CANADA Canada- Morag Davies, 45, real estate agent/nurse, fatally stabbed at home, Sarnia, Ont 23 Aug 1988

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Morag Davies | Sarnia Lambton Crime Stoppers
Morag Davies
''In August, 1988, Morag Davies was a divorced forty five year old real estate agent who lived by herself in a Retlaw Drive residence in Sarnia, Ontario. She had only lived at this address for about three or four weeks as of August 23, 1988.

Ms. Davies was regarded by all who knew her as a friendly, professional lady. She had been working in real estate for about three years, after changing from a lengthy career in nursing.

Ms. Davies was born and raised in Scotland. She immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s.

Ms. Davies was visited at her residence by a co-worker the evening of Tuesday, August 23, 1988. The co-worker left Ms. Davies’ residence at about 10:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. that evening. This is the last we know that Ms. Davies was seen alive by anybody except her assailant.

On Thursday, August 25, 1988 the co-worker who visited Ms. Davies on August 23 decided to check in on her, as Ms. Davies had not been to work since August 23, 1988.

At about noon hour on August 25, 1988 the co-worker along with another realtor attended Ms. Davies’ residence. After getting no answer at the door they entered the residence and found Ms. Davies dead in her bedroom. She had been brutally stabbed several times. Her killer has never been identified.

Through the years since this murder Sarnia Police have pursued numerous leads. Unfortunately, none of these leads have yielded evidence against the killer.

There are some indicators that have led investigators to believe Ms. Davies knew her assailant. However, it could be that this is not the case, and the investigation has not been restricted to people known by Ms. Davies.

This file is still open and is being actively worked on. The contact person for this case is Detective Constable Heather Patterson, Sarnia Police Criminal Investigations Division [phone (519) 344-8861 ext. 6105]. OR Detective Staff Sargent Dwayne Whelpley at ext. 6151

Any assistance or information from the public would be most appreciated.

You may have the one piece of information that could tie this investigation together!''

 

[annpats]

It'd be nice to know approx day of death by the autopsy report. That would narrow down which if the 3 days she was killed. If it was the 23rd, then it may point to her colleague.
Was this colleague male? Perhaps she rebuffed his advances?

Very odd to just randomly stab someone to death in their bed. And someone who knew where in the house her bedroom was too.

She'd only lived there 3 weeks, so can't have had too many visitors inside. Again, that colleague needs closer inspection.

 

[2soccermom]

What a long time Morag's family is waiting for justice!
FYI: Morag's estranged husband and the (married) boyfriend were both cleared by DNA as per Woman hopeful sister’s murderer can still be found - The Sarnia Journal

I would assume, as some of the posters on Sonia Varaschin's thread have posted (to which dotr pointed us; thank you) that the DNA profiles in the two cases have been compared.

[But, again: I worry about the viability of DNA in Sonia's case (sigh): as always,I hope I'm wrong .]

Morag's niece is clearly trying to keep her aunt's case active (bless her) on twitter: https://twitter.com/gaillongmuir?lang=en

 

[dotr]

Tyler Kula Aug 30, 2017 rbbm.
Aug. 25 was 29 years since the body of Morag Davies was found in Sarnia | The Sarnia Observer
''Every year Sandra Longmuir says she visits a garden in Glasgow dedicated to her murdered sister’s memory.''

''I’m convinced that this person is living, working and having a life in Sarnia,” said Longmuir, 70, who lives in Scotland.

She’s frustrated to see another anniversary pass, she said, without justice served.

“There must be some people that know something.”

The Sarnia Police case file says Davies, who was born in Scotland and came to Sarnia in the 1970s, was divorced and living by herself. She had been working in real estate about three years after changing from a lengthy career in nursing.

A co-worker visited her Aug. 23, leaving between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. That same co-worker and another realtor found her body two days later.

She had only lived at the address about three or four weeks.''

''Everything from hairs, fibres, fingerprints, blood and saliva are being retested as technological innovations warrant, she said.''

“There have been new developments in DNA (testing) they can do that even a few years ago wasn’t available to us,” she said.''

''The murder weapon has never been found and investigators have theorized Davies’ killer could have been someone close to her, or a complete stranger.


“It fits the bill for both and we just keep an open mind as far as going where the evidence leads us,” Patterson said.''

