Cold Cases in Canada
ColdCaseIndex documents 12 cases in Canada, dated 1974 to 2020. 4 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Beverly Lynn Smith (1974) and the most recent is Peter Nygard Victims (2020).
Regions covered: British Columbia (2), Ontario (2).
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Peter Nygard Victims
Former fashion executive Peter Nygard was convicted by a Toronto jury in November 2023 of four counts of sexual assault and sentenced to 11 years; the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the verdict in May 2026.
Emma Fillipoff
Emma Fillipoff, 26, was last seen on the evening of November 28, 2012, barefoot outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia.
Jun Lin
Luka Magnotta murdered Chinese international student Jun Lin in Montreal, dismembered him, and mailed body parts to political offices. He fled internationally before being caught in Berlin.
Jennifer Pan
Bich Ha Pan was shot dead and her husband Hann Pan badly wounded in a staged home invasion at their Markham, Ontario home on November 8, 2010.
Russell Williams Victims
Col. Russell Williams, commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, pleaded guilty in October 2010 to the first-degree murders of Cpl.
Cecilia Zhang
Nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang was taken from her family's Toronto home overnight on October 19-20, 2003, and her remains were found near the Credit River in Mississauga on March 27, 2004.
Robert Pickton Victims
Robert Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, was convicted in December 2007 of the second-degree murders of six women and sentenced to life in prison. Police began searching his farm on February 5, 2002.
Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka Victims
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the 'Ken and Barbie Killers,' raped and murdered teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French in Ontario. Homolka received a controversial plea deal.
Michael Dunahee
Four-year-old Michael Dunahee disappeared from the playground of Blanshard Elementary School in Victoria, British Columbia, on March 24, 1991, while his family was close by for a flag football game.
Nicole Morin
Eight-year-old Nicole Louise Morin left her family's apartment at 627 The West Mall in Etobicoke, Toronto, at about 11 a.m. on July 30, 1985 to meet a friend for a swim, and never arrived.
Clifford Olson Victims
Clifford Olson murdered 11 children and young people, aged 9 to 18, in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia between November 1980 and July 1981.
Beverly Lynn Smith
Beverly Lynn Smith, 22, was killed by a single gunshot to the head in the kitchen of her home in Raglan, north of Oshawa, Ontario, on December 9, 1974, while her 10-month-old daughter slept nearby.