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True crime cases in Ontario

26case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 26 case files in Ontario. By legal status, 2 marked unsolved, 23 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.

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26
Unsolved
2
Solved
23
Overturned
1
Span
1892–2021
With coverage
9
Creators
7
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  • Credit: uploader and the RNAOCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListen

    Yonge Street, North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2018

    2018 Toronto van attack

    On April 23, 2018, a man drove a rented van into pedestrians along Yonge Street in Toronto's North York City Centre, killing 11 people and injuring 15 others before being arrested; he was later convicted on all counts and sentenced to life in prison.

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    Rainbow Falls Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada · 2007

    Disappearance of Christina Calayca

    Christina Calayca, a 20-year-old Toronto woman, vanished on 6 August 2007 after going for an early-morning jog near Rainbow Falls Provincial Park in Northwestern Ontario. Despite an extensive multi-week police search and several later privately funded searches, she has never been found and her case remains an open missing-person investigation.

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    Church and Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2017

    Murder of Tess Richey

    Tess Richey, a 22-year-old woman from North Bay, Ontario, was killed after a night out in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood in November 2017, and Kalen Schlatter was later convicted of first-degree murder in her death.

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    Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada · 2010

    Killing of Bich Pan

    On November 8, 2010, Bich Pan was fatally shot and her husband Hann Pan was blinded during a staged home-invasion in Markham, Ontario. Investigators determined the couple's daughter, Jennifer Pan, had arranged the attack with hired men after her parents restricted her personal life and discovered years of deception about her education.

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    Parliament Hill and National War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 2014

    2014 shootings at Parliament Hill

    On 22 October 2014, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau fatally shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo at Ottawa's National War Memorial, then stormed Parliament's Centre Block before being killed by RCMP officers in a shootout near the Library of Parliament.

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    306 Davenport Road, Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario · 1994

    Just Desserts shooting

    A 1994 armed robbery at the Just Desserts Café in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood ended with 23-year-old patron Georgina Leimonis fatally shot; two men were later convicted and one acquitted after one of Canada's longest and most contentious trials.

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    Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2005

    Killing of Jane Creba (Boxing Day Shooting)

    On December 26, 2005, a gang-related gunfight on Toronto's crowded Yonge Street killed 15-year-old Jane Creba and wounded six bystanders, sparking national debate on gun crime that shaped the 2006 federal election.

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    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 2007

    Murder of Aqsa Parvez

    Aqsa Parvez, a 16-year-old high school student in Mississauga, Ontario, was strangled to death in her family home on December 10, 2007. Her father and brother later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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    Barwell Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 2009

    Murder of Donna Jones

    Donna Ellen Jones, a 33-year-old Ottawa civil servant, died in December 2009 after months of abuse by her husband, Mark Peter Hutt, who scalded her with boiling water and left her untreated for 11 days before calling 911. Hutt was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013.

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    High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1985

    Murder of Kenneth Zeller

    Kenneth Zeller, a Toronto teacher and librarian, was beaten to death by five teenage boys in High Park on June 22, 1985, in an attack described as a homophobic hate crime. All five were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nine years in prison.

About these files

Case files in Ontario

The files run from 1892 to 2021. The 2000s hold the most, with 9 files. The oldest is Murder of John, Martha, and Mary Ann Luckey, from 1892.

They are spread across 13 cities and towns; the most are in Toronto (9), Ottawa (3) and Mississauga (3). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (22), domestic violence cases (4) and mass shooting cases (3).

9 files of the 26 have coverage attached: 13 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 7 creators. That Chapter, Crime Beat and JCS have covered the most of them.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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How many case files in Ontario are on Casepin?

26. By status: 2 unsolved, 23 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Murder of John, Martha, and Mary Ann Luckey, from 1892. Open the file

Which case in Ontario has the most coverage?

2018 Toronto van attack, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Ontario?

That Chapter (4 cases), Crime Beat (2 cases) and JCS (2 cases), among 7 creators in all.

Where in Ontario are most of these cases?

Toronto (9), Ottawa (3) and Mississauga (3).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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