 

[FromGermany1]

Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?
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Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?

Morag Davies did not give up without a fight.

The Sarnia realtor, described by her friends as “kind, reserved and dignified”, managed to cut her attacker in the bedroom of her house in a quiet neighborhood in the northeast of the city, where she lived alone.
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Interesting, with quite a few details.

 

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Nov 7 2021
Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?
''Morag Davies didn’t give up without a fight.
The Sarnia real estate agent, described by friends as “friendly, reserved and dignified,” managed to cut her attacker in the bedroom of her home in a quiet neighbourhood in the city’s northeast side, where she lived alone.''

“Her throat was cut and her head was nearly falling off,” her younger sister, Sandra Longmuir, 74, said in a telephone interview from Scotland. (Davies was 45 when she was slain and would be 78 if she was alive today.)

“It was horrific,” Longmuir said. “I just don’t understand.”

Davies was preparing for bed when the killer arrived at her tiny house on Retlaw Drive, where she had lived for less than a month''.

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https://www.sarnialambtoncrimestoppers.org/date/2020/08/
''A 1 Security Crime of the Week -Unsolved Homicide of Morag Davies
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the unsolved homicide of local real estate agent, Morag Davies. Her lifeless body was found in the bedroom of her Retlaw Drive home. Ms. Davies died as a result of multiple stab wounds. The murder weapon has never been recovered.

This murder remains unsolved, but police are convinced someone out there has information that could lead to the identification of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Morag Davies.

Ms. Davies deserves justice and her family deserves closure.

If you have information about this crime, do the right thing and contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.p2tips.com or contact Sarnia Police, Criminal Investigations Division at 519-344-8861, ext. 5200.''

 

[FromGermany1]

Sarnia police pursuing four unsolved homicides | Sudbury Star

 

[dotr]

Aug. 2020
Unsolved Sarnia murder probe continues 32 years later | Sarnia & Lambton County This Week
''Several investigators have looked at the case over the years, he said.

Tips come in periodically and police follow up, he said. Whelpley encouraged people to call Staff Sgt. Mike Kahnert at 519-344-8861 ext. 6196, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, if they have any information about the murder.

The murder weapon has never been recovered, but police are convinced someone has information that could lead to the identification of the person or people responsible for the murder, Sarnia Lambton Crime Stoppers officials said in a news release on Aug. 25.

“Ms Davies deserves justice and her family deserves closure,” it stated.''
rbbm.
Admittedly curious as to what the Scottish psychic had to say. imo.

Woman hopeful sister’s murderer can still be found - The Sarnia Journal

A never-before-seen photo of Morag Davies, who was murdered in her Sarnia apartment 30 years ago. Photo courtesy, Sandra Longmuir

''To this day, the murder of Morag Davies remains one of the city’s most perplexing unsolved homicides.

For Davies’ sister in Scotland, Sandra Longmuir, it has been a long and despairing wait. Their final meeting came about because of a strange foreboding, she said.

“I felt an overpowering need to be with her,” said Longmuir, who was four years younger than her sister. For the very first time, she left her young children in the care of others and flew to Canada, spending a week in Sarnia in March of 1988. Five months later her sister was gone.

“We talked about things with each other that we had never discussed,” Longmuir recalled. That included the disclosure her sister, recently separated from her estranged husband, was seeing a married man.''
''According to police, DNA samples obtained at the crime scene subsequently cleared both the former husband and the boyfriend.''

''Longmuir said her sister’s murder was devastating. The two were close and Longmuir, desperate for answers, sought out counselling and even enlisted the aid of a “psychic detective” she discovered on Scottish television.''

''Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or Sarnia Police at 519-344-8861.''

 

[2soccermom]

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Seems like there is strong suspicion cast on a male realtor colleague (now deceased). Was he ever DNA tested?

Is the public entitled to know the names of the RE colleagues who found Morag deceased?

I'm trying to learn where Morag lived in Canada (from Scotland) prior to moving to Sarnia. She relocated after changing careers (from nursing to RE); as per article, she felt nurses didn't receive appropriate respect from patients and doctors.

Number of similarities to the Sonia Varaschin case.....
(Thanks again to dotr for putting this one on the radar.)

Anyone know of updates?

 

[2soccermom]

"Anyone with any information is asked to call Staff Sergeant Leo Murphy at 519-344-8861 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS."

