I think we're going to have to contact LE so am going to leave some links I found yesterday. I wonder if they can look at the crime scene photos to see if anything resembles breast implants, they obviously weren't looking for it when they found the skeletal remains. They probably thought he was female due to the clothing. Next question would be were any items found that a trans woman would use to conceal male reproductive organs? Were they able to run any tests that would show he was taking hormones? Not sure what the test is called but there's a case in FL (IIRC) where they know remains found were taking female hormones. I don't have time right now to grab the case info. They had recently done a sketch for her in fall of 2015
Transvestite - a person, typically a man, who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes appropriate to the opposite sex.
synonyms: drag queen, cross-dresser, female impersonator
He is mentioned in a book
Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases By Robert J. Hoshowsky; they go into more details about LE thinking the person was hit by a car, I guess thrown 75ft into the woods. When they reopened the case they realized that the clothing never was on the remains
"We hope it looks pretty close to this and that someone comes forward," said Detective-Constable Clarke, who unveiled a drawing to the media of what police believe the victim looked in life: a slender, effeminate-looking young man with dark hair about 4 inches long, wearing red and pink, pointy toed, high heeled shoes, white frilly socks, form fitting blue Brittania jeans (women's size 30/29), and an open-collard, red, short-sleeved blouse.
"It's my belief that he was transgender, possibly in the sex trade down in the Toronto area which … was a bit of a haven, in the 70's for gays," said Clark, who also speculated that the young man may have come to Toronto years ago to live his life as part of the city's large gay, lesbian and transgendered community. "In my opinion, I think he was picked up in the city, taken to [Markham], endeavors occurred and then he was killed and left there," repeated the Detective-Constable, calling the wooded area "a dumping ground."
They are looking at James Henry Greenridge in prison in British Columbia
Video at link -
Chilling portrait of transgendered victim - Chris Doucette, Sun Media - First posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 04:44 AM EST | Updated: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 04:47 AM EST
It was initially thought the man may have been hit by a car, wandered off the road and died in the wooded area.
But the story took an odd turn when women's clothing was found next to the remains -- a red shirt, a pair of woman's jeans, red-high-heeled shoes and white frilly socks.
"To walk off to the side of the road, take of your clothes and die, it just doesn't make sense," Clarke said.
The female clothing and other items found led investigators to believe the man was most likely transgendered.
"We don't have a cause of death," Clarke said. "But it's believed foul play was involved."
Whether the man was left there to die or his body was dumped remains a mystery.
York Regional Police file # 1980-13437
On December 1, 2009, York Regional Police investigators had reason to be hopeful about a new investigative avenue in the case of unidentified skeletal remains found nearly 30 years earlier.
Members of the public were asked to view a new, museum-quality clay bust of the unidentified man. The man's remains were discovered by a Markham resident on the side of the Eleventh Concession, north of Steeles Avenue, on July 16, 1980.
Unfortunately, the bust failed to spark anyone's memory and the man has yet to be identified. Forensic testing found that he was a white male between 25 and 40 years old when he died. He stood at roughly 5'6", weighed between 100 and 120 pounds and had dark, medium-length brown hair.
Along with the remains, police found a variety of women's clothing items, including red high-heeled shoes, white socks, jeans and a powder compact with a mirror. Investigators believe those items were worn by the victim.
Help Solve a Cold Case - Do you have information about this unidentified victim? Do you know anything about him, or the circumstances that led to his death?
If so, please contact the York Regional Police Cold Case Unit at 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7865 or
email the investigators directly. Want to remain anonymous? Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave a tip online at
www.1800222tips.com or text a tip by sending TIPYORK and a message to CRIMES (274637).
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