QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
Williams
Former Colonel in Canadian Air Force, arrested in 2010 having committed 2 murders, 2
sexual assaults and an estimated 85 B&Es
Bruce MacArthur
Arrested in 2018 for the murder of 8 men from the gay village area in Toronto
What were the issues in the MacArthur case?
• Issues with handling of missing persons reports
• Led to formation of dedicated missing persons unit
Tess Richey
Went missing in 2017 in Toronto, her mother found the 22-year old's body doors from
where she went missing. The police initially ruled her death accidental.
Robert Picton
Confessed to killing 39 women, the investigation/trial had over 200 thousand exhibits
and cost over 1 million. Had been charged with attempted murder in 1997.
Major Case Management (MCM) System
a case management methodology emphasizing accountability and a multi-disciplinary
approach to investigations of major case criteria offences.
What does the MCM consisit of?
, a centralized coordinating body, investigative standards covering all areas, standardized
training, and common case management technology for use by all Ontario police
services during the investigation of criteria offences.
What does the MCM facilitate?
the coordination of all law enforcement agencies involved in multi-jurisdictional cases.
MCM helps police solve major cases by
Providing an efficient way to keep track of, sort and analyse huge amounts of
information about a crime (names, locations, vehicles, phone numbers, etc.)
Campbell inquiry (1996) identified issues:
• Lack of co-operation
• Lack of communication
• Need for common automated case management software
Green Ribbon task force
Involved task forces from Hamilton, Niagara, and Toronto, initially all working separately
What was the order of the location of incidences?
Toronto, St. Catharine's, Burlington
Toronto Incidents
- labelled scarborough rapist
- first sexual assault attributed to him, at least 14 in total
-questioned by police and provided DNA samples, which were not tested for two years
Peel incident
- young woman sexually assaulted in MIssisauga
- not connected to Barnardo at first, later connected via DNA