CANADA Canada- James Melvin CUMMINGS, 80, suffered blunt trauma, body discovered inside the Evangel Temple church, Toronto, (76 Dundas St E), 9 August 1977

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Victim James Melvin CUMMINGS - Toronto Police Service

www.tps.ca

James Melvin CUMMINGS​

Age: 80
Gender: M
Murdered on: Aug. 9, 1977
Location: 52 Division

Details of Investigation​

On Tuesday, August 9, 1977, at about 9:28 a.m., police responded to a 911 call at 76 Dundas Street E. The victim was discovered inside the Evangel Temple church, suffering from blunt trauma, and obviously deceased.''

 

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Stumbled onto this intriguing, likely unrelated bit, noting fwiw, imo, speculation.
Choir singer convicted in murder-for-hire scheme - UPI Archives
NOV. 16, 1980 rbbm.
By BRUCE OLSON
''BALTIMORE -- Teen-ager David Wayne Robertson, a choir-singer in the Evangel Temple Church of God, became a professional hit man last November. His first paycheck was for no more than $20, he had to kill two people for it and he could spend the rest of his life in prison.''