Identified! Canada - Tofield, AB, 'Septic Tank Sam' Ntv/WhtMale 1046UMAB, Apr'77 - Gordon Edwin Sanderson

[Rootje]

I am anxious to find out who he was...

me too, and still not a word about him. 30 minutes and counting

 

[Rootje]

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[Rootje]

alright, if it isn’t on in 3 minutes i am going to call it quits. i’m tired and wanna sleep

 

[Rootje]

well, goodnight sleuthers. keep me posted! and i hope you’ll het the answers about him soon. i’ll be reading this thread first thing tomorrow morning

 

[faithx]

After 43 year, Septic Tank Sam is Identified

He has been identified as 25-year-old Gordon Edwin Sanderson.

 

[Nell91]

He was handsome.
RIP, Gordon. I'm sorry this happened to you.

 

[othram]

Well we were going to post our link but @faithx beat us!

 

[Sweetluv]

ANOTHER case solved...OTHRAM is amazing.
Gordon has his name back..RIP!

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Rest in peace, Gordon Edwin Sanderson.

 

[faithx]

Well we were going to post our link but @faithx beat us!

Oops, sorry! Amazing job, thank you for giving Gordon his name back!

 

[othram]

Oops, sorry! Amazing job, thank you for giving Gordon his name back!

We are excited! No apology necessary!

 

[Grungster]

His poor family....they have been wanting closure for years and now they have that closure...but now they know what happened.

RIP Gordon Edwin Sanderson

 

[Vern]

Rest well Gordon; may justice be served.

Othram - thank you again!! You're on fire!

 

[MistyWaters]

He was handsome.
RIP, Gordon. I'm sorry this happened to you.

The report says he was from Edmonton. Someone who knew him at the time must’ve provided his photo. Still waiting no an official release from the RCMP.

Orthram did an outstanding job of successfully identifying him using only partial, degraded sample of DNA.

 

[AkitasAreLovely]

Amazing work, @othram!

 

[Grungster]

He disappeared after saying he was going to see his brother in Calgary. He was indigenous like thought.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-found-burned-body-septic-tank-identified-1.6086082

 

[MistyWaters]

Homicide victim in 1977 Tofield cold case identified as Edmonton man Gordon Sanderson | Edmonton Journal
“…..Police said at a Wednesday virtual news conference the man has been identified as Gordon “Gordie” Edwin Sanderson, from Edmonton.

The last his family heard of him he was on his way to visit his brother in Calgary, police say.

Police believe he was killed by someone he knew…..

More to come…..”

 

[Vern]

Homicide victim in 1977 Tofield cold case identified as Edmonton man Gordon Sanderson | Edmonton Journal
“Police believe he was killed by someone he knew…..

More to come…..”

Well, given his specific mutilation injuries ... I'm not shocked by that revelation. Someone harbouring a grudge against him over a girl perhaps??

 

[MistyWaters]

It’s not clear if GS was “from” Manitoba and relocated to Edmonton because other CBC reports indicate he was “from” Edmonton. But they’ve known his identity since January.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-found-burned-body-septic-tank-identified-1.6086082
“The RCMP said Wednesday that the remains found on the farm outside Tofield were those of Sanderson, a 20-year-old Indigenous man from Manitoba.

They said the investigation into the killing remains open.

Police began investigating the death again after the Golden State killer was arrested in 2018. They submitted Sanderson's DNA to Othram Inc., a private laboratory in Texas.

Othram specializes in the recovery and analysis of human DNA from degraded or contaminated forensic evidence. It also does genealogical research for policing agencies in Canada and the U.S. It first hit the headlines in Canada after identifying the killer in the 1984 murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop, who was abducted from Queensville, Ont…..

….Police said they identified Sanderson in January 2021 and that the case became an active homicide investigation after that.”

 

[Feme98]

Rest In Peace Gordon,

Though 44 years have passed since and now that you have your name back, hopefully the person responsible is caught, and brought to justice.