Police say they won’t quit until they find Sonia Varaschin’s killer.

The investigation into the 42-year-old nurse’s death began when she didn’t show up for work at a Mississauga pharmaceutical company.

Her remains were discovered a week later in Caledon, approximately 12 kilometres from her home.

Investigators say she was “brutally murdered in her residence” in Orangeville.

But Sonia’s family questions why it’s taking so long to make an arrest. Will new leads solve this 10-year-old cold case?

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When a dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, a young woman new to the city is killed.

Premiered Mar 17, 2023

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In 1983, Susan Tice, a 45-year-old mother of four was found raped and stabbed to death in her Toronto home. Four months later, across town, 22-year-old Erin Gilmour returns home from work and is attacked the same way.

Premiered May 10, 2024

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In May of 2007, 15 year old Jordan Manners was gunned down in a hallway at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, marking the first time a student was shot and killed inside a Toronto school. Catherine McDonald looks back at the murder, its impact on the community and his family, and how this tragic story led to a major review of school safety procedures.

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Driving home from work, Royi Flescher could never have imagined what he was about to encounter. And when Soula Berdoussis pulled over, she thought she was stopping to help at the scene of a car accident.

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When Alicia Ross disappeared, it led to one of the biggest missing person searches in Ontario’s history. Reporter Catherine McDonald reconnected with Alicia’s mother to tell her story as part of the TV documentary series, inspired by the podcast..

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As a senior crime reporter for Global News for almost 30 years, Nancy Hixt has been lucky enough to work with some amazing journalists.

She's working hard on the next season but until then she has a special series of Crime Beat for you.

In each episode, you’ll ride along with Catherine McDonald, one of her colleagues from the Crime Beat TV documentary series, as she takes you deep inside the cases she’s worked on.

Please join us for these special episodes by following Crime Beat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

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Taj Khyber Rowland knows he’s not who people think he is but he can’t quite remember how his life went so off course.

He decides to spool backwards, to his younger self. A daredevil seven year old Chellamuthu, living happily, but in abject poverty, with his large family in rural India.

But when Chellamuthu disobeys his mother and goes to play at the bus station, he’s persuaded to board a bus with some bigger boys.

He’s kidnapped. And there’s no going back.

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In the summer of 1981, a group of teenagers stopped to scout a path around a lake in southeastern Alberta when they came across something that would haunt them even 40 years later.

It was the body of Kelly Cook, the backup babysitter. Her murder remains unsolved.

In this rerelease, join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as shares an emotional meeting of two victims in this case.

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In 1981, Kelly took a job to babysit for Bill Christensen. The 15-year-old was never seen alive again. What most people don’t know is that Kelly was not the killer’s first choice. She was the “backup babysitter.”

Christensen's first choice was a 17-year-old girl, but she already had plans so she turned him down.

Christensen then asked about other babysitters in the area. The original target, who we’ll refer to as Stacey, had never spoken to a journalist about what happened until she joined Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt to share how the case impacted every aspect of her life in this rereleased episode.

Police are still waiting for the tip they need to solve it.

If you know anything that can help police as they investigate Kelly's homicide, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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