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100-year-old Saskatoon mystery solved: ‘Woman in the well’ identified as Alice Spence
Saskatoon Police solved a century-old murder using investigative genetic genealogy, identifying Alice Spence and closing Canada’s oldest case solved by this method.
- On Monday the Saskatoon Police Service identified the unknown woman as Alice Spence , about 35 years old, at a press conference with descendants on hand.
- Workers excavating underground fuel tanks found remains of an unknown female in a well shaft in Sutherland neighbourhood, Saskatoon, placed in a burlap sack and barrel about two metres down at the former Shore Hotel site.
- Investigators used Investigative Genetic Genealogy to break the case, with Saskatoon police working alongside Toronto Police Service investigative genetic genealogy team while Othram found five genetic relatives.
- Authorities now consider the investigation closed and Alice's descendants plan a headstone for Alice's grave, expressing gratitude for those who restored her name.
- Investigators believe Spence was killed between 1915-1920, making this Canada’s oldest case solved using Investigative Genetic Genealogy, police say.
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The remains of a woman killed more than a century ago in Saskatchewan were identified 19 years after being discovered in a well.
·Montreal, Canada
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Saskatoon police identify century-old remains of 'woman in the well' found in 2006
The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood in 2006. Now she has been identified as Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry, about 35 years old at the time of her death.
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