CANADA Canada- Kimber Leanne Lucas, 25, model & sex worker, 7 months pregnant, found murdered in alley, Halifax, NS, 23/11/94, *New initiative*

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Danielle Edwards · CBC News · Posted: Nov 23, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/police-murder-30-year-old-case-kimber-lucas-1.7391168

Kimber Leanne Lucas was 25 and pregnant at the time of her death. (Submitted by Halifax Regional Police

On Nov. 27, 1994, nearly 300 mourners attended Kimber Lucas's funeral at what was known as the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church. (CBC)
''Much of the sometimes harsh media coverage of Lucas's murder at the time highlighted her sex work, her criminal record and drug use.

Her funeral was attended by nearly 300 people at the Baptist church on what is now Nora Bernard Street. Coverage of the funeral by the now-defunct Daily News reported that Lucas was a part-time model and had been a good student.

The violent nature of her death "sent a chill down the spines" of the city's sex workers, according to one article published in the Daily News a few days after her death.''

''Lucas was one of a number of sex workers in the city who were killed in the 1990s. The Daily News later reported Lucas had been told three men were looking for her and meant to do her harm, according to her aunt, Tuney Flint.
Her death was thought to be connected to the murder of Brenda Way, another sex worker who was found dead in Dartmouth in November 1995.''

 

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Murder investigation of Kimber Leanne Lucas continues 30 years later

Halifax Regional Police continue to investigate the murder of Kimber Leanne Lucas three decades after she was killed.

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''Investigators determined that Lucas had been in the area of North and Maitland streets between 1:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on the day of her death.

Police believe there are people who have information about Lucas’ murder that could help them solve the case, and they are asking those people to come forward.

Her homicide is part of the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program(opens in a new tab), which offers up to $150,000 for information that leads to an arrest or conviction in certain cases.''