CANADA Unsolved Murder - Peggy Smith (61) Toronto, On Canada on Aug 27, 2016

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Toronto Police Service​

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Cold Case Files​

Homicide #48/2016​

Case #: 2016-1520715​

Victim:​

Peggy
SMITH
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Murdered on: August 27, 2016
Location: 55 Division

Details of Investigation:​

On Saturday, August 27, 2016, at about 6:12 p.m., police responded to a shooting on Munro Street.

The victim was discovered outside a residence, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving efforts by emergency personnel, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide #48/2016

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Dozens of family and friends of Peggy Ann Smith joined together at a funeral for the beloved Toronto grandmother who was shot and killed last month.

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In August of the following year, 61-year-old Peggy Ann Smith was killed after nearly a dozen shots were fired in broad daylight in the residential area of Dundas and Munro streets in Riverdale. At the time, Smith was visiting with her daughter and two of her grandchildren. No arrests have been made in her murder.

''Acting Det.- Sgt. Steve Smith, of the Toronto Police Service’s cold case unit, said an investigation is typically classified as a cold case if it is more than four years old, all investigative leads have been followed up on, and the lead investigator has requested that the case be transferred to the unit.

Smith said there about 800 cold cases being investigated by the squad, which consists of one detective, three detective constables, and three genetic genealogists.

“We usually have just over 300 cases that we actively follow up on an investigative lead, or a tip, or a new science technique… over the course of a year,” he said in an interview with CP24.com on Thursday.

“We have a very good system where we keep the mill running. We keep looking at each case as we have time.”

He said he understands the frustration that some families feel when the cases remain unsolved for long periods of time.''