30th Anniversary Of Morag Davies Murder

Sarnia police have issued a new appeal for information on one of the city's most puzzling unsolved murders.

blackburnnews.com

 

[FromGermany1]

Sarnia realtor's homicide remains unsolved after 34 years - Sarnia News Today

Thursday marks the 34 anniversary of the Morag Davies homicide, which remains unsolved.

blackburnnews.com

Morag Davies was last seen by a visiting co-worker on the night of August 23, 1988.
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Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.p3tips.com.

You can also contact the Sarnia Police Criminal Investigations Division at 519-344-8861, ext. 5200.

 

[BillyGunn]

Morag Davies | Sarnia Lambton Crime Stoppers
Morag Davies
''In August, 1988, Morag Davies was a divorced forty five year old real estate agent who lived by herself in a Retlaw Drive residence in Sarnia, Ontario. She had only lived at this address for about three or four weeks as of August 23, 1988.

Ms. Davies was regarded by all who knew her as a friendly, professional lady. She had been working in real estate for about three years, after changing from a lengthy career in nursing.

Ms. Davies was born and raised in Scotland. She immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s.

Ms. Davies was visited at her residence by a co-worker the evening of Tuesday, August 23, 1988. The co-worker left Ms. Davies’ residence at about 10:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. that evening. This is the last we know that Ms. Davies was seen alive by anybody except her assailant.

On Thursday, August 25, 1988 the co-worker who visited Ms. Davies on August 23 decided to check in on her, as Ms. Davies had not been to work since August 23, 1988.

At about noon hour on August 25, 1988 the co-worker along with another realtor attended Ms. Davies’ residence. After getting no answer at the door they entered the residence and found Ms. Davies dead in her bedroom. She had been brutally stabbed several times. Her killer has never been identified.

Through the years since this murder Sarnia Police have pursued numerous leads. Unfortunately, none of these leads have yielded evidence against the killer.

There are some indicators that have led investigators to believe Ms. Davies knew her assailant. However, it could be that this is not the case, and the investigation has not been restricted to people known by Ms. Davies.

This file is still open and is being actively worked on. The contact person for this case is Detective Constable Heather Patterson, Sarnia Police Criminal Investigations Division [phone (519) 344-8861 ext. 6105]. OR Detective Staff Sargent Dwayne Whelpley at ext. 6151

Any assistance or information from the public would be most appreciated.

You may have the one piece of information that could tie this investigation together!''

It'd be nice to know approx day of death by the autopsy report. That would narrow down which if the 3 days she was killed. If it was the 23rd, then it may point to her colleague.
Was this colleague male? Perhaps she rebuffed his advances?

Very odd to just randomly stab someone to death in their bed. And someone who knew where in the house her bedroom was too.

She'd only lived there 3 weeks, so can't have had too many visitors inside. Again, that colleague needs closer inspection.

What a long time Morag's family is waiting for justice!
FYI: Morag's estranged husband and the (married) boyfriend were both cleared by DNA as per Woman hopeful sister’s murderer can still be found - The Sarnia Journal

I would assume, as some of the posters on Sonia Varaschin's thread have posted (to which dotr pointed us; thank you) that the DNA profiles in the two cases have been compared.

[But, again: I worry about the viability of DNA in Sonia's case (sigh): as always,I hope I'm wrong .]

Morag's niece is clearly trying to keep her aunt's case active (bless her) on twitter: https://twitter.com/gaillongmuir?lang=en

Tyler Kula Aug 30, 2017 rbbm.
Aug. 25 was 29 years since the body of Morag Davies was found in Sarnia | The Sarnia Observer
''Every year Sandra Longmuir says she visits a garden in Glasgow dedicated to her murdered sister’s memory.''

''I’m convinced that this person is living, working and having a life in Sarnia,” said Longmuir, 70, who lives in Scotland.

She’s frustrated to see another anniversary pass, she said, without justice served.

“There must be some people that know something.”

The Sarnia Police case file says Davies, who was born in Scotland and came to Sarnia in the 1970s, was divorced and living by herself. She had been working in real estate about three years after changing from a lengthy career in nursing.

A co-worker visited her Aug. 23, leaving between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. That same co-worker and another realtor found her body two days later.

She had only lived at the address about three or four weeks.''

