang

Lin, Liu and Zhang Zhu Xia Lin was the target. Yan Jun Liu and Yan Walter Xiao Chen Zhang were likely in the wrong place at the wrong time. All three were shot and killed inside the Mirage Spa, a Markham massage parlour, just before 1 a.m. on February 8, 2004. Their bodies were bound and wrapped in sheets from the spa and loaded into the back of Zhang's red Ford Explorer. Police recovered the Explorer the following morning behind the Victoria Square United Church at Woodbine Avenue and Elgin Mills Road, …

Francesco Loiero

Francesco Loiero The circumstances that led Francesco Loiero to a parking lot in Vaughan remain unknown. On the evening of Sunday, January 7, 1996, he was at a commercial plaza at the intersection of Martin Grove Road and Steeles Avenue West when his life was tragically cut short. At approximately 8 p.m., Loiero was sitting inside his green Dodge Caravan in the lot at 7766 Martin Grove Road when he was shot. Despite any efforts that may have followed, he succumbed to his injuries at the scene, leaving …

Luke Marson

Luke Marson On the night of May 6, 2002, 21-year-old Luke Marson was pursuing his greatest passion, recording rap music at a home studio near Yonge Street and Mulock Drive in Newmarket. By the next morning, he was dead. His body was discovered at just after 7 a.m. on May 7, 2002, by a homeowner on Forfardale Road, a dead-end street in an upscale Whitchurch-Stouffville neighbourhood. Luke had been shot to death. Residents on Forfardale Road reported seeing a dark-coloured Volkswagen Jetta in the area with …

Robert Brown

Robert Brown It was a hot, dusty afternoon on August 3, like many others in the summer of 1968, when Shirley Brown last saw her 12-year-old son Robbie. He was strolling away from the Church of the Nazarene camp on Pefferlaw Road in Georgina, where she volunteered as a cook. Robbie told his mother he was heading to their home in Wilfrid, a tiny hamlet just minutes southeast of Pefferlaw. After babysitting his younger sister in the morning, Robbie went to the Holmes Point Beach with his mother and his sister …

Jean Carlin

Jean Carlin Jean Carlin was left for dead in the bedroom of her Newmarket apartment on August 14, 1976. The 76-year-old, who lived alone on the ninth floor at 468 Eagle St., had suffered blunt-force trauma after being struck in the head. She died later that day in hospital. An investigation showed that someone had broken into her apartment before she was discovered just before 2 p.m. Police have not determined who killed Jean, or the reason her apartment was targeted. Points of Interest …

Eustace Compass

Eustace Compass Eustace Compass was found shot to death inside his Vaughan home on November 7, 1990. An investigation revealed that several of his personal belongings were stolen, including a silver tea set and various jewelry. Eustace's 1989 burgundy Chrysler LeBaron was also stolen following his murder. It was later recovered by police, abandoned at the Towne and Countrye Square mall at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue in Toronto. The shopping centre is now known as Centerpoint Mall. Eustace was an active …

Francesco Califano

Francesco Califano The body of Francesco Califano was recovered by members of the Markham Fire Department following an office fire in Thornhill on September 21, 1987. The fire, which was mostly out by the time firefighters arrived, was no accident. An investigation showed that someone had attempted to cover up Francesco's death by setting fire to the building at 1089 Yonge St. in Thornhill. Francesco had been stabbed to death. Francesco's body had been left inside his business, Compupronto Mortgage …