Presenters
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Topics Include
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Organized crime & murder-for-hire
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Cold case homicides
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Unidentified human remains files
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Investigative genetic genealogy
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Random victim homicides
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Extortion homicides
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Current legal issues in homicide trials
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES
Love, revenge & a body in Mount Royal - Det. Lacey Murdock & Det. Brett Farrar, CPS
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When a body is found in Calgary’s upscale Lower Mount Royal, the investigation leads to a gritty home in Forest Lawn where a woman and her friend hatched a plan to settle a score with her boyfriend. As their plan unfolded love and revenge took a deadly turn.
Advances in Forensic Science - Dr. Nicole Novroski, University of Toronto
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A presentation of the landscape in relation to historical unidentified human remains in Calgary; which includes connections to various historical missing persons and historical missing homicide victims, along with cutting edge forensic anthropology.
Cold Case & IGG - The truth never expires: Solving cold cases with genetic genealogy - Det. Chris Vermette & Det. Nichole Schwedelsky, CPS
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Investigators will share examples of Calgary area cold cases solved with the use of investigative genetic genealogy and examine hurdles encountered with historic cases.
The last border crossing - Special Agent Randy White, FBI
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A cold case murder in Garland, Texas is solved through investigative genetic genealogy, leading to a cross-border
arrest decades later.
The disappearance that unravelled a killer - Staff Sgt. Rob Bilawey, EPS
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After a limo driver goes missing, investigators uncover a fugitive living under a stolen identity. What begins as a missing person case quickly escalates
into a homicide investigation and an international manhunt.
The murder of Jodine MILLAR - Cpl. Rob Ennis & Cpl. Cameron Smirlies, British Columbia IHIT
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What started as a missing person case, became a domestic homicide as the investigators followed the evidence from Coquitlam, B.C. to Calgary, Alt,. in order to hold a murderer accountable.
The murder of James SATRE - Staff Sgt. Ryan Thorburn & Sgt. Jeff Klick, MHPS
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Proving truth is stranger than fiction, a killer targets an unrelated victim in an extortion scheme that must be heard to be believed.
Gangland at Mazaj - Ret. Det. Reagan Hossack & Det. Travis Lindemann, CPS
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Rival drug trafficking groups with a history of retaliatory violence, met by chance at a hookah lounge in northeast Calgary. Paid assassins were called in wait for one the groups and upon leaving, the target group was ruthlessly gunned down.
Voices from the Bar - Doug Taylor, K.C & Alain Hepner, K.C, & Aleksandra Simic
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In a rare turn of events the investigators will pose questions to the lawyers. With several decades of legal experience on the stage, current and anticipated legal issues, will be candidly discussed from three different perspectives.