''Everything from hairs, fibres, fingerprints, blood and saliva are being retested as technological innovations warrant, she said.''

“There have been new developments in DNA (testing) they can do that even a few years ago wasn’t available to us,” she said.''

''The murder weapon has never been found and investigators have theorized Davies’ killer could have been someone close to her, or a complete stranger.


“It fits the bill for both and we just keep an open mind as far as going where the evidence leads us,” Patterson said.''

Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?

Morag Davies did not give up without a fight.

The Sarnia realtor, described by her friends as “kind, reserved and dignified”, managed to cut her attacker in the bedroom of her house in a quiet neighborhood in the northeast of the city, where she lived alone.
-.-.-

Interesting, with quite a few details.

Nov 7 2021
Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?
''Morag Davies didn’t give up without a fight.
The Sarnia real estate agent, described by friends as “friendly, reserved and dignified,” managed to cut her attacker in the bedroom of her home in a quiet neighbourhood in the city’s northeast side, where she lived alone.''

“Her throat was cut and her head was nearly falling off,” her younger sister, Sandra Longmuir, 74, said in a telephone interview from Scotland. (Davies was 45 when she was slain and would be 78 if she was alive today.)

“It was horrific,” Longmuir said. “I just don’t understand.”

Davies was preparing for bed when the killer arrived at her tiny house on Retlaw Drive, where she had lived for less than a month''.

PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions

https://www.sarnialambtoncrimestoppers.org/date/2020/08/
''A 1 Security Crime of the Week -Unsolved Homicide of Morag Davies
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the unsolved homicide of local real estate agent, Morag Davies. Her lifeless body was found in the bedroom of her Retlaw Drive home. Ms. Davies died as a result of multiple stab wounds. The murder weapon has never been recovered.

This murder remains unsolved, but police are convinced someone out there has information that could lead to the identification of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Morag Davies.

Ms. Davies deserves justice and her family deserves closure.

If you have information about this crime, do the right thing and contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.p2tips.com or contact Sarnia Police, Criminal Investigations Division at 519-344-8861, ext. 5200.''

Something is alarming about this specific quote from this article,

"Immediately after the murder, police said they thought the killer had a severed artery due to the trail of blood draining from Davies’ body. There was a review of the hospitals to see if anyone had recently been treated for a knife wound."

Morag Davies defended himself. What happened to the murderer who left his home in Sarnia bleeding?

Morag Davies did not give up without a fight.The Sarnia realtor, described by her friends as "kind, reserved and dignified", managed to cut her attacker in the bedroom of her house in a quiet neighborhood in the northeast of the city, where she lived alone.Her attacker still managed to overwhelm…

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“Her throat was cut and her head was nearly falling off,”

Morag Davies fought back. What happened to the killer who left bleeding from her Sarnia home?

There was no sign of forced entry, but a blood trail led away from the real estate agent’s body — suggesting her attacker had been seriously cut.

www.thestar.com

Some previous article never mentioned that the suspect may have had a severed artery. I would like to know who the suspicious realtor was. Since the article mentions a possible severed artery and a trail of blood, then that means there was plenty of blood outside her home, and therefore the trail would have led to which direction the suspect took off from. Considering no hospitals (3 at the time in Lambton County, two in Sarnia, and one in Petrolia) had any record of someone suffering significant blood loss at the time of her murder leads to a couple of major other clues.

Based on the severed artery theory, the suspect wouldn't be able to focus on driving to a hospital, as this would lead to a capture. If the suspect drove, then the suspect would have likely passed out due to blood loss. The suspect couldn't have possibly lived in the neighbourhood as the blood trail would have led directly to the suspect's house.

Here's the other suspicion based on the severed artery theory; an accomplice, a willing participant, a co-conspirator. If the severed artery theory is true, and the suspect never went to seek immediate medical attention at the local hospital, then the accomplice must have been a trained medical expert..... Based on the severed artery theory, the accomplice would have temporarily sealed the wound, and then the suspect likely sought treatment far away to avoid suspicion. Would medical records at Chatham, Wallaceburg, London hospitals regarding a severed artery, knife wound around the time of her murder be a clue? Would those records be archived? Would Police have access to those records?

Or was the accomplice so well trained that the suspect didn't require medical assistance but never fully healed?....or was the suspect also a trained medical expert the entire time and acted alone?

