Toronto police have charged a 50-year-old man with first-degree homicide in a chilly case murder from 1998.
Donna Oglive, 24, was discovered lifeless round 7 a.m. in a parking zone at 130 Carlton St. in March 1998, Toronto police stated. She had been strangled, Det.-Sgt. Steve Smith stated at a information convention on Friday.
Oglive had a toddler and was 4 months pregnant when she was killed, police have stated. She was from British Columbia and had solely been in Toronto for 5 weeks.
She was working as a {sex} employee, and her loss of life might have occurred throughout a “{sex} commerce transaction,” Smith stated.
The accused, who is from Gander, Newfoundland, was arrested at Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport on Thursday simply after midnight, in keeping with a police information launch on Friday.
He was residing in Scarborough and dealing as a truck driver when Oglive died.
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Toronto police say advances in forensic know-how have allowed them to resolve a chilly case from 1998 that resulted within the loss of life of 24-year-old Donna Oglive. A 50-year-old man from Newfoundland has been charged with first-degree homicide.
On the time of his arrest, he was usually flying out to northern Alberta from Newfoundland each two weeks to work within the oil fields, Smith stated. He had flown into Toronto from Edmonton when he was arrested.
“We have to discover out what he is been doing over the previous 25 years and ensure there aren’t any different victims, whether or not sexually motivated, or homicides that he could possibly be concerned in,” Smith stated.
The accused is being held in custody, he stated. He appeared in bail courtroom just about on Thursday morning, the discharge stated.
Investigative genetic family tree led to arrest, police say
Police have been investigating the case since 1998, the information launch stated.
Investigators developed a male DNA profile from proof on the scene however couldn’t discover a match within the Nationwide DNA Information Financial institution. In 2022, police used investigative genetic family tree that led them to the accused’s household, Smith stated.
“We had been capable of acquire a DNA pattern and show that [the accused] was the individual liable for the loss of life of Ms. Oglive,” he stated.
Police have been in contact with the {Sex} Staff Alliance of Toronto, who Smith stated had been “instrumental in maintaining this case on the forefront.”
Oglive has little household in Canada, aside from one one who lives outdoors of Ontario, Smith stated.
He stated Toronto police have over 800 historic homicides.
“If you’re capable of remedy these instances, it is an important feeling,” he stated.
“It is good to verify, particularly when these persons are nonetheless alive, that they’ve to return and face justice, regardless of how lengthy it’ll be.”
Oglive’s loss of life was the topic of a YouTube video posted by Toronto police in December 2019, in addition to a police podcast in October 2021 about unsolved homicides.
Anybody with data is requested to contact police or go away an nameless tip with Crime Stoppers.
