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''Solving for X
By JAllore March 31, 2023
Solving for X
I have some follow-up thoughts on the 1985 murder of Francine Da Sylva, but in order to get there, I need to revisit two other unsolved murders we’ve covered: the 1979 death of Nicole Gaudrea…

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One of the most interesting things about Francine Da Sylva's murder on October 18, 1985, is that three days earlier, Frank Shoofey was gunned down, on October 15, 1985. And not only that, Shoofey's law office on the 5th floor of that apartment building on Rue Cherrrier is two blocks from the alley where Da Sylva was stabbed to death. Standing at the entrance to that alley on Saint Timothee, you can see the Shoofey building up the hill.
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| Montréal| Da Sylva, Francine Murdered on October 18, 1985 - MDIQ
Francine Da Sylva was stabbed, raped, and murdered on the night of Friday, October 18, 1985, after spending the evening and part of the night with her friend Johanne in the Plateau neighborhood of Montreal. Upon arrival in front of her friend’s residence on Duluth street, Francine decided to...

''Francine Da Sylva was stabbed, raped, and murdered on the night of Friday, October 18, 1985, after spending the evening and part of the night with her friend Johanne in the Plateau neighborhood of Montreal. Upon arrival in front of her friend’s residence on Duluth street, Francine decided to walk alone to her home located on Saint-André street. Her body was found later that morning in an alley at the corner of Sherbrooke and Saint-André streets.
Any information that could help solve this murder can be reported anonymously to the Sûreté du Québec info-crime line at 1-800-659-4264. You can also communicate anonymously with Meurtres et Disparitions Irrésolus du Québec at 819-200-4628 and [email protected]''