Stories of Murder in Toronto's Gay Village
At about 6:58 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2001, Toronto police were called to 1 Spadina Crescent, a University of Toronto building north of College Street. A caretaker had found a man on the second floor. Emergency crews tried to save him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Det. Ken Taylor, the lead homicide … Read more
At 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2000, a Toronto police cruiser spotted a black 1998 Volvo near police headquarters at Bay and College streets. The Toronto Star reported that the driver ran when he saw the cruiser. Officers stopped him a few blocks away, at Toronto General Hospital, at University Avenue and Gerrard Street … Read more
On March 24, 1991, Michael Henry Vadeboncoeur, 42, was stabbed to death in his home at 7 Hilltop Road. Vadeboncoeur was a former CBC radio comic called Boncoeur. He was found with multiple stab wounds in a blood-splattered apartment. A 16-year-old youth arrested two weeks later and charged with first-degree murder in his death, and … Read more