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March 1 Toronto The body of Marlon […]
When
1981-03-01
Description
March 1 Toronto The body of Marlon McRae was found in a pool of blood in the underground parking garage of the expensive apartment building where he lived. He had been murdered after picking someone up at Buddy's Backroom Bar (370 Church Street). At the time, McRae's death was one of a string of unsolved murders of gay man in Toronto since 1975. Most of the deaths shared common elements: the victims had picked someone up at a gay bar (three were linked to the St. Charles Tavern, 488 Yonge Street), and they had been stabbed many times. Police later offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to a conviction in the McRae case. On September 18, 1981, Andrew Guy Ritchie, twenty-two, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in McRae's slaying. Ritchie was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to eighteen years in prison on February 11, 1983. (See also June 29, 1981.)
