Sept 23 2018 rbbm.
by Danielle Marr
Ontario Cold Case: Brutal murder of 23-year-old Renee Sweeney unsolved 20 years later
"On Jan. 23, 1998, a man is said to have entered the store shortly after 11 a.m., and approached the counter.
He stabbed Sweeney 30 times, stole $200 from the cash register and then fled the scene."
“I still think about it, and her, every day [...] I just keep having these same questions run through my head. Why would someone do this? Why her? Is he still out there?”
"Kim and Renee’s biological father, who also had MS, took his own life in 1990 and her stepdad also passed away in recent years leaving Kim little no remaining family members."
The job, Kim added, was just that – a job.
“She worked there because she needed to make some money while she was at school, it worked with her schedule and it was quiet so she could do her homework when no one was there,” she continued. “She was just a young woman trying to support herself. She didn't deserve this.”
"While the suspect, believed to be a white man in his 20s did leave DNA behind at the scene as well as on the discarded jacket, he has never been found."
"He is described as having been in his early 20s with dark, short hair, weighing 140 to 150 lbs, roughly 5'10 to 6 ft tall with a slim build. He was also believed to have been wearing glasses."
“I think that sometimes people just don’t want to get involved but I can’t express how important it would be to be able to finally get justice for my sister,” she concluded. "If there is any information, or anyone who remembers anything, I hope they remember and realize that the case has not been closed."
Any member of the public with information about the Renee Sweeney case can call: Greater Sudbury Police Service at 705-675-9171, ext. 2320 ; or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers at 705-222-TIPS (8477)."
by Danielle Marr
Ontario Cold Case: Brutal murder of 23-year-old Renee Sweeney unsolved 20 years later
"On Jan. 23, 1998, a man is said to have entered the store shortly after 11 a.m., and approached the counter.
He stabbed Sweeney 30 times, stole $200 from the cash register and then fled the scene."
“I still think about it, and her, every day [...] I just keep having these same questions run through my head. Why would someone do this? Why her? Is he still out there?”
"Kim and Renee’s biological father, who also had MS, took his own life in 1990 and her stepdad also passed away in recent years leaving Kim little no remaining family members."
The job, Kim added, was just that – a job.
“She worked there because she needed to make some money while she was at school, it worked with her schedule and it was quiet so she could do her homework when no one was there,” she continued. “She was just a young woman trying to support herself. She didn't deserve this.”
"While the suspect, believed to be a white man in his 20s did leave DNA behind at the scene as well as on the discarded jacket, he has never been found."
"He is described as having been in his early 20s with dark, short hair, weighing 140 to 150 lbs, roughly 5'10 to 6 ft tall with a slim build. He was also believed to have been wearing glasses."
“I think that sometimes people just don’t want to get involved but I can’t express how important it would be to be able to finally get justice for my sister,” she concluded. "If there is any information, or anyone who remembers anything, I hope they remember and realize that the case has not been closed."
Any member of the public with information about the Renee Sweeney case can call: Greater Sudbury Police Service at 705-675-9171, ext. 2320 ; or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers at 705-222-TIPS (8477)."
