Archive - 1969
In 1969 there was a dramatic increase in
the number of homicides in Winnipeg with a total of 14 incidents
reported. That is up from the previous two years where six in 1967 and
nine in 1968 were reported.
Of the 13 murder incidents 14 males were charged, 3 females and 3 male youths.
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DATE |
VICTIM |
ACCUSED | CHARGE/SENTENCE | LOCATION |
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1
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1969.07.18 | SHAKESPEARE, Constable Len | LURVEY, Clifford W. CRAIB, Daniel PRINCE, Clarence C. |
Death (hanging), commuted to life | ||
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2
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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3
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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4
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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5
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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6
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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7
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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8
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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9
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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10
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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11
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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12
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Murder | Cleared | ||||
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13
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Murder | Other | ||||
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14
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Manslaughter | Cleared - Male | ||||
| 1969 |
CADOTTE, Eden H. |
TKACK, Wayne Ernest |
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| 1969 |
DUCHARME, Stanley |
DUCHARME, George |
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| 1969.01.31 |
MILLER, Gail |
MILGAARD, David (Exonerated) FISHER, Larry |
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| 1969.02.01 |
MALLETT, Agnes |
MALLETT, Henry |
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| 1969.03.09 |
TURK, Raymond M. |
TURK, Ivan TURK, Colleen Laurie |
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| 1969.03.15 |
FLETT, Clarence J. |
FLETT, George A. |
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| 1969.03.18 |
WRIGHT, Lloyd A. |
WRIGHT, Larry Trevor |
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| 1969.03.18 |
WHITEHEAD, Florence B. |
WHITEHEAD, Robert A. |
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| 1969.03.21 |
ZAETZ, Alexander |
GUIMOND, Boniface G. STARR, Louis John |
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| 1969.04.01 |
TROMBLEY, Harry |
FARROW, Gordon |
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| 1969.04.18 |
GORA, Joseph |
STARR, Melvin Rubin (Also 1973.05.13) COOK, Dorothy Doreen |
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| 1969.05.02 |
WILSON, Irene |
MCCARTNEY, Frederick C. |
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| 1969.05.06 |
FOLSTER, Richard Samuel |
OLSON, Edgar Martin (Also 1986.03.05) |
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| 1969.05.21 |
HOWE, Mary Anne E. |
Teenage Youth |
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| 1969.07.05 |
GALLINGER, Lorne Alfred |
LUCAS, Florence Adele |
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| 1969.07.13 |
DURBATCH, Sandra |
DURBATCH, Stanley |
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| 1969.07.14 |
KOZAK, William |
UNSOLVED |
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| 1969.08.16 |
LITTLEJOHN, Alfred (30) |
HAYDEN, Kenneth Joseph (22) |
Non-capital Murder |
Roseau River Reserve Manitoba |
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| 1969.08.20 |
PLOTKIN, David |
KENT, Henry MOAR, Joseph |
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| 1969.09.07 |
MOOSETAIL, William G. |
ROULETTE, James C. MYERION, Mervin CAMPBELL, Ambrose |
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| 1969.10.10 |
SPEIRS, Garnet A. |
SPEIRS, Sharon Vanetta |
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| 1969.10.10 |
HAWRYLUK, Nicholas |
BROWN, Robert William |
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| 1969.10.14 |
HEEPS, Glen Curtis (17) |
CLOSE, Phillip John (20) MORGAN, Larry Shelton (Tiny) (20) |
Slain with a 30-inch elephant hook and thrown from a Ringling Brothers train. | Non-Capital Murder Non-Capital Murder |
CNR Tracks, 9 miles north of Morris, Manitoba |
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| 1969.10.25 |
TAILEAU, James |
UNSOLVED |
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| 1969.11.09 |
PUNTIGAN, Hilda (59) |
PUNTIGAN, Frank (53) |
Buried in his rock garden. | Non-Capital Murder |
460 Olive Street Winnipeg |
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| 1969.12.13 |
ERICKSON, Elwood N. |
BOLD, Harley Alvin |
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| 1969.12.21 |
ANDREST, Norbert E. |
PROVENCHER, Clyde R. |
Incident count complete.
Winnipeg Free Press article states there were 12 murders in 1969. The count of 14 is from Stats Canada.
Details needed.