Author of the article: Glen Dawkins
Publishing date: Dec 26, 2020 • December 26, 2020 • 7 minute read • Police officers examine the scene with the use of an excavator on Tuesday, July 21, at a residence on Alfred Avenue in Winnipeg which was destroyed by fire and demolished on June 20, 2020. RCMP Major Crime Services investigators have now identified a location of interest at 381 Alfred Ave. in Winnipeg that may be linked to the homicide of Gerhard Reimer-Wiebe whose body was discovered in Portage la Prairie, Man., on June 24. Reimer-Wiebe s death was among the 43 homicides investigated in 2020. Photo by Glen Dawkins /Winnipeg Sun
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After setting a dubious mark in 2019 with record 44 homicides, Winnipeg continued its deadly ways in 2020 with another 43 murders with days left before the end of the year.