Crime Beat

Dismembered remains belonging to a child are uncovered, and Alan Carter returns to the scene of the crime 20 years later, reuniting with the lead detective and a community coming together in grief.

Coaxed from her home for a photoshoot, a promising young athlete never returns: Caryn Lieberman brings us through the DNA breakthrough that cracks the case to a mothers national safety campaign.

With two people dead and a two year old missing, a small community in the Rocky Mountains is broken.

Teenage sisters Marsha and Tamara Ottey were stabbed to death in August 1995; months later, Dimitrija Trajceski became the first TTC worker killed on the job. Caryn Lieberman shares the story of how these two families lives became intertwined.

Kimberlee hasn’t been heard from since 2016; her partner says she left and abandoned the family and her parents accuse him of murder; Rumina Daya investigates this unsolved case that’s testing the limits of international justice.

An accomplished dancer, an aspiring urban planner, two talented musicians, and a young man who was well on his way to becoming a humanitarian became victims of the biggest mass killing in Calgarys history.

In 1981, 15-year-old Kelly Cook had taken a new babysitting job in her hometown of Standard, Alberta. She was supposed to check in with her parents when she arrived at the babysitting job, but that call never came.

It was October 1984 in a small town outside Toronto; a young girl went missing; three months later, Christine Jessops body was found more than 50 kilometers away from her Queensville home.

Penny Boudreau reported her 12-year-old daughter Karissa missing on the night of a heavy snowstorm in January 2008; in an emotional news conference, the Nova Scotia mother made a tearful appeal for the publics help in finding the little girl.

Two neighbors that live just two doors apart decide they should get together for a barbeque; that get-together takes a deadly turn that results in a shocking 911 call and a compelling police interrogation.

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With a little boy and his grandparents still missing, police make a dramatic arrest. A search of the suspect’s property leads to one disturbing discovery after another. DNA was found, but still no bodies. What happened to Nathan O’Brien, and Alvin and Kathy Liknes? Learn how a petty grudge festered and grew into a murderous plot, and the shocking key evidence seen from high above the killer’s property… in the conclusion of Hunted by Evil.

After a torso is found floating in the Oshawa Harbour, the family of 18-year-old Rori Hache is horrified to learn the human remains belong to the missing teen. But when a local plumber calls in a “flesh-like” substance clogging a drain, the horror only grows.

While visiting in India, a young newly-wed from British Columbia was attacked, kidnapped, and her lifeless body discovered in a canal the next day. Her husband was severely beaten and left for dead, but survived to tell the story.

A young man who grew up in one of the most deadly cities in North America beat the odds to become a professional football player. Mylan Hicks hoped playing in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders would be a stepping stone to his dream of playing in the NFL. In the fall of 2016, Hicks went out with his teammates to celebrate an important win when tragedy struck. Follow along as witnesses explain what they saw that fateful night and how Hicks was blindsided.

In the fall of 2010, four men were gunned down in their prime -- shot and killed in Toronto in three separate shootings. Devoted father Jahmeel Spence, family man Carl Cole, along with Mike James, a budding chef, and his good friend and aspiring tradesman Courthney Facey. Investigators would discover that the murders were all connected… and the evidence would lead them to a serial killer hungry for notoriety and fame.

A young Calgary woman goes missing, and a 911 call results in the discovery of an older couple dead in their home, leading police to uncover the tragic connection between the two cases as they uncover evidence of a senseless killing spree.

Two Eritrean refugees looking for a better life in Canada are murdered; 55-year-old Nighisti Semret is stabbed walking home from work; The remains of 28-year-old Rigat Ghirmay are discovered by a dog walker in a west-end park.

A series of 911 calls leads first responders to multiple scenes and the disturbing discovery of a young womans body. What happened to Lacey Jones-McKnight? Learn the shocking details revealed on the 911 calls and the painstaking lengths forensic investigators went to in an effort to find Justice for Lacey.

Reporter Caryn Lieberman tells the story of the 1994 disappearance of Larry Arnold, a man who went missing from Torontos gay village. Arnolds body wasnt found until weeks later, discovered in an area known for sexual cruising. We hear the frustration of family members, who feel investigators initially didnt take the case seriously enough. Until...police got a break that would change everything. Larry Arnold wasnt this killers only victim.

A hardworking mother of five disappeared while on her way home from work and there were indications she was being attacked; investigators raced against the clock to find Arcelie Laoagan.

When 27-year-old Caitlin Potts disappears from the North Okanagan in February 2016, police are puzzled. Although her body has never been found, Mounties believe she has been murdered. And then, over the next year and a half, four other women disappear too. One of the womens bodies is found on the Sagmoen family farm and many start to point the finger at Curtis Sagmoen. But although he has spent time in jail for other offences, hes never been charged with murder. In this episode of Crime Beat, reporter Jules Knox investigates whether these cases could somehow be connected?

