CANADA Canada- Geraldine Pickford, 40, server @ St. Andrew’s College, found nude/strangled, @ creek near sports fields, Aurora, Ont, 20/9/65 *New Initiative*

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Geraldine Pickford - York Regional Police

www.yrp.ca

''The 40 year old was discovered by a group of students on September 20, 1965, at the all-boys' boarding school. At that time, the creek ran through the college grounds near the rugby and cricket fields. She was was found completely nude, her clothes strewn about nearby among pieces of garbage.''

Help solve Geraldine's murder​

Do you have information about Geraldine Pickford? Can you help identify her killer?

If so, please contact the York Regional Police Cold Case Unit at 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7865 or email the investigators directly. Want to remain anonymous? Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave a tip online at www.1800222tips.com or text a tip by sending TIPYORK and a message to CRIMES (274637).''

Historian aims to shed light on nearly 60-year-old Aurora cold case

Nearly 60 years ago, students at a local independent school found Geraldine Pickford choked to death on the banks of Tannery Creek.

www.thespec.com

By Brock Weir, October 12, 2023

''Nearly 60 years ago, students at a local independent school found Geraldine Pickford choked to death on the banks of Tannery Creek.
Pickford, 40, had spent four months working as a server at St. Andrew’s College before her murder, and despite considerable publicity, the person responsible for her death was never found.
But local historian David Heard aims to rekindle the cold case next Thursday, October 19, at 7 p.m. with a Gathering and Candlelight Walk, beginning at Machell Park, in Pickford’s memory.
“The 40-year-old was discovered by a group of students on September 20, 1965, at the all-boys boarding school,” says the York Regional Police. “At the time, the creek ran through the college grounds near the rugby and cricket fields. She was found completely nude, her clothes strewn about nearby among pieces of garbage. Working as a server in the college’s dining areas, Geraldine would clock in and clock out repeatedly throughout the day, as boys came and went to eat their meals. After clocking out for the last time and leaving the women’s quarters just after 9 p.m. on September 19, Geraldine was never seen alive again.”
York Regional Police have kept the case open, providing an online hub of information available on the murder, encouraging tips that might help identify the killer.''

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Geraldine Pickford murder - Google Search

Still haunted by the murder of Geraldine Pickford

Cruising around the internet a while back, I happened upon The Cold Cases of York Region, a site set up by the York Region police.

www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com

By Sylvia Sutherland December 7, 2018 rbbm.

''Geraldine Pickford was a slight, red-headed 40-year-old waitress at St. Andrew’s College, the prestigious Aurora boys’ school. Her naked body was found by a group of students beside Tannery Creek on the school property at 10 p.m. on Sept. 19, 1965.
Sometime between 9:30 and 11 p.m. the evening before she had been beaten about the face and strangled.
She had not been sexually assaulted, and there was no evidence that she had been robbed.''

''Who was she?
I was sent to find out.
There wasn’t much to go on. She had one brother, an airline pilot named William Devine, who lived in Montreal.
He had last seen her at her wedding in 1962.

“We weren’t close,” he told me.
There was Joseph Pickford, her estranged husband, a male nurse at Toronto’s Dew-son Street Private Hospital, who claimed not to have seen her recently, but clearly kept tabs on her.
There was her boss at St. Andrew’s, Norman Stewart, who described Pickford as “the most insignificant person who ever worked here.”
And there was her best, and seemingly only friend, Margo Iula, who had an interesting backstory on Pickford, concluding “she sought love but always fouled up.”
It was Stewart’s cruel comment about Pickford’s insignificance that bothered me then, and bothers me now.
No life is insignificant.
Geraldine Pickford’s life was significant enough for someone to take it from her.
To this day I regret we don’t know who.''

 

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Feb 21, 2022 #coldcases #disappearances #murdermysteries
Geraldine Pickford clocked out for work shortly before 9 p.m. on September 19, 1965. She was never seen alive again.

 

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Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine Pickford

On Sunday, September 19th, 1965, 40-year-old Geraldine Pickford, an employee of St. Andrews College in Aurora was found murdered.

She had been beaten and strangled.

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine Pickford (Patreon)
Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine Pickford (YouTube)
Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine Pickford (Spotify)
Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine Pickford (Apple Podcasts)

 

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''Feb 18, 2024 Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast
Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine PickfordOn Sunday, September 19th, 1965, 40-year-old Geraldine Pickford, an employee of St. Andrews College at 15800 Yonge St. in Aurora, 40 km north of Toronto, was found murdered in Tannery Creek, which runs through the college grounds. She was last seen alive at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. Concerned staff members and students conducted a search of the premises the following day, which is when Pickford’s body was found. She was lying face up in the water and was fully clothed except for her panties. She had been beaten and strangled, but there was no evidence of a sexual assault.Her killer had forcibly dragged her from the school’s driveway down a hill to the creek. The victim’s purse was found late Sunday night on the driveway near Yonge St. The spot where her purse was deposited was where police believed she was first accosted.Please consider subscribing to Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast on Patreon, Spotify, YouTube or Apple Podcasts.''

 

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''Feb 18, 2024 Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast
Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast S2-EP7 Geraldine PickfordOn Sunday, September 19th, 1965, 40-year-old Geraldine Pickford, an employee of St. Andrews College at 15800 Yonge St. in Aurora, 40 km north of Toronto, was found murdered in Tannery Creek, which runs through the college grounds. She was last seen alive at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. Concerned staff members and students conducted a search of the premises the following day, which is when Pickford’s body was found. She was lying face up in the water and was fully clothed except for her panties. She had been beaten and strangled, but there was no evidence of a sexual assault.Her killer had forcibly dragged her from the school’s driveway down a hill to the creek. The victim’s purse was found late Sunday night on the driveway near Yonge St. The spot where her purse was deposited was where police believed she was first accosted.Please consider subscribing to Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast on Patreon, Spotify, YouTube or Apple Podcasts.''

why does this source say "fully clothed" and the initial posts say "nude with clothes strewn about?"

 

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why does this source say "fully clothed" and the initial posts say "nude with clothes strewn about?"

That's one of the big questions. There are definitely differing reports. Part explanation could be newspapers at the time trying to keep the details "clean".

 

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why does this source say "fully clothed" and the initial posts say "nude with clothes strewn about?"

and the only clothing I see in the picture is one glove