In May of 2018, 37-year-old Matthew Staikos was at a late business dinner in Toronto's Yorkville area. When the young entrepreneur came out of the restaurant with a colleague someone jumped out of a silver Mercedes and shot Staikos from behind in what police describe as an ambush. Investigators have not been able to find that gunman. In this episode we talk to Matthew Staikos' brother and to the private investigator the family has hired to try to find answers.

In the fall of 2006, the remains of a woman were found in a field in Durham Region. They had been there for up to 10 years. Police have not been able to identify her or what happened to her. She is known only as Jane Doe. In this episode we talk to the original investigator on this case and to the inspector who is currently working on getting this mystery solved.

In July of 1985, 8-year-old Nicole Morin left her apartment the Etobicoke area of Toronto to meet a friend for a swim, but somewhere between her apartment and the lobby she disappeared - never to be seen again. Police say they have received numerous tips over the years, but they have never been able to find her. In this episode we talk to the lead detective on this decades-old case.

In 1983, 45-year-old mother of four Susan Tice and 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer Erin Gilmour were sexually assaulted and stabbed to death within months of each other. For decades their killer eluded police but, advances in science and the use of genetic genealogy finally led investigators to a suspect they believe is responsible for their deaths. In this episode we find out how a cold case is now getting closer to becoming a closed case.

In October of 1988,  23 year old  Tatiana “Tania” Anikejew was found in her Toronto apartment by a friend and her parents days after she had been stabbed to death.  Her killer has never been found.  Tania's parents died before any arrest was ever made in this case,  but three of her friends have never given up on finding out the truth behind her violent death.  They share her story in this episode.

(Episode updated on May 17th, 2023 for a pronunciation.)

CityNews reporters, Fil Martino and Madison Fitzpatrick hate the thought of cold cases gathering dust in police departments across the country. Together they’ve teamed up to take a closer look at the cases that refuse to crack, in an effort to track down Canada’s most violent perpetrators. Hear directly from the victims’ family, friends and detectives tasked with searching for answers.

In July of 2018, 28 year old Monica Chisar disappeared in Hamilton, Ontario. Her body was found on Christmas Eve the following year by a father and son walking through a wooded area over 100 kilometers away from where she was last seen alive. The killer remained at large for years, but in August of 2021 there was an arrest in this case. This is the story of how a cold case is now getting closer to becoming a closed case. 

In March 2004, 22 year old father of one Jayvien Piper was gunned down on his way home from an evening class in Scarborough, Ontario.  Investigators say they believe they know who is responsible, but they don't have enough evidence to make any arrests.

In March of 1959, 12 year old Patricia Lupton answered an ad about a babysitting job and then disappeared. Hours later she was found off a roadway in the Scarborough area of Toronto. She was suffering from injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.  Over 60 years later and still no one has been arrested in connection with  her death. 

In June of 1990, 22 year old University of Toronto student Elizabeth Bain disappeared. Her body has never been found, but police say it was a homicide. Elizabeth’s boyfriend Robert Baltovich was convicted of her murder. He spent eight years in prison before being deemed not guilty by the courts in 2008. Elizabeth Bain's killer remains at large.