A man who died in 2019 has been posthumously identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides in Toronto, with investigators suggesting there could be further victims. Kenneth Smith, 72, from Windsor, Ontario, was conclusively linked to the killings of two women in the 1980s and a third in the 1990s, Toronto police confirmed on Thursday.
The breakthrough came via recent forensic testing and genetic genealogy. Christine Prince, 25, was discovered dead in the Rouge River on 22 June 1982, having been sexually assaulted and struck on the head. Claire Samson, 23, was found with gunshot wounds in Oro-Medonte Township on 1 September 1983.
