Still no named suspect.
Who killed Audrey Gleave?
Aug 22, 2015
By Jon Wells - Hamilton Spectator
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Audrey Gleave lived alone in the house for 37 years. The retired high school teacher had two German Shepherds she always kept at her side. The dogs were inside the house and unable to save her when she was murdered in cold loublood in the garage, just over a month short of her 74th birthday.
Her ashes were buried four summers ago.
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Gleave's murder is not considered a cold case, Abrams says, because it is an active investigation.
Detectives keep tabs on "people of interest" and explore tips. But the case shares resources with others, and there are days it gets pushed to the backburner.
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In the early hours of the investigation, police hypothesized her murder had been random, by a stranger, and residents in Lynden should therefore be vigilant.
But Det. Angela Abrams says Gleave was targeted — which stands to reason, given the relative isolation of where she lived and how careful she was about letting anyone close to her. She was a creature of habit: the times when she checked her computer, the hours she slept, coming and going from the house with her dogs. "It was not random," says Abrams. "She would have known who it was."
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Police had said Gleave was sexually assaulted — a detective told reporters there was a "sexual component" to the crime. Emergency response workers first on the scene believed that was true. Phil Kinsman said Gleave's stretchy pants were torn when he found her.
But Abrams says there is no hard evidence Gleave was sexually assaulted. How could interpretations be so different?
One reason is that the killer may have staged the crime scene. At least one Hamilton detective who worked the case in the past believed the killer tried to lead them down the wrong path.
(much more at the link)