A police manhunt leads to a high speed chase and a life-or-death situation for two officers. Learn the extreme lengths one man was willing to go to and the tragic outcome of his obsession with Nadia El-Dib.

Lead homicide detectives reveal the tactics used to catch the killer of Holly Jones, a Toronto 10-year-old who was found murdered in 2003; Hollys mother shares memories of her daughter and her familys efforts to fight child pornography.

When former beauty queen Alexandra Pesic is gunned down in a brazen daylight shooting on a midsummer evening in 1992, a quiet community in a suburb of Vancouver, B.C. is stunned; evidence of a contract killing is found motivated by greed and hate.

When the remains of two children are found in Vancouvers Stanley Park in 1953, the public and police are puzzled about their identities; advances in DNA technology help investigators make a shocking discovery.

When a dismembered body was found, detectives set out to identify the victim; after intense police work, they set out to find Rose McGroartys killer.

Detectives investigate leads in what they believe was a targeted killing; reporter Mark Carcasole reveals the twists and turns in the plot to kill Davis, and just how close to home it was.

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurses lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroners inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

When a man turns up dead on a hunting trail in Killarney, police have no idea if it was an accident or murder. Until they find the killer who says he was hired to do it. The woman he points the finger at claims she’s completely innocent and must travel a long road to prove it. When she finally gets her day in court – a decision is handed down that has far reaching implications.

When the key suspect in a series of assaults and murders is brought in for questioning, a cat and mouse game unfolds in the interview room and ultimately leads to a shocking confession from a man leading a secret double life.

A dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, in which a young woman new to the city is killed, and the missing gun turns up in an unrelated crime.

A cross-country manhunt ensues when a young Australian American couple is murdered, a much-loved university professor is found dead, and two teens go missing in northern British Columbia.

Loved ones and police go to painstaking efforts to locate 26-year-old Dilleen Hempel after she goes missing in 1992 as she was heading home from her new job.

Days after Stephanie Forster is killed near her home in Coquitlam, B.C., her estranged husband, Luigi Derossi, kills himself, but her brother believes Forster discovered Derossis notoriety as a serial romance scammer.

Ultrasound technician and newlywed Rosemarie "Kim" Junor is stabbed in the chest by a stranger in 2015, and the subsequent trial results in a verdict that still haunts Junors family.

Senior crime reporters provide updates on a few stories they previously covered; they share several significant developments -- including a major decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada thats impacted multiple murder cases across the country.

On a hot August day in 2015, 33-year-old Myles Gray traveled from the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver in his company truck to make his usual delivery of fresh greenery to wholesale florists. That same day, he was found dead in the backyard of a home. A coroner was unable to pinpoint a cause of death because his injuries were so severe. The only witnesses? A group of Vancouver police officers responding to a nuisance call about a man spraying a woman with a garden hose. An independent investigation recommended charges, but none were laid. Its taken Myles Gray’s family eight years to fight for justice for him - and find the truth.

Chelsea Poorman was last seen on Sept. 6, 2020, in downtown Vancouver. Her remains were found 17 months later behind a vacant home in the upscale Shaughnessy neighbourhood.

When a man walking his dog comes upon a neighbour’s garage engulfed in flames, little does he know the treachery behind it. When the smoke clears, a woman is found dead with drug paraphernalia nearby. But nothing is what it seems, and police are left combing through a web of lies to find the killer. As they home in on the suspect they discover he’s planning to leave the country and try to intercept him, at the same time, putting an elaborate Mr. Big operation in motion.

January 16th, 2006, started like any other for Jack Beauchamp; the financier grabbed a coffee and went to work in his downtown Calgary office; minutes after he arrived, he was shot six times and left for dead on his office floor.

When a 20-year-old English tourist suddenly stops contacting his family while backpacking across Canada, his mother tries to raise the alarm. Police are slow to respond until an anonymous note prompts them to search a nearby lake. When a body is found, there is hope that it will help bring closure to the missing man’s family. But as Jules Knox reports, another twist in this story means that the case can’t be so easily closed.

The family and friends of Adrienne McColl had no idea the heartbreaking news they were about to get - and the long road to justice they were about to embark on.

When a mother left her Surrey, B.C. condo for work in the morning, she never imagined that it would be the last time she would ever see her son. She returned to a building that was surrounded by yellow police tape, and it wasn’t long before word leaked out that six men had been slaughtered inside. As Jules Knox reports, a well-placed surveillance team led officers to the suspects behind the largest gang-related mass murder in the province’s history, but several unexpected twists in this case soon jeopardized the search for justice.