Considering someone wanted her dead, and planned this so gruesomely, what if this wasn't a one-time thing?

 

[FromGermany1]

If the killer was able to help himself, was he from the victim's past as a nurse and wasn't someone from real estate business?

Is there someone out of her circle, who had an unmistakable scar since?

 

[BillyGunn]

If the killer was able to help himself, was he from the victim's past as a nurse and wasn't someone from real estate business?

Is there someone out of her circle, who had an unmistakable scar since?

I am sure the suspicious realtor was questioned by police but they couldn't prove anything that led to him. If the realtor suffered a wound, it would have been visible during their questioning. We know her ex-husband was ruled out, and I think another man was ruled out.

This leads me to believe that all the suspicious men who were questioned by police, were eventually ruled out.
Medically trained expert could be a Nurse, or could be a Doctor, and it is not specific to one gender.

 

[dotr]

February 23, 2023 By Stephen Metelsky rbbm,

Scotland to Sarnia: The unsolved murder of Morag Davies - Blue Line

“We have viewed the crime scene photos. Those images never leave us. No one deserves to die that way,” said Gail Longmuir Coltart. The crime pertains to

www.blueline.ca

“We have viewed the crime scene photos. Those images never leave us. No one deserves to die that way,” said Gail Longmuir Coltart.
The crime pertains to the murder of Morag Davies, who was stabbed to death in her Sarnia home in 1988. Gail is the niece of Morag.
The case is unsolved and Morag’s killer has yet to be identified, but Sarnia police are optimistic a break will occur in the case with either renewed assistance from the public or from the new science of genetic genealogy''


“To date, over forty individuals have been identified as persons of interest,” confirmed Kahnert. “There hasn’t been anyone identified in the national DNA databank. A number of people were ruled out over the years through DNA at the time and nothing at this point has led us in the direction to identify an offender.”

Sarnia police are putting “a fresh set of eyes to the investigation” into Morag’s murder. They are actively working with the Centre of Forensic Sciences (CFS) in Toronto pertaining to advancements in DNA since the 1988 murder.

“We want to try to exhaust all DNA avenues with the CFS before we look at genetic genealogy. That is currently underway with the CFS,” confirmed Murphy.''

 

[Lorelei1]

I was thinking of the unsolved murder of Morag Davies in my city and thought I’d see if there were any updates on this website. I read a post mentioning a suspicious real estate agent who has since passed away and I remembered the agent my husband and I had when we purchased our house in 1983. He showed me many, many homes but we ended up buying one from an agent who was selling a house privately and it was in the area we wanted. This other agent would not let our agent show me it and we were expecting a baby and anxious to buy a home so we bought it from the other agent. We moved into the house in 1983 and during the next few months after moving in I’d get angry, obscene phone calls, always when my husband wasn’t home. Our agent was the only person I could think of who might be doing this because I suspected he was angry after he’d spent so many hours taking me to view different homes. We’d had the same phone number for a couple of years prior to moving into this house and never received any unwanted calls until right after we moved into the house. The last call came around 11pm one night when my husband was out of town. This time the person threatened to kill me and called me the disgusting name for a female. I phoned the police immediately but the officer told me it was a common thing and not to worry or something like that, even when I told him my husband was out of town and I was very frightened. I remember asking the police if they could have a police car drive by our house a few times during the night. We switched to an unlisted number the next day and that was the end of it. There were no more calls after that night. I just looked up the agent and see that he died in another city in 2010. I was just wondering if it could have been the same real estate agent that was mentioned in an article here. The reaction by the police to my phone call still makes me angry.

 

[Glongtime1]

Hi I am Morags niece… I have been contacted with information from a lady via Facebook about this guy who she believes murdered my aunt… initials RSP? Is this who you are talking about? Even if he is dead my mum and I still need answers… with genetic genealogy we could still have this murder solved if sarnia police would get their finger out

 

[Glongtime1]

Hi I am Morags niece… I have been contacted with information from a lady via Facebook about this guy who she believes murdered my aunt… initials RSP? Is this who you are talking about? Even if he is dead my mum and I still need answers… with genetic genealogy we could still have this murder solved if sarnia police would get their finger out

I see he died in sarnia in 2014 so you must be talking about another real estate agent?