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Toronto Police lay murder charge in decades-old cold case using genetic genealogy
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Toronto Police lay murder charge in decades-old cold case using genetic genealogy
MATTHEW FRANK
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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Toronto Police charged Pierre O’Connor, 43, of Hamilton, with first-degree murder in the 2006 death of Patrick Santos.
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Toronto Police have laid a first-degree murder charge in a cold case that puzzled investigators for nearly two decades until officers used a technique known as fore…
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