Tracking a Killer: The Cold Case Files

21-year-old Amir Naraine was found shot to death in his car in a plaza parking lot in Toronto, Ontario on September 29th, 2019. He is believed to have been in the vehicle for nearly 20 hours. Police have yet to make an arrest in this case.

40-year-old April Dobson was sitting on a co-worker’s porch in Barrie, Ontario on October 14th, 2005 enjoying Thanksgiving leftovers and some wine when shots rang out. The mother of one was struck in the head and died at the scene. The person who fired the gun that killed April has never been arrested.

University of Toronto student Elizabeth Bain disappeared from Scarborough, Ontario in 1990. Her boyfriend Robert Baltovich spent nearly a decade behind bars for her murder, but he was found not guilty in a retrial in 2008. Baltovich says they had the wrong guy and he wants to set the record straight.

It looked like a single vehicle crash, but it wasn't. It was a homicide. 56-year-old William "Billy" Neil was found shot dead in his vehicle on a road near Kingston, Ontario on February 14th, 1992. His killer has never been identified.

36-year-old mother of three Diane Dobson disappeared on February 14th, 1995. The next day her body was discovered in a ditch at Windsor's Brighton Beach. Police say they believe there may have been two people involved in this homicide, but they have never been identified.

21-year-old Margaret McWilliam went for a run in her neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario on August 27th, 1987. She never returned home. Investigators say her body was found the next day in a nearby park. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Her killer has never been found.

Just because a case is cold, doesn’t mean it’s closed.Tracking a Killer: The Cold Case Files returns for a fourth season with CityNews's Madison Fitzpatrick and News680's Fil Martino shining a light on eight cold cases. This season includes a look at a single vehicle crash near Kingston, Ontario in 1992 that turned into a murder investigation,  the violent death of a Windsor mother of three and the 2005 death of a woman in Barrie, Ontario woman who was shot while sitting on a friend's front porch. Plus, students at Guelph-Humber have been examining police files on the disappearance 34 years ago of Elizabeth Bain which led to the wrongful conviction of her boyfriend, Robert Baltovich.The new season of Tracking a Killer: The Cold Case Files launches February 2nd, 2026. 

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection calls it case fraught with a lot of sadness. 16-year-old high school student Mistie Murray disappeared from Goderich, Ontario on May 31st, 1995. Her adoptive father was charged with murder. He was acquitted in 1997. Mistie has never been found.

Michael Nigris was shot and killed in the Oshawa, Ontario plaza parking lot where he worked on March 30th, 2023. Durham Regional Police say they have been able to locate two individuals they believe were involved in his murder, but there have never been any arrests in this case. His sister says this is not going to be a cold case and they will exhaust every resource they have to get justice.

15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel left her Toronto apartment on June 12, 1999 after telling her parents she was headed out to see about a new job. She never returned. Months later her remains were found in Finch East Park. Police had a suspect early on, but there has never been an arrest in this case.

Unidentified human remains were discovered on July 16, 1980, in the area of Steeles  and Concession in Markham. For over 40 years the identity of the person was unknown, but with the use of genetic genealogy the remains were identified in 2023 as belonging to William Pennell. The 26-year-old had escaped from a correctional facility in Kingston.

21-year-old Patrick Santos’ body was found in the backyard of his father’s Scarborough, Ontario home on September 17, 2006. His hands and feet were bound and tape was wrapped around his head. Police say he had been beaten and suffocated. His mother is looking for answers all these years later and still seeks justice for her son.

24-year-old Alberta Williams from Vancouver, British Columbia disappeared in August of 1989 after being out with friends at a bar in Prince Rupert where she had been doing some seasonal work. Three weeks after her disappearance her body was found  on Highway 16. A missing person's case became a homicide.

See it. Say it. Stop it. The Crime Stoppers program offers anonymity to anyone providing information of significant use or leading to an arrest, but how effective is it when it comes to cold cases? In this bonus episode we talk to Sean Sportun, Chair of Toronto Crime Stoppers who says the program is 100 per cent relevant.

In January of 1998, 29-year-old Hamilton, Ontario resident Sheryl Sheppard disappeared. Police say it is like she vanished off the face of the earth. The last person to see her was her fiancé Michael Lavoie. According to investigators he had dropped her off at an adult entertainment club in Niagara Falls. In this episode we talk to Sheryl's mother who has never given up on trying to find out what happened to her daughter and to the detective working on this 25-year-old cold case.

In August of 2010, 42-year-old Orangeville, Ontario nurse Sonia Varaschin was reported missing after she did not show up for work. Her body was found days later in a wooded area in nearby Caledon. Her killer has never been found. Police say they have received more than 1,500 tips from the public, but continue to search for the “one piece of information that will lead to an arrest.” In this episode we talk to the investigator working on this unsolved homicide and to one of Sonia's old friends who is still asking, “Who could have done this?”

In November of 1982, the body of 25-year-old Delia Adriano was found in a wooded area in Milton, Ontario. The Oakville woman had been reported missing by her family more than month earlier after she was dropped off in front of her home, but never made it inside. Her killer remains at large. In this episode we talk to her sister who tells us she is still waiting for answers and for justice.

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.