CANADA Canada- Andrea Peter, 69, owner of Hungarian Country Style Restaurant, Bloor St. W., bludgeoned @ home, Toronto (Vaughan/Bathurst) 9 March '82 *DNA*

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March 9 2023

HUNTER: Cold case cops retesting DNA in trio of unsolved murders

Andrea Peter worked hard to put food on the table.

torontosun.com

''Andrea Peter worked hard to put food on the table.''
''The Hungarian immigrant was well-known for owning and operating the popular Country Style Restaurant on Bloor St. W.''

Known for its taste of the old country and offering traditional favourites like wiener schnitzel and goulash “sure to warm you up”, Peter made her fortune through old-fashioned hard work.

Along the way, she also owned rooming houses in the city. Now, the 69-year-old widow wanted to put her feet up and enjoy the fruits of her labour in her sunset years.
Her industriousness couldn’t save her.''

''On Tuesday, March 9th, 1982, her battered and blood-spattered body was discovered by a concerned friend in her 18th floor apartment on Vaughan Rd. near Bathurst St.''

''Cops said she died from blunt-force trauma to the head at least several hours before she was found.''

''And now, 41 years later, the case remains unsolved like hundreds of others in the big city. But new forensics advances — particularly in the area of genetic geneology — could be a game changer.''

Toronto Police Det. Sgt. Steve Smith, head of the cold case unit, has solved three of the GTA’s most heartbreaking murders. PHOTO BY BRAD HUNTER /TORONTO SUN

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Victim Andrea PETER - Toronto Police Service

www.tps.ca

Homicide #7/1982

Case #: None
13 Division
VICTIM

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Andrea PETER​

Age: 70
Gender: F
Murdered on: March 9, 1982
Location: 13 Division

Details of Investigation:​

On Tuesday, March 9, 1982, at about 9:00 a.m., police responded to an emergency call at 21 Vaughan Road. The victim was discovered inside an apartment residence, suffering from blunt trauma, and obviously deceased.

 

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www.thestar.com

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