TORONTO — A 61-year-old man living in northern Ontario has been arrested in the murders of two Toronto women who were found dead in their homes nearly four decades ago, police announced Monday, saying advances in genetic technology helped them crack the cold cases.
Interim Police Chief James Ramer said officers arrested Joseph George Sutherland in Moosonee, Ont., on Thursday on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice.
“As relieved as we are to announce this arrest, it will never bring back Erin and Susan,” Ramer said at a news conference.
Detectives were able to link the cases in 2000 using DNA recovered from the scenes, with investigators suspecting the same man killed both women, Ramer said.
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