Crime Beat Season 7
A true crime series that takes viewers deep into some of Canada’s most infamous criminal cases. Using extensive archives and intimate family interviews, each week new details are revealed that go beyond the news headlines giving a voice to victims and their families, unraveling how each case was solved, and exploring lasting impacts on the community and justice system.
Episodes
Just days away from a family Easter dinner in 2019, a young single mom and her 22-month-old daughter disappeared. Days passed, and their loved ones grew increasingly concerned, eventually contacting the police…
Imagine there’s banging on your door. What you don’t realize is that the person on the other side of the door has a gun. For residents of a Vaughan condo building, just north of Toronto, it was a night that changed…
In October 2006, pregnant mother and schoolteacher Manjit Panghali left a yoga class in Surrey, BC, and was never seen again. Her family said her disappearance was out of character because the loving mother would never…
75-year-old Teresa Santos was a bit feisty but regarded fondly by most. Originally from Portugal, she was a jokester who loved to bake for people and volunteered with the disadvantaged in her community. So during COVID…
In November 1997, Reena Virk was invited to a party by a group of her peers. What started out as a regular Friday night in Victoria, BC quickly took a sinister turn. The 14-year-old teen would be brutally ambushed and…
On March 26, 2022, Marie Gabriel’s ex-partner, Jean-Bruno Fenelon, called 911 saying he found her dead when dropping off their children. Fenelon had lots of theories as to who her killer was, but it would be a horrific…
In 1992, a six-year-old girl disappeared while playing in the backyard of her Edmonton home. Two days later, her body was found dumped in the mud of a trucking yard, nearly ten kilometers away. The brutal crime left…
A rural Alberta community was shocked when a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his own home. Despite exhaustive efforts by investigators, the murderer eluded arrest. Then, more than a year later, a Calgary…
In Vancouver, authorities unveil Canada’s Most Wanted Criminal—alongside 24 of the country’s most dangerous fugitives. With record-breaking rewards offered for information leading to arrests, international manhunts heat…
On July 30, 1985, a then eight-year-old Nicole Morin reportedly left her top-floor apartment on The West Mall in Etobicoke to meet a friend for a swim. She was never seen again. Nicole’s disappearance marked one of the…
In July 2010, a retired couple embarked on a road trip in their RV from Alberta to British Columbia. When Lyle and Marie McCann didn’t arrive to meet up with family at a set date and time, their loved ones were frantic…
Jermaine Titus was a rising chef and devoted father to a 4-year-old son; hard-working and much-loved, having no reason to be killed. But one Wednesday morning as he was on his way to get a haircut, a bullet pierced his…
Four First Nations women disappeared in 2022. The evidence pointed to a serial killer, and to the city's landfills. One by one, the families of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, and Marcedes Myran received the devastating…
The families of Rebecca Contois, Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, and 'Buffalo Woman' were devastated to get the news that evidence pointed to a serial killer in the disappearances of their loved ones. But that was only…
Two men arrive at a local sandwich shop and find the store clerk lying in a pool of blood. They called for help, but despite their best efforts, the young woman died at the scene. That’s when officers noted the cash…
When Reita Jordan vanished without a trace in March 2013, she wasn’t immediately reported missing. Her long-time boyfriend told detectives she’d likely left on her own because most of her clothing was gone. But why…
Forty-seven-year-old Caroline Case was closing up her Toronto gift shop for the night, heading home just like any other evening. But when her car was found abandoned outside the city, with traces of blood and no signs…
At twenty-one, Lenore Rattray moved to Vancouver for a fresh start, working at a local photo studio while chasing her dream of journalism school. But she had no idea a fugitive from Ontario was lurking in the shadows…
After a night out on the town, a young woman vanished. Her loved ones held out hope that the aspiring nurse would be found safe, but after months of searching, their worst fears came true. Join Global News Senior Crime…
What was meant to be a joyful night celebrating her 32nd birthday turned into tragedy when Mohanie Henry Khan’s husband, Peter Khan, was shot. Despite desperately trying to stop the bleeding, she couldn’t save him. Now…
In the early morning hours a dashcam captures the theft of a vehicle out of a quiet driveway. Hours later a 16 year old boy is pronounced dead at hospital. Homicide investigators discover the two crimes are linked and…
In the summer, Michelle Charette goes missing; when she's found dead in a remote area, police have little to go on; they think they know who did it but can't prove it; the suspected killer may be responsible for the…
In February 2020, Oguzhan Sert, armed with a sword, traveled to a Toronto massage parlour. Within moments, 24-year-old Crown Spa receptionist Ashley Noelle Arzaga was dead. But this wasn’t just a horrific murder. In a…
On July 12th, 2005, a Ford Explorer was found abandoned in a northeast Edmonton parking lot. The driver's door was ajar, and some personal belongings were strewn outside. The vehicle belonged to Liana White, a…
It was a horrific attack that took place by Montreal's McGill University campus, right in the middle of the afternoon. One October day in 2021, 24-year-old singer and actor Romane Bonnier was followed home from work and…