It began as a cold case. In 1995, a 92-year-old woman had been brutally beaten during a home invasion, managed to escape, but died months later. At the time, no one knew who’d so viciously attacked Henrietta Knight. But 20 years later as police are investigating the disappearance of a known criminal, they find a connection. As the investigation unfolds, they find links to a bank robbery, a car bombing and multiple murders. A trail of blood that leads them to the one man responsible for it all.

On November 17, 2004, a young Calgary family settled in for the evening. At about 9 pm, the husband left for work as a security guard, while his wife stayed home with their two children. In the middle of the night, she woke to the sound of shattered glass. Within minutes the entire home was engulfed in flames. After desperate attempts to reach her children failed, the mother managed to escape. The children didn’t survive. Senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the unexpected twists the investigation took into who was responsible for the devastating double-fatal fire.

Jolene Riendeau, a 10-year-old girl, disappears without a trace from a Montreal neighborhood, she was last seen at a local convenience store; her remains were unearthed twelve years later near a bridge and her parents are still searching for answers.

Curious about why the owner of an expensive sports car would be outside a Toronto motel, police knock on the door and are met with gunfire; over the next several hours, hundreds of bullets are fired in the biggest shootout in the citys history.

Audrey Trudeau moves to Calgary in the late 90s in search of a fresh start following a divorce; then, on the eve of an exciting new opportunity, she suddenly vanishes; her disappearance puzzles her loved ones.

Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child.

When series of cabins are raided in northern B.C., and then a reclusive trapper suddenly goes missing, police believe the crimes could be connected; as Jules Knox reports, that triggers a series of events that leaves one Mountie dead.

They have been called agents for the silenced. Homicide detectives investigating horrific murders work tireless hours to find answers for grieving families. We interview top detectives about some of their most memorable and impactful cases, including ones that still haunt them to this day. In ‘the Investigators’, we learn what real life is like as a homicide detective on the job and after.

Nicolle Hands was a young Winnipeg mother, brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment while her children were at home sleeping. Two decades after Nicolle’s murder, reporter Marney Blunt looks into a recent development in the case, information exclusively released to Global News, and learns why the family may still be no closer to achieving justice for their beloved Nicolle.

When a Winnipeg teenager was found savagely attacked in a donut shop, investigators arrested a B.C. man who was visiting the area. After serving nearly four years behind bars, he was suddenly released, prompting some people to question if a murderer had now walked free. As Jules Knox reports, years later, another slaying of a teenage girl halfway across the country gave fresh light to old evidence that could help convict a killer.

On May 14, 1971, just after dinner, six-year-old Ljubica Topic wandered off while playing outside with her older brother and some friends. When her brother gets home, Ljubica isn’t there. Questioned by his mother, he reveals that a stranger had approached them asking for help and Ljubica had gone off to assist. After a frantic search, the young girl is found dead just a kilometre away. Who did this and why remained a mystery for nearly 50 years.

A teenager is gunned down at a church while attending his best friends funeral, another is ambushed, shot 7 times while out for pizza, and an innocent child is killed when bullets fly at a birthday party. Illegal firearms flooding across the border and into the hands of Toronto’s most notorious gangs causing a surge in homicides. Join Senior Reporter Caryn Lieberman as she follows a major takedown of a criminal organization, and a historic Toronto Police bust that stops hundreds of weapons from hitting the streets.

When 10-year-old Heather Thomas suddenly vanishes while riding a bike in Surrey, B.C., hundreds of people show up to help search for the missing girl. With few leads to go on, detectives are stymied until an attentive 911 dispatcher, an eagle-eyed security guard and a distinct vehicle offer a trail of clues that lead to a possible suspect. As her grieving mother fights for justice, the prime suspect claims he is not guilty despite a shocking interrogation video detailing a violent crime.

The family of Marilyn Bergeron searches for answers and reveals some startling theories in the mystery of a young Quebec woman who disappeared in 2008.

Driving home from work, Royi Flescher could never have imagined what he was about to encounter. And when Soula Berdoussis pulled over, she thought she was stopping to help at the scene of a car accident. What unfolded next would change them forever – as they found two women brutally stabbed, taking their last breaths lying at the side of a busy Toronto thoroughfare. Reporter Catherine McDonald takes us back to that fateful day in late August 2022 and hears from these eyewitnesses about coming face-to-face with the killer. But it wasn’t until they testified at his trial that they’d learn the full disturbing details of what led up to that day.

In the late 1970’s, there was a series of mysterious deaths. First, two jr. high girls were found in an underpass west of Calgary. Seven months later, another young woman was found in a ditch, beaten and strangled to death, and just months after that, a fourth woman was found strangled to death. For decades, their families searched for answers to no avail. Join senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how a team of cold case investigators uncovered shocking evidence nearly 50 years later that led them to a serial killer.