November 26 Toronto William Duncan […]

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1978-11-26

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November 26 Toronto William Duncan Robinson, twenty-five, was stabbed to death in his apartment after being seen leaving the St. Charles Tavern in the company of a man. Robinson was the fourteenth gay man to be murdered in Toronto since February 18, 1975; eight of the murders were unsolved. There was speculation that one man committed a number of the murders.

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St. Charles Tavern Toronto

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William Duncan Robinson

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Karl von Harten, "Police Waste Our Tax Dollars: Rampant Harassment" (editorial), Metro Community News 6 (2 February 1979): 1, 12–13.Paul Trollope, "If Looks Could Kill" (letter), Body Politic, no. 51 (1979), pp. 5–6 "Missed Work, Man Dead of Stabbing," Globe and Mail, final ed., 29 November 1978, p. 2 "Man Wanted re. Investigation of Murder," Metro Community News 6 (January 5, 1979): (6–7)Robin Hardy, "Overkill: Murder in Toronto-the-Good," Body Politic, no. 50 (1979), pp. 19–21

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