The Lynda
Shaw Homicide
Detective
Inspector Randy Rosiak
Ontario
Provincial Police
On
April 15th 1990, Twenty- one year old Lynda Shaw left her family
home in Brampton to return to her studies at the University of Western
Ontario. Along the way the young
engineering student vanished and 6 days later her murdered body was located not
far from the 401 Highway. An intense
police investigation followed the discovery but it would take another 15 years
to finally find her killer.
The Scott
Dell – Nancy Fillmore Homicides
Detective
Inspector Ken Leppert
Ontario
Provincial Police
On December 29, 1995 in the early morning hours the lifeless body of Killaloe farmer Scott Dell was discovered in his home. Originally suspect of being a suicide it was determined that Mr. Dell had been poisoned after ingesting a quantity of antifreeze. The murder investigation that followed lead to the arrest of Scott Dell’s estranged wife Cherrylle for First Degree Murder. What followed were the bizarre turns that lead to a second First Degree Murder charge being laid against Cherrylle Dell and a 19 year old man as her accomplice in the fire death of Cherrylle’s ex–lover and potential Crown witness Nancy Fillmore.
The
Lilawatte (Yvette) Budram Homicide
Detective
Mike Thomas
Detective
Paul Lehaie
Hamilton
Police Service
On
April 17th 2001 the body of a woman clad only in a nightgown was
discovered at the side of a concession road in Flamborough, Ontario. What followed was an interesting and dynamic
investigation to, first of all, identify the remains of this woman and secondly
solve the mystery of her death. Using a
wide variety of forensic techniques and investigative strategies, the Hamilton
Police Service’s Major Crime Unit came up with an interesting and surprising
result.
The
Cecilia Zhang Homicide
Detective
Sergeant Braden Baron
Peel
Regional Police
Staff
Sergeant Gerry Cashman
Toronto
Police Service
On
October 20, 2003 the parents of nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang made the horrifying
discovery that their young daughter had been kidnapped from her Don Mills home
sometime in the night. What followed was
a long and complex search and investigation by the Toronto Police Service. On March 27, 2004 the remains of a young girl
were discovered in a wooded ravine in Mississauga. Identified as Cecilia Zhang the remains would
lead the Peel Regional Police and the Toronto Police into a
multi-jurisdictional investigation that would lead to the arrest of 21-year-old
Min Chen on a charge of First Degree Murder.
The Face
of Guns and Gangs
Detective
Sergeant Doug Quan
At
one time considered only an inner city problem the proliferation of the modern
youth gangs has witnessed their movement from the cities into smaller
communities. Detective Sergeant Douglas
Quan of the Toronto Police Service’s Guns and Gangs Street Enforcement Team
will provide interesting insights into the inner workings and organization of
street gangs in Canada.
Break-out Sessions
Fire Death Investigations
John
Bendetti
Office
of the Fire Marshall
Bodies Recovered in Water
Sgt.
Steven Henkel
Toronto
Police Service
C.F.S. Updates
Forensic Engineering
I.H.I.T.S.
Inspector
Wayne Rideout
Royal
Canadian Mounted Police