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Christopher Smith

Using advanced DNA techniques, police have made an arrest in a decades-old homicide

UCF #104200252
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

File: Police make arrest in 1996 homicide cold case

Status: NEWS
Contributor: George C.

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Atilla Altikat

Gunned down on his way to work

UCF #104200105
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

File: Murder of Colonel Altikat

Status: UNSOLVED
Contributor: Kashvi B.

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Atilla Altikat, 45, was a Colonel in the Turkish Armed Forces who had been operating in Canada as a military attache. He was fatally gunned down in 1982 on his way to work as part of a series of attacks on Turkish diplomats around the world.

Although far-left Armenian militant group ASALA claimed responsibility for these attacks, Altikat's specific killer has not since been named.

Justin Rutter

Missing since 2009

UCF #104200233
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

File: Ottawa Teen Justin Rutter Vanished Without a Trace

Status: UNSOLVED
Contributor: Ruth D.

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