Found Deceased Canada - Kera Freeland, 20, pregnant, Toronto, March 2011 *Arrest*

[dotr]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2011/12/10/19106881.html
Ottawa cops hunt serial 'predator'

By Doug Hempstead, QMI Agency


"OTTAWA - The city's top crime investigator confirms he is hunting for a predator.

Six street-level sex workers have been murdered in Ottawa in the past 21 years.

Acting deputy chief of major crimes, Tyrus Cameron, won't say how many of the crimes he believes were committed by the same person.

But there definitely is a pattern, even though the homicides have happened over such a long space of time.

Cameron fears tipping his hand and letting the suspect see his cards. So that's just not going to happen.

"The next update I give will hopefully be when I tell you we've got someone," he said.

They don't have a suspect. All of the murders which have been identified by investigators as part of the pattern have previously been reported."

 

[dotr]

Ironic..
http://www.680news.com/news/nationa...n-s-crime-rankings-of-canada-s-largest-cities
"For the fourth year in a row, Caledon -- which is just outside Toronto -- has the lowest crime rate in the country.

The most dangerous city in Canada is Prince George, B.C., because of gang wars, drugs and an alleged serial killer"

 

[matou]

There is going to be an announcement today at 2 pm in the murder of LEANNE FREEMAN and a cold case from 1981! Sounds like there is a connection between them, hmmmm.

TORONTO - Toronto Police will issue updates Friday in the murders of a prostitute last month and a cold case dating back to 1981.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/16/toronto-cops-make-arrest-in-1981-slaying

 

[Hazel]

same area -- perhaps would be a good idea to mount some surveillance cameras around that area

The body of a man has been found floating in a channel in the Port Lands, in Toronto's east end.

The Port Lands was the scene of a murder on Nov. 29 when Leanne Freeman, 23, was found dying from a gunshot wound.

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111218/body-found-in-toronto-port-lands-area-111218/20111218/?hub=TorontoNewHome

 

[Hazel]

haven't seen this article posted - it's dated Dec. 3rd.

OPP investigating possible link in two sex-trade workers’ deaths

The Ontario Provincial Police is probing a possible link between the murder of sex-trade worker Leanne Freeman and the suspicious death of former escort Kera Freeland, whose body was dumped at a remote Caledon site in March.

The cases have disturbing similarities, from the women’s lifestyle to their last names and their dimples and chestnut hair, although years of bad living had hardened both their features.

“My detectives are contacting the Toronto detectives today,” said OPP Det. Insp. Chris Gilpin, who is managing the file on Freeland, which is still classed as a suspicious death.

Freeland, 20, disappeared in January and her body was found in a ditch on March 17. Police have never released the cause of death or whether she was fully clothed.

On Tuesday, Freeman, 23, was shot in the head and left to die on Unwin Ave., a remote area of the Toronto Port Lands. She was clothed.

Both women were from Western Canada — Freeman was from Winnipeg and Freeland grew up in Calgary.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1096451--opp-investigating-possible-link-in-two-sex-trade-workers-deaths

 

[Canadian4]

http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/local/on/human_remains_found_in_caledon_ont/9dd8c748


More remains found in Caledon today (Boxing Day).

 

[LilyMacBloom]

Internet dating service deathly!


Detroit police say 3 deaths tied to dating services site

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/detroit-police-3-deaths-tied-dating-services-233432995.html

 

[dotr]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/01/08/19216471.html
Man to be deported for sex-workers holdups

By TOM GODFREY, QMI Agency "
"TORONTO - An Egyptian man who used guns and knives to terrorize and rob four downtown escort agency workers of their cash and personal goods in separate robberies is being deported from Canada."

 

[Hazel]

Don't know where to post this ... any suggestions as to where this should go, so I can ask the Mods to move it, would be appreciated.

Police release video of August Entertainment District assault
Dec 16, 2011 4:07 PM ET

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/16/police-release-video-of-august-entertainment-district-beating/

 

[Hazel]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2011/12/10/19106881.html
Ottawa cops hunt serial 'predator'

By Doug Hempstead, QMI Agency

"OTTAWA - The city's top crime investigator confirms he is hunting for a predator.

Six street-level sex workers have been murdered in Ottawa in the past 21 years.

Acting deputy chief of major crimes, Tyrus Cameron, won't say how many of the crimes he believes were committed by the same person.

But there definitely is a pattern, even though the homicides have happened over such a long space of time.

Cameron fears tipping his hand and letting the suspect see his cards. So that's just not going to happen.

