Funny, i was thinking about Donna and Wendy shopping for a gift of clothing midtown and Erin Gilmour working in a clothing shop, midtown.fwiw.
CANADA Canada - Donna Stearne & Wendy Tedford, both 17, Toronto, 26 Apr 1973
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Funny, i was thinking about Donna and Wendy shopping for a gift of clothing midtown and Erin Gilmour working in a clothing shop, midtown.fwiw.
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Only read the first few posts and this last page.
My immediate reaction is wondering if either of these girls was pregnant? Did the autopsy provide this info?
Perhaps a married lover who silenced them, as best friends know all secrets.
They didn't stop at the restaurant for a coke. They stopped to meet or see someone. Maybe one of the girls was putting pressure on someone to "step up".
My immediate reaction is wondering if either of these girls was pregnant? Did the autopsy provide this info?
Perhaps a married lover who silenced them, as best friends know all secrets.
They didn't stop at the restaurant for a coke. They stopped to meet or see someone. Maybe one of the girls was putting pressure on someone to "step up".
Interesting scenario, even without a pregnancy in the mix!
This is the female Chorley8 referenced as having lived near the restaurant.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...November-1975-Toronto&p=12735114#post12735114
Mariam Debra PETERS, 16, Murdered 7 November 1975, Toronto
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Anything new? Who's still around? Came across an article regarding Ernest William Westergard , reminded me of this.
Anything new? Who's still around? Came across an article regarding Ernest William Westergard , reminded me of this.
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Anyone find any information whatsoever on the possibly connected Tilbury, ON murders from '72?
Some articles about EWW in this thread.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?299113-Canada-Donna-Proian-30-murdered-in-her-Toronto-home-23-June-1981&p=12307073&highlight=Ernest+William+Westergard#post12307073
[h=2]Canada - Donna Proian, 30, murdered in her Toronto home, 23 June 1981[/h]
Offhand cannot think of the names, but those murders were referenced as possibly having a connection to this one.
Wondering if the Windsor murder of YL might even be connected too?
imo, speculation.
rbbm.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/09/01/a_relentless_hunt_for_elusive_clues_in_1973_slaying.html
http://windsorstar.com/news/cold-case
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What I can get from Gallant in these posts is that he still works on it (excellent that is real dedication for a case this old) and also if I am not wrong he seems to be suggesting that the semen is important. Whereas before a previous cold case det. seemed to be downplaying it. Which would SEEM to suggest that it was in the usual place BUT previously they were stymied because they had their clothes still on. If it was outside the bodies then that should have always been significant and strange. A general question: why have LE focused on this case so much? Years ago it was one of two cases only I think up on their cold case page such as it was then. Is there anything in their history (I am thinking e.g. of the father working at the base) that makes it personal to LE to someone important in law enforcement through a friendship or whatever. Of course I realize it is terrible and should be kept relevant... which fortunately it is apparently with Gallant etc.
Rbbm.
Wondering if it was possibly left as some kind of message, in a purse or on the newly purchased clothing item?
Maybe if this case if solved, it would also crack open some other cases?
speculation, imo.
Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne Murdered 1973 Toronto, Canada
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Count Every Mystery: The 1973 Murder of Donna Lee Stearne and Wendy Ann Tedford
'Murder : Digital Archive : Toronto (Ont.) : Lennon, Frank' Search Results for Toronto Public Library
Members of the families of two North York girls found shot to death in a Downsview field follow the coffin of one out of the Peoples Church after the girls' funeral yesterday. About 400 persons attended the funeral for Donna Stearne and Wendy Tedford; both 17 and both members of Peoples Church. The choir; of which Miss Stearne had been a member; sang as some of the choristers cried. The two girls met four years ago at C.W. Jefferys Secondary School and had been friends since then - close friends in life and in death the minister commented.
Lennon, Frank
Picture, 1973
Members of the families of two North York girls found shot to death in a Downsview field follow the coffin of one out of the Peoples Church after the girls' funeral yesterday. About 400 persons attended the funeral for Donna Stearne and Wendy Tedford; both 17 and both members of Peoples Church. The choir; of which Miss Stearne had been a member; sang as some of the choristers cried. The two girls met four years ago at C.W. Jefferys Secondary School and had been friends since then - close friends in life and in death the minister commented.
Lennon, Frank
Picture, 1973
Wendy's sister talks about the crime.. (Warning, this will break your heart.)
