Unsolved Major Crimes

Cows and a Horse Shot!

This week, Crime Stoppers needs your help identifying the suspect(s) responsible for two more senseless shootings of animals in rural Thunder Bay.

Sometime before 6:45 p.m. on December 8th, 2005 at a farm on Yurick Road in Oliver Paipoonge, unknown suspect or suspects committed a most despicable act. A 2 year old cow was shot while in its paddock and was left to bleed to death from the gunshot wound.

On Jan 6th, 2006 between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., at a farm on Highway 102, a horse named Fozzy was grazing in its pasture when someone shot this defenseless animal. The horse was hit twice and died from the gunshot wounds.

Police believe these two incidents are linked. The same person may also be responsible for other shootings of farm animals in and around Thunder Bay and Crime Stoppers is appealing to the public to assist us in locating the cowards responsible for these appalling crimes.

Crime Stoppers has taken the extraordinary step of having a $2000.00 reward pre-approved by our local committee. If information is provided that leads to an arrest in these shootings, Crime Stoppers will pay out $2000.00.

If you have any information that could help identify those responsible for these mindless acts, then contact Crime Stoppers a call at 623-8477. Your call is anonymous and it could earn you a cash reward.

Horse Shooting

Tragically and unbelievably Crime Stoppers has to highlight yet another shooting in which a horse was hurt. Fortunately the animal was not killed and no one was injured.

This latest incident was reported to police on the 15th of January and occurred sometime overnight on Pokki Road in Conmee Twp. The 6 year old Belgian work horse was hit behind the right ear while it was in its coral. Two other gun shots struck an adjacent mobile home and entered a wall just above the kitchen sink. Police have recovered evidence to suggest a small caliber firearm was used and discharged from near the roadway.

This is a cruel, senseless and cowardly act of mischief that could have ended with very tragic circumstances. If you have any information that you think can assist police then please call Crime Stoppers. Your anonymity is quaranteed.

Senseless Horse Shooting

Thunder Bay Police and Crime Stoppers need your help identifying the suspect(s) responsible for the senseless shooting of a horse in rural Thunder Bay.

Sometime between 8:30 p.m. on September 29th and 7:30 p.m. on September 30th at Mountain Side Farms on Little Norway Road, unknown suspect or suspects committed a most despicable act. A 11/2 year old Appaloosa horse named Lily was shot and killed.

Lily was being boarded at Mountain Side Farms and was not just an animal, but a loved member of a Thunder Bay Family.

The person or persons responsible for this crime may have been seen by citizens and thought to be hunters.

Crime Stoppers is asking the public to assist Thunder Bay Police in locating the cowards responsible for this appalling crime.

If you have any information that could help solve this crime, give Crime Stoppers a call at 623-TIPS or 1-800-222-8477. Your call is anonymous and it could earn you a cash reward.

Stolen Historical Marker

Sometime during the month of August a large and rather heavy historical marker was stolen from Pigeon River Provincial Park (formerly Middle Falls Provincial Park) on Highway #593 just off of Highway #61. This theft is being investigated by the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and they could use your help in its recovery.

The marker is actually a sign titled “THE OUTLAW BRIDGE” and it was erected in the park to commemorate the construction of the first bridge across the Pigeon River back in 1917. It is very distinctive as it measures about 2 by 2 and a half feet and it is made of brass and bears the Ontario coat of arms at the top. The brass lettering is on a painted sky blue background. These types of signs should be familiar to many as they are located in a number of historical places across Ontario.

The marker valued at several thousand dollars was attached to a metal post that was cut at its base. Due to its size and weight a large vehicle such as a pick up truck or van was probably used to remove the sign from the park.

This sign may have been taken as a trophy or a collector’s item and it’s certainly is out there somewhere. If you have any information that help police recover it, call Crime Stoppers.