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Information on this tragic and unsolved case taken from the VPD Cold Case File:
It’s been more than half a century since a family was brutally murdered in their own home in a quiet Vancouver neighbourhood, and today there are still far more questions than answers. Why was this family targeted? Who would savagely beat a young girl to death as she lay sleeping in her bed?
What investigators know for sure is that three people were murdered during the evening of June 10th to the early morning hours of June 11th.
It was about 11:30 p.m. on the 10th when 53-year-old David Pauls left his residence to pick up his wife at the bus stop after she finished work. He was surprised by an attacker just outside the rear basement door, who shot him in the head, and then used David’s keys to enter the house. Mr. Pauls was seriously injured, but not fatally wounded.
Little Dorothy Pauls was asleep in her upstairs bedroom when the suspect entered her room, bludgeoned her, and ended her young life.
Back downstairs, the killer dragged Mr. Pauls into the basement, beat him and shot him twice in the head, killing him.
Helen Pauls, aged 47, returned to the house after finishing work at 11:30 p.m. A witness reported seeing her running home from the bus stop, as it was raining and her husband clearly never made it to pick her up. She was shot and beaten to death in the front hallway. She still had her house keys in her pocket.
The specific weapons were never identified with any certainty. A heavy instrument of some kind was used to beat the victims. The bullets recovered from the bodies were sent to more than one lab, which concluded they came from a .22 calibre revolver – likely a Rohm RG-10, colt-style, six-shot.
This case has frustrated investigators for decades and the Pauls family deserves justice. It’s been almost 60 years, but someone out there knows something.
"Cold case: Vancouver police seeks tips on murder of family 57 years ago"
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cold+case+Vancouver+police+seeks+tips+murder+family+years/11128915/story.html
The Pauls: Vancouver’s first triple murder
It’s been more than half a century since a family was brutally murdered in their own home in a quiet Vancouver neighbourhood, and today there are still far more questions than answers. Why was this family targeted? Who would savagely beat a young girl to death as she lay sleeping in her bed?
What investigators know for sure is that three people were murdered during the evening of June 10th to the early morning hours of June 11th.
It was about 11:30 p.m. on the 10th when 53-year-old David Pauls left his residence to pick up his wife at the bus stop after she finished work. He was surprised by an attacker just outside the rear basement door, who shot him in the head, and then used David’s keys to enter the house. Mr. Pauls was seriously injured, but not fatally wounded.
Little Dorothy Pauls was asleep in her upstairs bedroom when the suspect entered her room, bludgeoned her, and ended her young life.
Back downstairs, the killer dragged Mr. Pauls into the basement, beat him and shot him twice in the head, killing him.
Helen Pauls, aged 47, returned to the house after finishing work at 11:30 p.m. A witness reported seeing her running home from the bus stop, as it was raining and her husband clearly never made it to pick her up. She was shot and beaten to death in the front hallway. She still had her house keys in her pocket.
The specific weapons were never identified with any certainty. A heavy instrument of some kind was used to beat the victims. The bullets recovered from the bodies were sent to more than one lab, which concluded they came from a .22 calibre revolver – likely a Rohm RG-10, colt-style, six-shot.
This case has frustrated investigators for decades and the Pauls family deserves justice. It’s been almost 60 years, but someone out there knows something.
"Cold case: Vancouver police seeks tips on murder of family 57 years ago"
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cold+case+Vancouver+police+seeks+tips+murder+family+years/11128915/story.html
Vancouver Police are looking for information to help solve the mysterious slaughter of a Vancouver family 57 years ago this week.
The Pauls: Vancouver’s first triple murder