TIMELINE FROM THE NATIONAL POST - LINK NO LONGER WORKING:
Sunday, June 17, 1990
According to Robert Baltovich, the last time he saw Elizabeth Bain was at 2:15 a.m. on a Monday morning as she pulled her Toyota Tercel out of the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto, turning north toward her nearby home. They had spent the evening watching a movie at the home for the disabled where Ms. Bain worked, then parked their cars at the campus and walked into the valley of Colonel Danforth Park, finding a remote copse of trees beyond the principal's residence where they laid out a blanket and had sex. A witness told police, however, that she may have seen them having a screaming fight on a side street.
Monday, June 18, 1990
Ms. Bains sister, Cathy, told police she heard the couple fighting in the Bains basement and, later that night, she saw Elizabeth in bed, asleep in her clothes, with her makeup streaked and a rose clutched to her chest. Four months later, Cathy Bain told police this actually happened a week before the disappearance. At appeal, Mr. Baltovichs lawyer, James Lockyer, accused her of making up the entire episode.
Tuesday, June 19, 1990
At 3:45 p.m., Ms. Bain withdraws $80 at a bank, and is seen half an hour later driving alone near her house. Soon after, at home, she tells her mother she is going to check the tennis schedule in the valley. At 5:30, a student sees a blond man on campus who resembled Paul Bernardo, at which time Mr. Baltovich is seen at home by his sister-in-law. At 5:45, a tennis instructor sees Ms. Bain by the tennis courts with two other women and a man. At 6:20, a jogger sees Ms. Bains car in the parking lot in the valley.
At 6:45, Mr. Baltovich drives through the valley and sees her car, with its windows open. He looks around for her, does not find her, and goes to the campus gym, where he is seen at 7:15. At about 8, a pedestrian sees what appears to be Ms. Bains car parked near an autobody shop. A young woman is in the passenger seat, fighting with a man in the drivers seat. She tries to leave, but he pulls her back in. The witness cannot identify either person.
Mr. Baltovich finishes in the weight room at 8:45, and goes to intercept Ms. Bain after her class, which ended at 9:00. Peeking from a stairway landing, he sees an olive-skinned man who matched Ms. Bains description of a previous boyfriend, and seemed to be waiting for the class to empty. He does not find her, goes back to the gym, and plays volleyball until 10:30, driving home soon after. The Crowns theory in the first trial was that he killed her in the park between 5:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., hid her body that evening, and moved it two days later.
Wednesday, June 20, 1990
Elizabeths mother, Julita Bain, calls police. Early in the morning, Mr. Baltovich picks up Ms. Bains friend Arlene Coventry, and finds out they did not have specific plans the night before, as Ms. Bain had told him. They go to the tennis courts to speak with the pro. Mr. Baltovich states that Ms. Bain might have hurt herself.
Thursday, June 21, 1990
Now the prime suspect, Mr. Baltovich is interviewed by police until almost midnight. The Crowns original theory was that he returned to the valley after this interview and took the body to the Lake Scugog area, northeast of the city. At the campus, searchers begin to organize and scour the valley.
Friday, June 22, 1990
At 2:00 p.m., Paul Bain and his brothers girlfriend, Nancy Sicchia, discover Elizabeths car parked near the autobody shop. It is backed up against a snow fence, still in reverse gear, with the passenger seat fully reclined. There is a pool of her blood in the back seat. Her body has not been found.
THE AFTERMATH
Nov. 19, 1990
Mr. Baltovich is arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The Crown later compiles a list of 40 lies and evasions he made to police.
March 31, 1992
Mr. Baltovich is convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and later sentenced to life in prison.
Feb. 17, 1993
Serial killer Paul Bernardo is arrested and later determined to be responsible for a series of rapes in Scarborough, the last of which was on May 26, 1990. Receipts indicate he was in Scarborough on the three days following Ms. Bains disappearance.
April 1, 2000
Mr. Baltovich is released after eight years in jail to await his appeal.
Dec. 2, 2004
The Ontario Court of Appeal rules that the first trial was unfair, marred by legal errors and biased instructions from the judge to the jury. The conviction is overturned.
July 15, 2005
The Crown decides to retry Mr. Baltovich for second-degree murder.
April 22, 2008
After the Crown presents no evidence, a jury acquits Mr. Baltovich........
