ONTARIO COLD CASE: Man's killing on city bike path remains unsolved
ONTARIO COLD CASE: Man's killing on city bike path remains unsolved
Oshawa resident stabbed to death on Canada Day weekend
by Jeff Mitchell
"Shon Hart was attacked on an Oshawa bike path near Mill Street on July 2, 2006. His murder remains unsolved. - Durham police (left) and Hart family photos"
"OSHAWA — The early summer night had just set in. It was July 2, 2006, the Sunday of the Canada Day long weekend, and the day had been stellar in Oshawa. Throughout the day, the streets had been filled with people out enjoying the promise of a warm, sunny summer.
In his ground-floor apartment at 454 Centre St., Dave Eddlestone, the building superintendent, had just settled into a chair to watch televised horse races when he heard a tremendous crash.
Eddlestone rushed out to find a patio door smashed out and a man bleeding profusely on a tiny stone patio outside. It took him some moments to recognize Shon Hart, whose mother lived in the building and who on occasion would work there, painting and performing other chores.
"He bled out right there," Eddlestone told a reporter soon after the incident. "He died before (paramedics) even got here."
Nearly 12 years on, Hart’s murder remains unsolved. It was determined at the time that the 31-year-old Hart, who had spent the day playing with his kids at a nearby public pool, was likely on his way to his mother’s place when he met his killer.
Hart was walking on a bike path just south of Mill Street when the fatal confrontation occurred, police said. Hart sustained a serious knife wound to the neck; he continued south on the path for a distance before heading east to 454 Centre St. He made it as far as the small patio outside Eddlestone’s apartment."
ONTARIO COLD CASE: Man's killing on city bike path remains unsolved
Oshawa resident stabbed to death on Canada Day weekend
by Jeff Mitchell
"Shon Hart was attacked on an Oshawa bike path near Mill Street on July 2, 2006. His murder remains unsolved. - Durham police (left) and Hart family photos"
"OSHAWA — The early summer night had just set in. It was July 2, 2006, the Sunday of the Canada Day long weekend, and the day had been stellar in Oshawa. Throughout the day, the streets had been filled with people out enjoying the promise of a warm, sunny summer.
In his ground-floor apartment at 454 Centre St., Dave Eddlestone, the building superintendent, had just settled into a chair to watch televised horse races when he heard a tremendous crash.
Eddlestone rushed out to find a patio door smashed out and a man bleeding profusely on a tiny stone patio outside. It took him some moments to recognize Shon Hart, whose mother lived in the building and who on occasion would work there, painting and performing other chores.
"He bled out right there," Eddlestone told a reporter soon after the incident. "He died before (paramedics) even got here."
Nearly 12 years on, Hart’s murder remains unsolved. It was determined at the time that the 31-year-old Hart, who had spent the day playing with his kids at a nearby public pool, was likely on his way to his mother’s place when he met his killer.
Hart was walking on a bike path just south of Mill Street when the fatal confrontation occurred, police said. Hart sustained a serious knife wound to the neck; he continued south on the path for a distance before heading east to 454 Centre St. He made it as far as the small patio outside Eddlestone’s apartment."