I know I’ve posted about this before, but Nicole Morin’s abduction shares similarities with the 1990 murder of Andrea Atkinson, a six-year-old who vanished from her Toronto apartment building five years after Nicole. Andrea’s building was less than a 40-minute drive from Nicole’s. Her case, now largely forgotten, was covered extensively by the Toronto Star at the time. I’ll share a clipping below.
Like Nicole, Andrea left her apartment to go to another floor in the building, in order to meet a friend. Searchers ended up finding her body hidden in the boiler room, stuffed under a storage tank. DNA evidence found at the scene gave detectives enough evidence to arrest the building's janitor, John Carlos Terceira, who emerged as a suspect early on.
I think that something similar happened to Nicole, in that a building employee or neighbour saw her alone and acted on the opportunity. The time frame just doesn't allow for much movement other than someone who was riding the elevator with Nicole, or saw her if she got off on another floor, took the stairs, etc. I don't believe John Terceira is responsible for Nicole Morin’s abduction, though, because he would've been only thirteen back in 1985.
I think it's likely that the police have a prime suspect in the case, since the suspect pool was likely pretty small, given the tight time frame. They would never tell the public if that were the case, though. Here in Canada they are extremely tight lipped. Maybe there was a known sex offender who lived in Nicole’s building, or nearby. They likely just didn't have enough evidence to charge him, especially before the advancement of DNA, and with no body. JMO Police have likely been tipped off that the prime suspect has recently gotten divorced, died, is dying, etc.
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