HALIFAX Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of the murder of Carla Gail Strickland and Halifax Regional Police say their investigators continue to work on the case. Police say at 12:58 p.m. on June 5, 1991, police responded to a report of a person who was believed to be deceased along the north side of Lake Mic Mac adjacent to Highway 118 in Dartmouth. The victim was identified as Carla Gail Strickland and an autopsy by the medical examiner determined her death to be a homicide. Police say Strickland had spent the evening of June 2, 1991, celebrating a friend’s birthday at a popular Halifax club. She then went to Albro Lake Beach in Dartmouth with three other people where they stayed until dawn when Strickland was dropped off at the Tim Horton’s on Wyse Road in Dartmouth. This was the last time she was seen.
HALIFAX Police in Halifax continue to investigate the murder of David Robert Boyko 25 years after his death. Investigators say they believe that there are people who have information that could help solve his murder. On May 12, 1996, around 1:25 p.m., police say they received a report that a pedestrian had found an injured man at the end of Morris Road in Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, N.S. Boyko, originally from Manitoba, had been shot and died as a result of his injuries, according to police. Police say Boyko was last seen on May 12, 1996, around 6 a.m. leaving a hotel in Dartmouth.