Ontario : 42 years later, the police reopened an investigation of murder

News 1 August, 2017
  • PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

    Maxime Deland

    Tuesday, 1 August 2017 13:36

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    More than 40 years after the murder of a woman whose body was found in a small town of Ontario, near the quebec border, police in ontario have reopened the investigation and has carried out a reconstruction in three dimensions of the face of the victim, who has not been identified to date.

    On may 3, 1975, a farmer discovered the corpse of a woman lying in the Nation river, near the bridge of highway 417 in the area of Casselman, about fifty kilometres east of Ottawa.

    Ignoring always the identity of the victim, four decades later, the police gave him the name of the “Lady of the river Nation”.

    Attached with ties

    The woman’s body was found wrapped in two towels green. A cloth and a coaxial cable were also found with the remains.

    The victim had her hands and feet bound with ties.

    According to the Ontario provincial Police, the woman was wearing clothes of the colour navy and she had a pink Polish on her nails of fingers and toes.

    His body was also a scar left by an operation to the appendix.

    3D reconstruction

    The artist’s forensic medicine of the Ontario provincial Police, Duncan Way, was recently reconstituted in three dimensions the face of the victim. The authorities have decided to distribute a photo of the facial reconstruction and the attempt to find possible witnesses in this sordid murder case.

    The woman had still not been identified, was aged between 25 and 50 years old at the time. She was of medium build and was between 1,58 m (5 ft 2 in) wide and 1.73 meters (5 ft, 8 inch). His hair was dyed blond roux, but their natural color was brown.

    More than 42 years after the murder, the perpetrator of the crime has not been identified.

    Any information that could assist police in advancing the investigation may be forwarded to the 1 888 310-1122.