CANADA Canada- Raymond Pius HARTE, 56, Second World War veteran, clubbed to death @ home in 'squat' house, downtown Toronto, 26 March 1976 *DNA*

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''For the 54-year-old Second World War veteran, times and life in general seemed to go from hard to worse. By the end, Harte was an alcoholic vagrant, barely scraping by.
On Friday, March 26, 1976, his corpse was discovered in a dilapidated Ontario St. house downtown. He had been squatting in the basement of the run-down house.
When cops found him, he had been dead for about 10 days. Detectives pieced the low-rent tragedy together but never came up with Harte’s killer.
The story went that Harte was given money to buy booze and returned to the squat empty-handed, probably knocking back the elixir on the way home. As a result of his temerity, investigators believe Harte was then clubbed to death by his drinking buddies.
Harte’s murder was the first of four homicides of down-and-outers in the area. Police never linked the quartet of murders.
If you have any information on any of these murders, contact the TPS homicide unit at 416-808-7400 or [email protected].

Victim Raymond Pius HARTE - Toronto Police Service

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Homicide #14/1976

Case #: None
51 Division
VICTIM

Raymond Pius HARTE​

Age: 56
Gender: M
Murdered on: March 26, 1976
Location: 51 Division

Details of Investigation:​

On Friday March 26, 1976, at about 11:45 a.m., police responded to a check address call on Ontario Street near Dundas Street E. The victim was discovered inside a residence, suffering from blunt trauma, and obviously deceased.''