London homicide investigators probing the killing of Grant Norton are combing through digital and physical evidence, including the dead man’s vehicle, that could shed light on the case, says a senior police officer.
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London homicide investigators probing the killing of Grant Norton are combing through digital and physical evidence, including the dead man’s vehicle, that could shed light on the case, says a senior police officer.
The 59-year-old Ingersoll resident’s remains were found in a wooded area near the Thames River at Ada and Jacqueline streets in southeast London on July 19.
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Det. Supt. Chris Newton, head of the criminal investigations division, said Tuesday that investigators have Norton’s vehicle, a key piece of evidence.
“We were able to collect a great deal of both physical and digital evidence from that vehicle,” Newton said.
“We are confident that that vehicle is going to shed a great deal of light on what happened to Mr. Norton and when and who was involved.”
Physical evidence was sent to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto and investigators are also looking at a cellphone, computers and GPS devices, Newton said.
Newton wouldn’t disclose the cause of death, but confirmed investigators believe he was killed in London.
Norton was reported missing to Waterloo Regional police on July 12. He was last seen alive in London six days earlier and missed court dates on charges laid in June 2019 in connection to a St. Catharines-area fraud investigation.
Norton was business partners with Steve Sardinha in the Havana Group. Pat Musitano, a notorious mobster gunned down in Burlington on July 10, was a minor partner in that company, according to a Hamilton Spectator investigation.
Norton’s death is one of four homicides in London this year and the only case where charges haven’t been laid. One London other slaying in the past decade remains unsolved: the death of William (Bill) MacPherson, 60, whose body was found Aug. 10, 2018, in a ravine near the Thames River.
Newton said he’s confident charges will be laid in Norton’s death.
“It’s just a matter of time and painstaking evidence gathering and evidence assessment,” he said, appealing for anyone with information to contact police.
“What people think may be very minor or possibly insignificantly information, that may be the one crucial piece we’re missing.”
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