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TORONTO - The search for 10-year-old Holly Jones has turned into the hunt for a killer, police said Tuesday.
"We have a very dangerous person in our midst," Staff Insp. Gary Ellis of the Toronto Police Service's homicide unit told reporters.
Holly Jones
He said police would be pulling out all the stops in trying to find her murderer. Three teams of homicide and three more of sex crimes investigators have been assigned.
When asked to describe who the police were searching for, Ellis said, "a predator."
Jones, who lived in a west Toronto neighbourhood, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Monday night. She had walked a younger friend home then didn't come home herself. A full-scale search began around 9 p.m. Monday.
RELATED STORY: Ontario police issue 'Amber alert' in search for missing girl
Human remains were found at various places around Toronto's waterfront early Tuesday morning. It wasn't until late Tuesday afternoon that DNA testing showed them to be Holly's.
An "Amber Alert" was issued Tuesday morning. It is a quick-response strategy used when a child's kidnapping is suspected.
BACKGROUNDER: Amber Alerts
Ellis noted she was probably already dead by the time that happened.
Holly's parents were being notified at Toronto police headquarters as Ellis was speaking to reporters.
Written by CBC News Online staff
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/05/13/jones_030513
"We have a very dangerous person in our midst," Staff Insp. Gary Ellis of the Toronto Police Service's homicide unit told reporters.
Holly Jones
He said police would be pulling out all the stops in trying to find her murderer. Three teams of homicide and three more of sex crimes investigators have been assigned.
When asked to describe who the police were searching for, Ellis said, "a predator."
Jones, who lived in a west Toronto neighbourhood, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Monday night. She had walked a younger friend home then didn't come home herself. A full-scale search began around 9 p.m. Monday.
RELATED STORY: Ontario police issue 'Amber alert' in search for missing girl
Human remains were found at various places around Toronto's waterfront early Tuesday morning. It wasn't until late Tuesday afternoon that DNA testing showed them to be Holly's.
An "Amber Alert" was issued Tuesday morning. It is a quick-response strategy used when a child's kidnapping is suspected.
BACKGROUNDER: Amber Alerts
Ellis noted she was probably already dead by the time that happened.
Holly's parents were being notified at Toronto police headquarters as Ellis was speaking to reporters.
Written by CBC News Online staff
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/05/13/jones_030513