Toronto police announced today they had arrested a suspect in the murder of two women in the city—cold cases from nearly 40 years ago—after DNA evidence linked the suspect to the deaths.
Joseph George Sutherland, age 61, in a photo released by Toronto Police on Nov. 8, 2022.
Joseph George Sutherland, age 61, was arrested on Nov. 25 and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, under Section 218 (1) of the 1983 Criminal Code, in the homicides of two unrelated women, Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour. (The law in existence at the time of the crime is the one police must use to lay charges.)
A few days before his arrest, police executed a warrant to obtain his DNA. Police said tests came back as a match to DNA found at the murder scene. Police are now investigating other cold cases to rule out the possibility of other unsolved murders connected to the suspect….