Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases Paperback – June 21, 2010

Great book with so many cases that happened in Canada. True crime people don't miss out on this gem of a book!

I buy a lot of True Crime books; books about unsolved murder cases, Serial Killers, missing people, Organized Crime, and real life mysteries. Criminology is my passion, and there's nothing I like more than discovering new cases, new killers and new mysteries. This book written by mr. Robert J. Hoshowsky will be a wonderful addition to your library if, like me, you enjoy researching unsolved cases and if you enjoy discovering new cases.In UNSOLVED: TRUE CANADIAN COLD CASES, you'll find information about these fascinating cases from Canada:- Richard Hovey & Eric Jones: 1967. This is the haunting case of two young men whose skeletal remains were found in 1967 and 1968 in rural locations north of Toronto. One victim, whose body was found near Schomberg, was later identified as 17-year-old Richard Hovey of Fredericton New Brunswick. Hovey moved alone to Toronto in 1967. The other victim was 18-year-old Eric Jones of Noelville, Ontario. Jones had moved to Toronto to live with an aunt on Howard St and was last seen in April 1967.- Catherine Potter & Lee Rita Kirk: 1971. On Friday, October 1st 1971, Catherine and Lee ate supper with their foster family on Rochell Crescent in Toronto. At about 6:30 p.m., they left home and were dropped off at the bus stop at the corner of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in Toronto. The two girls were going to visit Lee Kirk's biological father in Richmond Hill. The girls never made it to their destination and were not seen again until Sunday, October 3rd, when their bodies were found in a gravel pit in Pickering, Ontario.- Ingrid Bauer: 1972. On Wednesday August 16, 1972, at 9:40 pm, 14-year-old Ingrid Bauer left her residence in Kleinburg, then Town of Vaughan, enroute to meet her boyfriend at his North Woodbridge home. Ingrid Bauer was last seen by persons who knew her, hitchhiking southbound along the west side of Islington Avenue near Pennon Road. Ingrid Bauer never arrived at her boyfriend's residence that night.- Wendy Tedford & Donna Stearne: 1973. Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne, both 17 and attractive, were shot together in a vacant lot on Wilson Ave, Toronto. Their fully-clothed bodies were discovered on April 27, 1973. There was no sign of sexual assault and the contents of their purses appeared to be untouched. After more than three decades, there are no suspects in the case.- Crystal Van Huuksloot: 1977. Crystal, 20, was last seen in Toronto in 1977. She left a friends home to catch a plane at Toronto International Airport. She was to return to her home in Edmonton. Crystal never took the flight to Edmonton, and has not been seen since.- Veronica Kaye: 1980. Veronica was last seen alive at a photography shop on Hensall Circle in Mississauga back on November 7, 1980. Little did the 18-year-old or her family and friends know that the next time she was photographed would be by police, when her skeletal remains were found less than a year later in Caledon.- Susan Tice & Erin Gilmour: 1983. Susan Tice, 45, and Erin Gilmour, 22, did not know each other in life, but they were stabbed to death and sexually assaulted by the same man in 1983. The murders were officially linked through DNA in 2000, but the identity of the killer remains a mystery.- Sharin' Morningstar Keenan: 1983. Sharin' was nine years old when she disappeared from Sibelius Park in Toronto on January 23, 1983. She was in grade four and had gone to the park to play that Sunday afternoon. City-wide searches were conducted, however her body was found nine days later. A man eventually identified as Dennis Melvin Howe was named the perpetrator by police. Since then, Howe has been on the run.- Nicole Louise Morin: 1985. On July 30th, Nicole left her mother's penthouse apartment in The West Mall, in Toronto's Etobicoke area, and vanished. There has been no trace of the 8 year old girl who was likely abducted moments after leaving the apartment in the Highway 427 and Rathburn Road area. Police came to believe that it was a crime of opportunity by a predator who happened to be in the building at that time. The Morins spent many years and much money on private investigators trying to find their daughter, but she has never been seen since leaving her apartment home that day in 1985.- Frank Roberts: 1999. Frank Roberts was a Toronto businessman and the president of Obus Forme. Roberts, 67, an inventor widely described as a kind and generous man, was shot in the head and chest as he stepped from his Mercedes-Benz when he arrived about 7:30 a.m. for work at his Toronto factory on August 13. A detective once claimed that the killing "may have been an execution."- Domenic & Nancy Ianiero: 2006. On Febuary 20, 2006, a Toronto-area couple named Domenic and Nancy Ianiero were found murdered in their room at the Barcelo Maya Beach resort in the Mayan Riviera. The couple, along with more than a dozen other family members, were in Mexico for their daughter's wedding.As you can see the list of cases you'll find in this book is impressive. I admit that I knew nothing about most of these cases, and this is the beauty of this book, most of these cases are obscure and not well-known. Mr. Hoshowsky did a great job researching all of these cases, he is a very good writer and once you'll begin reading this book you won't be able to stop. I highly recommend this book to anybody having an interest in Criminology, True crime, murder cases and real life mysteries. :)

Amazing book on unsolved cold cases. Canadian Forensic Artist Diana Trepkov has examples of her forensic age progression drawings of two missing persons which are cold cases in this book. It illustrates her amazing talent. Robert Hoshowsky writes such an interesting book. A must read!

These cold cases held my interest since they were all new to me. Unfortunate that some of these cases will never be solved. Interesting to read about how Canadian law enforcement operates. If you like true crime I think you will enjoy this book.

Excellent read! Some of these cases will make great projects for my criminology students!

Well researched and written with great consideration not only toward the victims of the horrible crimes explored in the book, but also toward the complexity of evidence gathering and the dedication of law enforcement. Details in the book are laid out with sober sensitivity - only enough to distill a sense of dread and sorrow we should feel for these victims. Most of us go through our daily lives without thinking about such horrors, but Hoshowsky doesn't look away and doesn't flinch. He reminds us that the murder victims deserve justice and dignity: they deserve our attention.

This book was decent. There seemed to be too much emphasis on killings in Ontario (with the exception of the Trail of Tears killings and a few exceptions). However, the case descriptions are thorough, honest and tend to veer away from anything overly sensational.The cases are haunting. Even after all these years they continue to fascinate people. I would have appreciated more content from the pre-90's/2000's

Fabulous author and a great read!!! I would highly recommend !

Very well written and interesting !