Toronto police crack cold 1991 murder case through DNA testing

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Toronto police say they have identified the person responsible for a stabbing death that took place more than 30 years ago.

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This article was published 30/06/2023 (1179 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Toronto police say they have identified the person responsible for a stabbing death that took place more than 30 years ago.

Police say they responded to a call in the early hours of April 16, 1991 and found a man with multiple stab wounds.

The victim, 43-year-old Herbert Boone from Toronto, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Toronto police say they have identified the person responsible for a stabbing death that took place more than 30 years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Toronto police say they have identified the person responsible for a stabbing death that took place more than 30 years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

The force says its Homicide Cold Case Unit identified the killer as Kevin Walsh, who was 46 when Boone was murdered.

They say Walsh died in 2007 and would be arrested and charged with second degree murder if he was alive today.

Anyone with more information on the case is asked to contact police.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2023.

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