"The next update I give will hopefully be when I tell you we've got someone," he said.

They don't have a suspect. All of the murders which have been identified by investigators as part of the pattern have previously been reported."

As you all may know, Tricia has announced the opening of the new forum:

THE WEBSLEUTHS SERIAL KILLER FORUM (link)

Just wanted to let you guys know, that I had created a thread in the SK forum regarding the topic on the article posted by dotr here.

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community > Crimes and Trials > Serial Killers > CANADA > Possible SK targetting sex trade workers in Ottawa, Ontario

 

[dotr]

I thought of Kera when I saw this.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/01/27/19305826.html
"EDMONTON – A suspended Edmonton realtor was convicted Friday of taking three female sex workers to secluded areas in the city and then raping and beating them.

Oldin Yadir Maldonado, 29, was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm, one count of sexual assault, three counts of unlawful confinement and two counts of uttering death threats."

 

[dotr]

Human remains found in Caledon.
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120223/120223_Police_Blotter/20120223/?hub=CP24Home

 

[matou]

Human remains found in Caledon.
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120223/120223_Police_Blotter/20120223/?hub=CP24Home

The remains have been identified as female. I'm going to guess the remains are skeletal.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article...nd-in-rural-caledon-identified-as-female?bn=1

 

[dotr]

" A Toronto man is facing charges after a suspect impersonated a police officer and attempted to blackmail a female prostitute into performing a sexual act."
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/loca..._Impersonating_Officer/20120225/?hub=CP24Home

 

[Deeds]

"Maria Louisa DaCunha, 24 a Queen St resident was found burned beyond recognition in a Caledon field on March 24, 1994"

"off Sideroad 35, west of Airport Rd. between Orangeville and Mono Mills"

http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=706.0

 

[Hazel]

Mar 07, 2012 - 2:49 PM
Varaschin murder, Loder attack, human remains discovered
Author of serial killer book discusses these and more

Having spent three years researching and writing about Canadian murderers, author Lee Mellor has more insight than most people into the world of violence.
While Dufferin and area has several unsolved violent crimes on its books in the past couple years, Mellor is convinced it’s merely a string of isolated events.

“Serial killers are so rare, it’s not a conclusion we should lead to,” he said, referring to 2010 murder of Orangeville’s Sonia Varaschin, the near-fatal attack on Mono resident Shelley Loder that same year, as well as several discoveries of human remains — Van Sanh Tieu inside a burned down Alton building and Kera Freeland in a Caledon ditch, both last March, as well as skeletal remains found near Caledon Village just a couple weeks ago.

Turning specifically to Varaschin’s murder, the Brighton-area author feels her killer’s original intent may not have been murder. Rather, he suspects the perpetrator had a “disorganized mindset” and “lost control” of the situation

more: http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1312160--varaschin-murder-loder-attack-human-remains-discovered
(interesting article - posting it also on SV's, SL's and Audrey's threads)

 

[dotr]

Caledon as dumping ground, new 2 page article(also posted in SV thread).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...nt-in-idyllic-corner-of-gta/article2409614/

"Even closer to home, the ditch on Heart Lake Road where last spring a pedestrian spotted the body of 20-year-old escort Kera Freeland, is just a five-minute walk from Ms. Leckie’s front door.

The cases of Ms. Freeland and Ms. Varaschin are the only two in which no arrests have been made. Ms. Leckie says that only increases her aversion to the site."

 

[2soccermom]

This has been posted on other threads on UC (by EyesWideOpen) and here on Websleuths (by NoStoneUnturned):
it seems human remains were discovered yesterday or today on Heart Lake Road -- but in Brampton:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/01/human-remains-brampton.html

I don't know how long HL road stretches, but I'm sure we're all wondering about the possibility of connection.

 

[dotr]

http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/local/on/cops_seek_help_to_id_brampton_body/c49a86ab
"Cops seek help to ID Brampton body



Peel police hope that some unique pieces of clothing will help them identify the remains of a male found dead on Monday.


Homicide investigators say that the male's remains were found behind a hardware store near the intersection of Heart Lake Road and Bovaird Drive.

Police say that the remains had been there for the "past year," and they believe that the male was between 20 and 40 years-old.








Investigators say the deceased had black or dark brown hair and was wearing the following clothing:

Rock and Republic Jeans, size 30-32
Black Prada messenger bag
Yohji Yamamoto sneakers, size 9"

 

[Woodland]

The distance between KF remains at Heart Lake Road and Olde Base Line Road and the remains found at Heart Lake Road and Bovaird Drive is about 15 kms.