Stories of Murder in Toronto's Gay Village
At about 8:30 on the evening of Thursday, June 10, 1982, Dale Burgess, 18, heard screams coming from Room 20 of a rooming house at 81 Charles Street East. Visitors were leaving his own room at the time. The screams were high-pitched, he testified, and mixed with them were words like “no,” “stop” and “help.” … Read more
The Toronto Star reported that a resident of an apartment building at 35 Wynford Heights Crescent, in North York, found a man lying in a pool of blood just inside the doors of the underground garage. It was about 4:45 on the morning of Sunday, March 1, 1981. The man had been stabbed several times … Read more
Early on Friday, October 26, 1979, the building superintendent let a 15-year-old girl into her brother’s apartment on Ontario Street. The Globe and Mail reported that she had failed to reach him by telephone. She found the body of James Edward Downing, 23, lying on a bed. Police said he had died of a stab … Read more