Plans have long been drawn up for the brushy field behind Union Station where the two beheaded bodies were found last Wednesday. The 24-acre site, owned by Trillium Corp., will be transformed into a ritzy mix of condos, townhouses, offices and stores. The two beheadings bring the number of homeless slayings this fall to seven. Police have made arrests in only one case, charging three young homeless people in the slaying of Melvin Washington, 47. Two of the three suspects and five other youths also are charged with attempted murder in assaults on two homeless men.
Authorities blame fights over territory for some of the violence.
Everyone has a theory. Cote acknowledges that his ideas are speculative. Similarities among the victims, however, lead him to believe a killer is stalking the homeless frail. One thing they all had in common was they all drank. They were all very docile.