Mar 24, 2018
"A steady drizzle obscured the crime scene to passersby as detectives went about the gruesome task of securing the sight for later forensic tests. April was usually rainy but that April seemed just that much wetter than most. The stadium sized vacant field bordered on the west side by factories and to the east by working class homes had ironically been the perfect choice for shielding the two schoolgirls bodies from curious onlookers, as no doubt the killer(s) had considered the night before with sinister reasoning. Not until Friday morning at about 8:20a.m. on the 27th were the girls bodies discovered by a schoolboy short cutting his way to school. Their bodies were found laying fully clothed side by side and head to foot. Both had been shot to death at close range with a handgun. No sign of a struggle was apparent. Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne had been reportedly last seen alive at the Sit n' Eat Burger on Keele St. North near Wilson Ave. by a boy who knew them casually and had seen them enter the restaurant at around 11p.m. the evening of the 25th.The two had been to Yorkdale Shopping centre earlier in the evening to do a bit of shopping. No one saw them leave the burger place which was roughly 3/4 of a mile (1.5km.) from the crime scene. No motive has ever been established and no suspect(s) have ever been apprehended in these murders. If you know anything regarding the murder of Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne we want to hear from you. Anything you know, no matter how insignificant you might consider it to be, might trigger a memory or a word spoken at that time which might in turn lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of this horrific crime. Enough time has passed already. Contact us by e-mail or phone Metro Toronto Homicide, at: (416) 808-7400 We need your help into this horrific murder of my younger sister Wendy Tedford and her best friend Donna Stearn in North Toronto (Downsview) in April 1973. Anyone with information in this 45 Y.O. case is urged to contact artsmartniagara@gmail.com.Your anonymity will be respected. Thank-you for watching."
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Cold-case murders of Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne
Unsolved Murder - Wendy Tedford - Donna Stearne - Toronto, Ont., Canada
Count Every Mystery: The 1973 Murder of Donna Lee Stearne and Wendy Ann Tedford
A relentless hunt for elusive clues in 1973 slaying
Who murdered Wendy Tedford and Donna Stearne? 4-27-1973
Donna Lee Stearne
BIRTH 1956
DEATH 26 Apr 1973 (aged 16–17)
Ontario, Canada
BURIAL
Beechwood Cemetery
Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT Section 4, Lot 268 (just right of Wendy Tedford)
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Donna Lee Stearne (1956-1973) - Find A Grave...
Wendy Ann Tedford
BIRTH 12 May 1955
DEATH 26 Apr 1973 (aged 17)
Ontario, Canada
BURIAL
Beechwood Cemetery
Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT Section 4, Lot 269 (just left of Donna Stearne)
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Wendy Ann Tedford (1955-1973) - Find A Grave...
Tony Iscario when he finds the bodies does not run back home. He runs across the very large field to the business there where he informs an Italian man George X I forget his last name long time since I looked at this case. Did the trucks associate with that business travel to Windsor? George says it is too bad the girls had to die if correct wording a bit odd. Had to die. He later starts a sanitation business Apex named presumably after a street near the crime scene.
Homicide #19/1973
Homicide #19/1973
Victim:
Wendy
TEDFORD
''Age: 17
Gender: Female
Murdered on: April 27, 1973
Location: 31 Division
Details of Investigation:
On Friday, April 27, 1973, at about 7:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call to the area of Wilson Avenue and Keele Street.
The victim was discovered in an empty industrial lot, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
The victim of Homicide #20/1973 (Donna STEARNE) was also discovered at the same location, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
Investigators believe that both victims were at the Sit n' Eat restaurant - near the location they were eventually discovered - the night before, at about 11:00 p.m.''
Homicide #19/1973
Victim:
Wendy
TEDFORD
''Age: 17
Gender: Female
Murdered on: April 27, 1973
Location: 31 Division
Details of Investigation:
On Friday, April 27, 1973, at about 7:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call to the area of Wilson Avenue and Keele Street.
The victim was discovered in an empty industrial lot, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
The victim of Homicide #20/1973 (Donna STEARNE) was also discovered at the same location, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
Investigators believe that both victims were at the Sit n' Eat restaurant - near the location they were eventually discovered - the night before, at about 11:00 p.m.''
Homicide #19/1973
Homicide #19/1973
Victim:
Wendy
TEDFORD
''Age: 17
Gender: Female
Murdered on: April 27, 1973
Location: 31 Division
Details of Investigation:
On Friday, April 27, 1973, at about 7:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call to the area of Wilson Avenue and Keele Street.
The victim was discovered in an empty industrial lot, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
The victim of Homicide #20/1973 (Donna STEARNE) was also discovered at the same location, suffering from gunshot wounds, and obviously deceased.
Investigators believe that both victims were at the Sit n' Eat restaurant - near the location they were eventually discovered - the night before, at about 11:00 p.m.''
Who controlled the street drug trade in Toronto in 1973? MUCH less Jamaican than now correct and there was barely a Somali person in Canada at that time. Bikers? Italians? Irish? Most of the marijuana and hash you would buy would be from very small type dealers kids in school that kind of thing. In my small town in Ontario some school kid/entrepeneuers went to Rochdale College free university to score it interestingly this utopian school ended up being comandeered by bikers who patrolled the halls and monopolized the trade. I wonder if they tried any harder drugs. LSD was very big in my school. What was then called speed that was though of as being dangerous. As someone has said it was typically gentle easy vibe transactions though always with a potential harder edge c.f. Steppenwolfe's song The Pusher. So let me narrow it down Italians? I am not speaking of big importers.