http://www.orangeville.com/website/...-williams-profilers-working-on-varaschin-caseThis is the best news about Sonia's investigation that I have heard in a long time:
Although viewers of televisions First 48 Hours might be tempted to doubt that the dastardly killer of nurse Sonia Varaschin six weeks ago will ever be identified, neither Orangeville Police Service nor Ontario Provincial Police have wavered in their confidence that he will.
Criminals, they acknowledge, are most often tripped up by their own errors. A vital clue is likely to be within one or more of the multitude of tips that are still being diligently followed.
In an interview Wednesday, Orangeville Police Chief Joe Tomei said he is asking that people continue to call the tip line with whatever information they might have no matter how insignificant it might seem.
More: http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2010-11-11/Front_Page/Search_continues_for_Sonias_killer.htmlThis case is being given the utmost priority by both police services. The OPPs behavioural sciences investigators, including some who were directly involved in the then- Col. Russell Williams investigation, are in Orangeville sifting through clues, among other tasks.
Search continues for Sonias killer
Orangeville Citizen - 2010-11-11 / Front Page
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
More: http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2010-11-11/Front_Page/Search_continues_for_Sonias_killer.html
With 3 crime scenes, it's very likely the perp made more than one mistake and left clues for the behavioural sciences investigators to find. LE seems very confident they will crack this case -- it's just a matter of time.
Read more: http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/crime/article/166326A Bowmanville woman was awakened early Wednesday morning by a 20-year-old, shirtless man in her bedroom.
This is kind of off-topic, but thought I'll post it here ( will also post it in R.Williams' thread )
Bowmanville woman wakes up to strange man in bedroom
Durham Regional Police
Nov 19, 2010 - 02:44 PM
Read more: http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/crime/article/166326
OPS taking some heat in the opinion columns...
Sonia Varaschin was murdered less than a year after Heidis death. Her family found out about the discovery of her bloody car and then-disappearance by reading about it on our website. Theyre still unhappy with the lack of information forthcoming from police and the fact Sonias killer remains at large.
http://www.orangeville.com/opinion/columns/article/904471--ops-spotlight-casting-dark-shadows
This is creepy. :loser:
Just goes to show that there are people out there who will enter unlocked homes at night.
Does anyone remember Sonia's street address? I know she lived in Spring Street, but I can't find a house that match the press photos of hers in Google Streetview.
Street view doesn't cover the area where her apartment was located.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...411,-80.089163&spn=0.002844,0.005493&t=h&z=18
Neither Tomei nor Const. Peter Leon, central region communications officer for the OPP, which is heading the investigation, would comment whether there are any suspects at this time.
They also wouldnt confirm whether police are closer now than a month ago to catching her killer.
Its a very complex investigation at this point, Leon said. I know that they have gathered evidence that theyre working with the Centre of Forensic Science on very, very closely.
Both men urged the public to be patient with investigators.
Every piece of evidence we have is critical in assisting us with the identity of the person or persons responsible, Tomei said, referring to forensic evidence currently being examined. It is painstakingly slow, unfortunately, but very critical.
He again encouraged residents who have information about the case to report it to police.
Finding the boots worn by Sonias killer remains a top priority for investigators.
- They want to know of anyone with mens size 10 or 11 Dakota or Wind River brand boots, or who recently disposed of their boots.
- They also want to hear from anyone who saw Sonias car, or a similar car, the night she was killed.
The dedicated tip line: 519-941-2522, ext. 2211.It could be the smallest little piece of information that turns the corner on this. Somebody knows something.
Constable Leon said that despite earlier media reports, the case is being treated independently of the investigation into the murder of Sonia Varaschin, a 42-year-old women who was killed in Orangeville three months ago.
I can tell you emphatically that we are treating these cases independently of one another, said Constable Leon. There has been an attempt to draw a link, but we have said from the very beginning that these cases are not linked.